HOF Awards 2025

HOF Awards 2027: Enter the Hall of Excellence

The HOF Awards Gala returns to Bucharest on 13 May 2027, celebrating its 10th edition with a new concept that reflects what the event has come to represent: The Hall of Excellence.

Held at the Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest, the HOF Awards are the final stage of the CIJ Awards journey. Throughout the national CIJ Awards, outstanding projects, companies and industry leaders compete to become champions in their respective markets. At HOF, those winners meet on one stage to determine who will earn the ultimate regional distinction: Best of the Best.

The 2027 Hall of Excellence concept brings this journey to life. Each national CIJ Awards market represents a pathway to HOF, with the strongest achievements from across Central & Eastern and South-Eastern Europe progressing towards one final destination. HOF is therefore more than another awards ceremony. It is where national success becomes regional recognition.

Winners and leading contenders from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and other SEE markets will come together in Bucharest, representing achievement across real estate development, investment, construction, finance, design, innovation and the wider property industry.

The HOF Awards continue the CIJ Awards tradition established in 2001, with winners determined through an industry-led voting process combining the assessment of an experienced professional jury with voting from the CIJ audience. The aim is to recognise achievements that have earned genuine respect within the markets in which they operate.

One journey. One final stage. Best of the Best.

For its tenth edition, HOF will bring together senior executives, investors, developers, advisers, architects and other leading figures from across the region for an evening of recognition, networking and celebration.

The evening will also recognise national CIJ Awards winners before progressing to the HOF presentation, creating a natural journey from national champion to regional contender and, ultimately, Best of the Best.

The setting for 2027 reflects this progression: a Hall of Excellence, where the achievements of individual markets come together and the companies, projects and people helping shape the future of European real estate are recognised on one stage.

CEDER Conference & Exhibition returns on the same day

Earlier on 13 May 2027, the CEDER Conference & Exhibition will return to the Radisson Blu Hotel Bucharest, bringing together investors, developers, occupiers, advisers, technology companies and service providers for one of Romania’s most established commercial real estate gatherings.

The 2027 edition will look beyond traditional property discussions to examine the forces changing the industry, from investment and development to technology, AI, infrastructure, sustainability and the next generation entering the real estate business.

Together, CEDER and the HOF Awards create a full day connecting ideas, business and recognition: beginning with the conversations shaping tomorrow’s market and ending in the Hall of Excellence, where the region’s outstanding achievements compete for the title Best of the Best.

HOF Awards 2027
The Hall of Excellence
Where national champions become the Best of the Best.

Web link: CEDER Conference & Exhibition

Become a member of the online jury voting committee

What does it mean to be a jury member?

As a HOF Awards Jury member, you will evaluate more than 100 national winning nominations across 20+ categories, helping determine which achievements will earn the distinction of becoming the Best of the Best.
The judging process is completed entirely through our online evaluation system, allowing Jury members to review, rate and comment on each nomination from their home or office. The process takes approximately one hour, with no travel required.
Every HOF nominee has already achieved recognition at national level. The role of the Jury is therefore not simply to identify excellence, but to distinguish the achievements that stand above the rest.
From national winners to regional champions – the Jury decides who enters the Hall of Excellence.

Requirements

To join the HOF Awards Jury, members should bring established professional experience and a strong understanding of business, investment or the real estate industry.

Jury members must meet at least one of the following criteria:

Five or more years of professional experience within a local, regional or European real estate market.
Five or more years of entrepreneurial or senior business experience, providing the commercial knowledge required to assess leading companies, projects and achievements.

The HOF Jury brings together experienced professionals from across the region to evaluate national winners and help determine who will be recognised as the Best of the Best.

Jury criteria

As a HOF Awards Jury member, you will evaluate each nomination against a defined set of criteria developed specifically for its award category.

The relevant category criteria, nomination information and supporting materials will be provided through the online judging system, giving every Jury member a clear and consistent framework for assessment.

This ensures that all national winners entering the Hall of Excellence are evaluated fairly and on the merits most relevant to their category, helping the Jury determine the Best of the Best.

As an online jury, you will be part of a prestigious, European event and you will have a unique opportunity to benefit in a number of ways:

Joining the HOF Awards Jury places you alongside experienced real estate professionals and business leaders from across Central & South-Eastern Europe.
As a Jury member, you can strengthen your professional profile and your company’s visibility, build relationships with senior industry decision-makers and take part in selected HOF and CIJ networking opportunities.
Most importantly, you become part of an international panel of industry experts, contributing your experience to the evaluation of national award winners and helping determine which achievements will be recognised as the Best of the Best.