CANNES, France, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 17^th MAPIC Awards ceremony took place this evening during MAPIC, the international market for retail real estate. The winners have been unveiled during the MAPIC Awards Gala Dinner at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes.

Taking place in Cannes, November 14-16, MAPIC is organised by Reed MIDEM, a division of Reed Exhibitions.

The MAPIC Awards 2012 winners are :

Best fashion and footwear retail concept :
- Adidas Neo (Germany)

Best food and beverage retail concept :
- EXKI (Belgium)

Best high street retail real estate development :
- Santa Monica Place (Santa Monica, United States)
Submitted by The Jerde Partnership

Best multichannel strategy :
- McDonald's (France)

Best retail and leisure development :
- Morocco Mall (Casablanca, Morocco)
Submitted by Design International

Best retail global expansion :
- Debenhams (United Kingdom)

Most innovative shopping center :
- The Star Vista (Singapore)
Submitted by CapitaMalls Asia

As Russia is this year's MAPIC Country of Honour, Samvel Sarkisovitch Karapetyan, chairman and founder of the Russian Tashir Group of companies, has been chosen as the 2012 'Personality of the Year'.

The jury is composed of experts from the retail real estate sector:

• President of the jury - Frederic LALOUM, Directeur General Adjoint et Membre du Directoire, Altarea (France)
• John STRACHAN, Global Head of Retail, Cushman & Wakefield LLP (United Kingdom)
• Alain BOUTIGNY,  Editor-in-Chief, Sites Commerciaux (France)
• Yann GUEN, Vice-President, Mayland Real Estate (Poland)
• Jacques SINKE, Director of International Retail, MAB Development Group (The Netherlands)
• Klaus STRIEBICH, Managing Director Leasing, ECE Projektmanagement (Germany)
• Delphine DAUGE, Agency Director, Brandimage (France)
• Enis ONCUOGLU, Managing Director - Architect, ONCUOGLU+ACP Architecture (Turkey)

Click here for listings of the winning projects.

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