1,000 of the Yorkshire property sector’s leading professionals gathered at Rudding Park on 1st May 2025 for the annual The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards.
The event celebrated the region’s standout deals, contractors, and commercial practices, while also raising vital funds to support some of Yorkshire’s most disadvantaged children.
The money raised will support our many initiatives at Yorkshire Children’s Charity, including our Great Yorkshire Build projects, transforming the space and facilities of failing SEND schools in Yorkshire.
Having already completed a £1 million transformation of Brooklands, Community Special School in Skipton, work is set to begin on a £3 million regeneration of Hilltop SLD (Severe learning disability) school in Rotherham, with another project in the pipeline at Brian Jackson College.
Founder and chief executive Charlotte Farrington said: “To have raised £307,929 for this event is fantastic and a testament to the strength and generosity of the property industry. As a charity, the support we receive from the sector is crucial to making our project work possible. With child poverty rates at their highest in twenty years, the need for our work has never been greater.
“Far too many children are slipping through the cracks of our education system. Not only are there significant gaps in provision for children with special educational needs, but there is an alarming acceleration of children from disadvantaged backgrounds falling further behind due to a growing gap in school attendance.
“From our Great Yorkshire Build projects to winter support campaign, our work is driven by a need to equip our teachers with the tools they need to do their jobs. That starts with children who arrive at school warm, dry and ready to learn, in an environment that empowers them to meet their unique potential”
Yorkshire Children’s Charity would like to give thanks to major sponsor Addleshaw Goddard and co sponsors, JPG, Turner and Townsend, QUOD, RPP, Richard Boothroyd & Associates, Wilton Developments, Potter Space, Walker Morris, Savills, DS Emotion, Caddick, Landsec, HACS, Design Tonic, Barclays Bank, BAM, DLA Architecture, Birkbeck Projects, Morley Glass & Glazing and Yorkshire Post for their involvement in The Yorkshires. Commercial Real Estate Awards 2025.
The winning companies in this year’s awards are as follows:
- Best Consultancy Practice – Bradley-Mason LLP
- Best Contractor – Lodestone Projects
- Best Investment Deal – The sale of Central Square Leeds to Ashtrom
- Best Office Deal – The Full ‘Turnkey’ Letting at 2 Whitehall Quay to the National Wealth Fund
- Best Shed Deal – The sale to Schneider Electric at Scarborough Business Park
- ESG Excellence – Baytree Leeds
- Yorkshires. Lifetime Achievement – Tim Waring
- Yorkshires. Disrupter – Aire Park
- Yorkshires. Disrupter – The sale at Skelton Grange to Microsoft
- Yorkshires. Rising Star – Thibault Verger
