For this fourth edition of the Real Estate Seated Dinner, LuxReal and Paperjam Club joined forces to celebrate Luxembourg’s real estate professionals and organised the second edition of the Real Estate Awards.

This year, a jury made a shortlist of personalities in six different categories, which were then put to the vote of a public made up of professionals from the sector.

Paperjam’s fourth real estate seated dinner party was an opportunity to celebrate Luxembourg’s real estate professionals. Photo: Eva Krins/Maison Moderne

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Romain Muller, chairman of LuxReal, speaking at the real estate dinner party, 2 October 2024. Photo: Eva Krins/Maison Moderne

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Jean-François Trapp (Baker & McKenzie), chairman of the jury. Photo: Eva Krins/Maison Moderne

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The jury was made up of Vincent Bechet (ex-Inowai), Céline Coubray (Paperjam), Tatiana Fabeck (Fabeck Architectes), Édouard François (Maison Édouard François), Julien Licheron (Liser), Sala Makumbundu (CBA Architectes), Romain Muller (LuxReal), Romain Poulles (Progroup), Laurent Ternisien (BNP Paribas REIM) and Jean-François Trapp (Baker & McKenzie).

Six winners honoured

And here are the 2024 winners in each of the categories:

- Promoters & Developers: Arnaud Regout (BPI Real Estate)

Regout began his career at Cushman & Wakefield (valuation analyst, 2003) and then worked at Ernst & Young (as senior auditor, 2004-2007). From 2007 to 2008, he worked on a number of tax and financial projects for the Besix group. In 2008, Regout joined the CFE group, where he was administrative and financial director of BPI Luxembourg and of activities in Morocco and Tunisia (2008-2012). In 2012, he was appointed deputy director of BPI Luxembourg, then named director of BPI Luxembourg, where he was responsible for the development of real estate activities (2014-2015). Since 2015, he has been chief investment officer of BPI and managing director of BPI Luxembourg. Since 2019, Regout has also been a director of Wood Shapers, which he launched to accelerate sustainable development.

His plans for 2023 include the Kronos transaction, as well as deliveries of Wooden, Gravity and the final phase of Livingstone.

The nominees were: Vincent Beck (Codic), Arnaud Regout (BPI Real Estate), Flavio Becca (Promobe), Steve Krack (Unité d'habitation) and Muriel Sam (Immobel).

- Architecture offices: Metaform Architects

Metaform Architects is an international architectural practice based in Luxembourg City, founded in 2003. With a diverse team of over 55 professionals, the team works towards architecture that emerges from a collaborative process and open dialogue with clients, users and team members. Their services include masterplanning, urban planning, architecture, landscape design, interior and product design, and consultancy, ensuring a holistic approach to each project. Today, Metaform is run by four partners: Shahram Agaajani, Thierry Cruchten, GG Kirchner and Steve Weyland. Their most emblematic projects include the Post Luxembourg headquarters, the Skypark Business Center at the airport, the CFL headquarters, the Paul Wurth headquarters, the Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and the Luxembourg Pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai.

The nominees were: Metaform Architects, Jim Clemes Associates, BSARC-Bourguignon Siebenarler Architects, Studio Jil Bentz, STDM Architects.

- Lenders & Bankers: Tom Lessel (Banque Internationale à Luxembourg)

With a degree in commercial and financial sciences from ICHEC, Tom Lessel has been with Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (Bil) since 1996, where he has worked in several departments before becoming deputy head of corporate banking and head of real estate in 2021. Bil supports companies, including those in the property sector, where it focuses in particular on financing property development and investment. Lessel is therefore a key player for real estate professionals in Luxembourg.

The nominees were: Jean-Luc Bermes (Spuerkeess), Tom Lessel (Banque interntaional à Luxembourg), Raphaël Xiol (Adelaer Financial Architects), Thomas Cheneau (BGL BNP Paribas), Pit Linster (Banque de Luxembourg)

- Institutionals: Marie-Josée Vidale (Agora)

Marie-Josée Vidal studied geography and regional planning at the University of Metz. Since 2007, she has worked for the Luxembourg government in the department of spatial planning and has, since 2014, been president of the coordination committee for the territorial development of the Greater Region. Between 2016 and 2018, she was deputy coordinator of the department of territorial development, before becoming, between October 2018 and October 2023, first councillor and coordinator of the department of territorial development at the ministry of energy and spatial planning. In 2019, she was chairman of the board of Agora, as well as chairman of the board of the Nordstad development company. Since October 2024, she has been chief of staff at the ministry of housing and spatial planning.

The nominees were: François Bausch (former MP and former minister of public works, déi Gréng), Alexander Flassak (Lux-Airport), Marie Josée Vidale (Agora), Guy Entringer (SNHBM), Jacques Vandivinit (Fonds du Logement).

- Investors: Jürgen Primm for Landimmo Real Estate

Since 2016, Jürgen Primm has been director of Landimmo Real Estate, the real estate company of the family business Landewyck Group, and is primarily involved in the revitalisation of former production sites in the city of Luxembourg. He has been involved in real estate and urban development in various capacities for around 25 years. His career path began with training as a bank clerk, followed by studies in geography, political science and European law in Saarbrücken. After his studies, Primm worked for five years as head of department in a spatial development and market research consultancy in Nuremberg. From 2003 to 2016, he was development coordinator for Agora in Esch-sur-Alzette, where he helped to revitalise the 120-hectare Belval brownfield site.

The nominees were: David Capocci for KPMG, Alex de Witte for Baltisse Real Estate, Jürgen Primm for Landimmo Real Estate, Arnaud Decrulle for Maison Worms, François Mousel for PWC.

- A special jury prize was awarded to Jean-Paul Scheuren.

After studying administration and management at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (IAG) and specialising in human resources, Jean-Paul Scheuren began his professional career at the Fédération des Artisans. Starting in 2002, he moved into the property and construction sector, joining various family-owned property groups. In 2021, he put his interest in innovation into practice by founding BlocHome and LetzToken, two companies specialising in property tokenisation. Alongside his work in residential property, Scheuren is involved in the healthcare and biotechnology sectors. He was behind the creation of the House of Biohealth, a 20,000 m2 space for innovative biotechnology and health-tech companies. More recently, he launched the “HE:AL Campus” project. Scheuren joined the CIGDL committee in 2008 and became its chairman on 1 January 2012. In this role, he is committed to professionalisation, training, improving the image of professionals and digitalising the real estate industry. At the end of 2023, he helped to create the developers section of the Real Estate Chamber, which began its activities in 2024 with the launch of the Table du Logement, which brings together the government, public administrations and the private sector to bring the real estate sector out of the crisis and adapt it to new economic challenges.

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