Jones Lang LaSalle MENA wins top honours at The Arabian Property Awards for the third consecutive year

Jones Lang LaSalle MENA has won top honours for the third consecutive year at the Arabian Property Awards, the region’s most prestigious property competition in association with Google and Bloomberg Television. The awards were presented at a gala dinner during the Property Awards Business Summit on 16^th and 17^th November 2011 at The Burj Al Arab in Dubai.

The firm won the following awards:

Best Property Consultancy – Dubai

Best Property Consultancy– Arabia

Best Property Consultancy Website – Dubai

Best Property Consultancy Website – Arabia

Commenting on this recognition, Alan Robertson, CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle MENA said: “To win these prestigious awards for the third consecutive year is a considerable achievement. To be recognised as the best by industry peers and an international panel of distinguished professionals is a reflection of the dedication and commitment of our team based here in the region and is testimony to our long standing market leading position in the real estate advisory business.”

The Arabian Property Awards are part of the International Property Awards, which are now in their 17^th year and have become recognised as the highest standard of excellence throughout the global industry. Later this year, the highest scoring winners from the Arabian Property Awards will compete against other winning companies from Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas and Europe to determine the ultimate World’s Best in each category.

The judging panel consists of more than 80 professionals whose collective knowledge of the property industry is unsurpassed by any other property awards. This year’s judges include James Bacon, UK account manager of Google; Peter Bolton King, group chief executive of the National Federation of Property professionals; David Dalby of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); and Mike McNamara of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

Jones Lang LaSalle is the pre-eminent investment advisor in the global real estate industry with 200 offices worldwide, operating in 70 countries globally and 21 countries in the MENA region working on projects worth US$ 200 billion and on transactions in excess of US$ 1.2 billion. In the MENA region, Jones Lang LaSalle employs over 110 internationally qualified real estate and hotels professionals of 30 nationalities.