Knight Frank was named International Sales Agency of the Year by UBM, the publisher of Property Week, at the RESI Awards, held in London on Wednesday 1 May 2013. The award was given for impressive sales of UK property to overseas buyers and wide global reach, as well as success by the International Project Marketing teams on schemes such as One Tower Bridge, Chelsea Creek and the London Residential network’s high-value transactions over the year.
Alan Child, Executive Chairman, Greater China at Knight Frank, says, “We are truly privileged to receive the International Sales Agency of the Year award. Knight Frank is one of the city’s most respected and successful property consultancies having an international pedigree of over 110 years. This award reaffirms the efforts that Knight Frank has made over the past year and the power of our global network.”
The Knight Frank and Ernst & Young investment teams also won Deal of the Year for the sale of Battersea Power Station (BPS). Stephan Miles-Brown, Head of Residential Development commented, "Together with our friends at Ernst & Young, we were delighted to win Deal of the Year 2013, for the sale of Battersea Power Station. The high level of media profile we managed to achieve for the sale of BPS, was without doubt, the most successful campaign ever undertaken for a single property anywhere in the world and proved a major factor in what resulted in the spectacularly successful disposal of a truly iconic building.”
Knight Frank also sponsored the award for Development of the Year and was shortlisted for three other awards; Residential Consultancy Practice of the Year, Lettings Agency of the Year, and UK Sales Agency of the Year.