Comprising chiefly investment consultants, academics and former pension fund executives, the IPE Real Estate Global Awards judges are specially chosen according to their region and/or area of expertise. In 2017, 38 judges reviewed a record number of entries, contributing invaluably therefore to the annual benchmark the IPE Real Estate Global Awards produce for institutional real estate investors.

The judging runs from early March until mid-April and involves a two-stage process. 

The first stage involves the judges reading the entries in the categories they are reviewing online and then marking them
according to a six-band 20 point matrix to measure the candidates against their peers nationally, regionally and globally. `
 
For the second phase, we invite each judge in each panel to take part in a 30 minute (maximum) conference call with the
other judges to ensure we have the right winner. This is especially relevant to any categories where the result is tight.
If we have a clear winner after the first round of judging, we will ask the judges by email
if they are happy with the result as it stands and therefore not hold a debate.