Broll Ghana's property management expertise recognised by peers

Broll Ghana, part of the CBRE Affiliate Network, has won the Commercial Property

Management award category at the fifth annual Ghana Property Awards, an industry

ceremony organised under the auspices of the Ghana Real Estate Developers

Association (GREDA).

The last decade has seen significant strides in the real estate sector of the

Ghanaian economy. Such is the interest in the sector, according to GREDA's website,

that new entrants continue to register as corporate members on a regular basis.

Growth in the sector reflects the increasing importance that Ghanaians place on

shelter as a requirement for good quality life. To further consolidate the gains of

the sector and emphasise the credentials of the industry, there was a felt need to

institute an award platform that will recognise excellence and spur industry players

on to achieve the same.

Moses Luri, marketing and leasing manager for Broll Ghana, says the award is

recognition from its peers and customers of the company's effort and hard work in

the property industry.

"This is the third award won by Broll Ghana and the second time we have won this

category," Luri says.

The awards are judged by a committee made up of industry players who vote for the

winner after a select few have been shortlisted.

"The Ghana property scene is growing steadily after recent investments by Actis

(through Laurus), Westport Rmb and Kingdom Hotel Investment (KHI)," says Luri. "In

the five years since the company was registered here in Ghana, the Broll team has

consistently endeavoured to introduce and maintain professional services that are

satisfactory to clients. The Broll Ghana team deserves to be commended for their

hard work."

About Broll Ghana

Broll Ghana is one of the pre-eminent service providers in the residential, retail,

commercial and industrial property sectors in the country. Established in May 2006,

the company has quickly entrenched itself in a market that is growing thanks to

renewed interest in Africa and particularly the region's increasing importance in

the strategically important oil and gas industry. The company offers the full

spectrum of property-related services including commercial broking, property

valuations, retail leasing and consulting, corporate real estate services,

facilities management, property management, shopping centre management, project

management and residential estate management. In addition to close ties with other

Broll companies in South Africa, Nigeria, Malawi and Namibia, the Ghanaian operation

enjoys affiliate status with CBRE, the world's largest property services company,

bringing representation to more than 80 countries and 438 offices around the world.

www.brollghana.com

About the Ghana Property Awards

The concept of the Ghana Property Awards was initiated by Ghanaian Robert

Attah-Wegbe while undertaking a research project on "Consumer Behaviour Towards

Property Purchase in Ghana and Africa" at the Thames Valley University, London, in

2000. Under the close supervision of his lecturer, Steve Johnson, who was then the

head of marketing and research department at the university, Atta-Wegbe took the

project further and studied into greater detail property issues and allied problems

in Ghana and Africa. The research continued further in 2003, culminating in the

establishment of The Property Express Magazine, an intellectual property owned by

Attah-Wegbe and family. Atta-Wegbe went on to develop a website and TV programme

(Property Issues on OBE SKY TV) to interact with consumers, especially Ghanaians in

the diaspora. The feedback from consumers was overwhelming. A majority of the

respondents called for the infusion of sanity into the property industry. To address

the situation, there was the felt need for an innovative solution into the African

Market, especially as pertains in Ghana. It is in this regard that Ghana Property

Awards Limited, an NGO, was born. The awards, which involves all the stakeholders in

the industry in Ghana recognises innovative solutions to challenges in property

development in Ghana. http://ghanapropertyawards.com (free registration required)

Contacts

Sanett Uys, Broll Property Group (South Africa), +27 (0) 21 419 7373, suys@broll.co.za

Moses Luri, Broll Ghana, +233 (0) 302 672 888, mluri@brollghana.com

Monica Reuben, Predictive Communications, +27 (0) 11 452 2923, monica@predictive.co.za