The Nigeria real estate market continues to get the utmost recognition its desires as a result of the steady growth this sector has experienced over the years. Only recently, top real estate gamers in the industry bagged home two international awards for their unique contributions to the real estate business. First on the list was the FINE AND COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL (W/A) who was recently awarded the “Gold Category” for Quality, Excellence and Customers Satisfaction at the 27^th International Arch of Europe Awards which held on the 12^th and 13^th of April, 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany.

“This award, which is a recognition of the quality, excellent customers’ service, leadership, and innovation that Fine and Country stands for in the delivery of its services that includes specialized real estate research and advisory; real estate brand and marketing presentation; sales and leases of real estate development; and prestige acquisitions, is a testimony that great things can indeed come out of Nigeria and indeed Africa”, in the words of Udo Maryanne Okonjo – CEO Fine and Country International.

Last week, DUNN LOREN MERRIFIELD  also picked up the award for the Best Investment Bank Nigeria in the prestigious Financial Awards 2014 by International Finance Magazine (IFM).

Dunn Loren Merrifield emerged winner in the category after rigorous panel screening and received an overwhelming voting support from IFM readers worldwide. Commenting on the award announcement, the founder Dunn Loren Merrifield, Mr. Sonnie Ayere said “This is an increasing recognition of the work our firm is doing in the development of our financial sector”.

As some were picking up the awards, others were getting more international recognition. That’s the case of NLE architect group, designers of a floating school on a Nigerian lagoon in Makoko area, Lagos State. Nominated as one of the 2014 Designs of the Year, as part of the London Design Museum’s annual and prestigious Design of the Year Awards (DOTY), the NLE Floating school project share the same category with esteemed groups which includes; Zaha Hadid, John Pawson and Wang Shu and are proud representative of Africa in the category.

NLE, a studio founded by Nigerian-born architect Kunlé Adeyemi, developed the Makoko Floating School as a prototype for building in African regions that have little or no permanent infrastructure, thanks to unpredictable water levels that cause regular flooding.

 

 

 

2014-05-05