The rising stars of the commercial property sector will be celebrated at a major awards ceremony which raises funds to transform the lives of disadvantaged children across Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire Commercial Real Estate Awards, organised by Yorkshire Children’s Charity, honour the dynamic business leaders who are bringing jobs and investment to the region during a time of economic uncertainty. The awards dinner, which will be held on Thursday May 7 at Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate, will also raise funds for the charity’s initiatives to support children across Yorkshire, including the Great Yorkshire Build projects.
The Great Yorkshire Build transforms the space and facilities of SEND (Special educational needs and disability) schools in Yorkshire to change the lives of teachers and students.
Founder and CEO of Yorkshire Children’s Charity, Charlotte Farrington said: “As a charity, we are continuously blown away by the generosity and altruism of Yorkshire’s property sector. In 2025, we completed the first phase of our biggest and most ambitious Great Yorkshire Build to date – a £3m transformation of Hilltop special educational needs school in Rotherham – a project that simply would not have been possible without the support rallied through the Yorkshire Commercial Real Estate Awards.”
The shortlisted entries in the best investment deal category, which is sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard, are for the sale of Hepworth House, Leeds, the acquisition of Symington’s Warehouse Facility, in Leeds and the sale of Marshall’s Mill and The Round Foundry, Leeds. The best contractor award, which is sponsored by Prospect Estates, will be contested between Artium Construction, GMI Construction Group, Clegg Construction and Stainforth Construction. The shortlist for the best consultancy practice, sponsored by HACS Group, features Roscoe, SMR Architects, Social and Andrew Moseley Associates.
The best shed deal shortlist, sponsored by Wilton Developments, features the letting of Unit 3 Baytree, Leeds to InPost Distribution Ltd, the letting of Unit 3a Bessemer Park, Sheffield to Jeld-Wen and the letting of Unit 2a, Tinsley Industrial Estate, Sheffield to Castings Technology. The contestants in the best retail and leisure deal, which is sponsored by Richard Boothroyd & Associates are the letting to Victoria’s Secret and Uniqlo at The Store House in Briggate Leeds, the letting to ALO Yoga at Victoria Leeds and the letting to Sephora at Meadowhall in Sheffield. The best office deal shortlist, which is sponsored by Childerstone Project Management, features the letting to Eversheds Sutherland LLP at Kellstone, Aire Park, Leeds, the letting to Greencore at Broad Gate, Leeds and the letting to NHS Supply Chain at Gradient Mill, Tileyard North in Wakefield. The winners of four awards will be announced on the evening; the Yorkshire disrupter, sponsored by Associated British Ports, the Yorkshire disrupter, sponsored by Walker Morris, the Yorkshire rising star, sponsored by Caddick and the lifetime achievement award, sponsored by Savills.