L’esplanade (Louvain-la-Neuve)

Wilhelm & Co Group - L’esplanade (Louvain-la-Neuve)
  • In 2007, L'esplanade was awarded with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)'s "ReStore" prize, rewarding the best shopping center project (completed via a public-private partnership) helping to improve the living conditions of the district in which it is incorporated.

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  • That same year,
    • L'esplanade also won the Urbanicom "Gold Star" award. Given to the three partners of the project: the Catholic University of Louvain, the Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve municipality and the developer Wilhelm & Co, this award recognized the added-value (urban and commercial) brought by L'esplanade to the university town.
    • Peter Wilhelm was also made "Honorary Citizen " of the Brabant-Wallon region for its contribution to the development of Louvain-la-Neuve.

Médiacité (Liège)

Wilhelm & Co Group - Médiacité (Liège)

In 2009, Médiacité was the first building in Belgium to be certified by BREEAM (with a "very good" rating ) and the first European shopping center certified under the new Breeam Retail 2008 protocol, specially developed for shopping centers. Moreover , Médiacité has today obtained the "post-assessment" certification.

In 2010, Médiacité has won:

  • Two CBLCC (Belgo-Luxemburg Shopping centers council) awards
    - The "New Shopping Center" award for its "state of the art" design as well as for the quality of its built result and associated services.
    - The "sustainability" award for all the sustainable assets found in the whole project (labeled Breeam)
    - Peter Wilhelm was named an Honorary Citizen of Liège

In 2011, Médiacité has won:

  • The RLI " Renovation of the year" award. This prize is awarded to a center that is innovative in its renovation through architecture and design, a center that contributes to the overall regeneration of the city or region, its contribution to the local community and the measures taken in order to improve sustainability.
  • The ICSC "Refurbishment and Extensions Large" award.
    This award is the ultimate prize for any shopping centers developer. 
    The Annual ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards are the most highly regarded such awards across Europe thanks to the expert jury assessing each finalist first hand, travelling thousands of kilometers across Europe in the process. It is this personal review from experienced industry professionals that makes the ICSC European Shopping Centre Awards the benchmark of industry quality and success.
    Mediacite_ICSC_awards.pdf (186 Kb)

 

In 2011, Médiacité is nominated at the World Architecture Forum.