Top award for business park

Dave Perkins (NWDA), Nick Davies and Robert Grafton (Wilson Bowden), Andy Zuntz (RMBC), John Hudson (RDA)

The Kingsway Partnership is celebrating after winning the popular Strategic Alliance Award for partnership working at the Insider Property Awards North West 2011, the region’s longest-established awards programme for the commercial property industry.

The partnership comprises Wilson Bowden, the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Rochdale Council and Rochdale Development Agency and is tasked with the long-term delivery of the 420-acre business park.

Over 870 guests were at Manchester Central to see the partnership pick up the award at the glittering black tie event, which was hosted by TV star Rory Bremner. The awards comprise thirteen different categories and are decided by an independent panel of judges covering areas of expertise right across the commercial property spectrum.

The Strategic Alliance Award recognises the value of close collaboration between public and private sector partners.

The judges’ citation read: “The time is right to recognise the efforts of the Kingsway Partnership, a venture that demonstrates genuine partnership working at its best. Real results on projects as vast as this can only come with full commitment from all parties and it’s to their great credit that Kingsway has become a success.”

Kingsway Business Park also came close to scooping a second trophy on the evening after being shortlisted for the Deal of the Year Award for JD Sports, but were pipped at the post by ITV’s move to Media City.