Discover the Belgian finalists

The 40 finalists for the Mipim Awards 2025 were announced on Wednesday 29 January 2025. Mipim is the international property developers' market, and will be held in Cannes from 10 to 14 March.

On Thursday 13 March at 6.30pm, in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, the ceremony will be held to reward the best projects in the following categories:

BEST CONVERSION PROJECT

BEST CULTURAL, SPORTS AND EDUCATION PROJECT

BEST HOSPITALITY, TOURISM AND LEISURE PROJECT

BEST INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS PROJECT

BEST RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

BEST URBAN REGENERATION PROJECT

BEST WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE

BEST NEW DEVELOPMENT

Here is the list of Belgian finalists:

Harmony, La Garenne Colombes (France)

The transformation of a former industrial wasteland into a Campus, the future headquarters of ENGIE, illustrates Nexity's expertise in sustainable urban redevelopment.

This project is competing in the Best Workplace Experience category.

Architects: SCAU; Chaix et Morel; ArtBuild Architects / Developer: NEXITY IMMOBILIER D'ENTREPRISE / Others: Paysagiste BASE

Polytoren, Zwijnaarde

Once a thriving chemical polymer production plant (1955-2012). Today, the site is being reborn as Polytoren, an innovative office centre that combines industrial heritage with a sustainable vision. Its modernised architecture retains the soul of the original building, enhanced by two elegant attics, a sculptural external staircase and a spectacular glass façade supported by a robust exoskeleton.

This project is competing in the Best Conversion Project category.

Architect: POLO.platform / Developer: Alinso / Others: SHAKE design (interior architect); Pieterjan (interior architect), Jan Joris Tuinarchitect (Landscape Architect); M-gineers (structural engineer); VK architects+engineers (MEP, EPB and acoustical engineering)

Egied van Broeckhovenschool, Brussels

In the multicultural neighbourhood of the West Station in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, the Egied Van Broeckhoven school has moved into the former bottling plant of the Vandenheuvel brewery. 

The project is competing in the Best Cultural, Sports and Education Project category.

Architects: B2Ai architects; B2Ai interior design; Stefaan Thiers landscape architect / Developer: School group: Vzw Ignatius Scholen in Beweging; Project director: PREO / Others: Team DBFM; Consortium ABC 02 (Invesis / Alheembouw), VK Architects & Engineers (Stability & building physics), Alheembouw (contractor), BAM FM (operations & maintenance)

The Hive, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

In the summer of 2022, ION and Green Real Estate (Zeeman family) won the tender to breathe new sustainable life into the former Calvijn College in Amsterdam's Nieuw-West district. The Belgian-Dutch alliance will start work on The Hive in May. This is a mixed-use project comprising 183 flats, a health centre, a community centre and a cultural centre where artists can live and work.

This project is competing in the Best New Development category.

Architect: OZ Architect / Developer: ION and Green Real Estate / Others: Heddes Bouw & Ontwikkeling (contractor), Flux (landscape architect), Arup & CDC (sustainability), Drietech & Verhoef (technical engineering), Van Rossem (structural engineering), Wellsius (ESCO)