La Mondiale Europartner, one of the first Luxembourgish life insurance companies, has won the first edition of the CBRE Luxembourg Office Space of the Year contest which rewards companies that want to attract and retain the best talents by offering them a qualitative work environment.
CBRE Office Space of the Year is the first national contest that rewards the best workplace in Luxembourg.
33 applications from all over the Grand-Duchy were submitted, and a professional jury of highly reputable experts from the real estate, human resources and communication sectors has selected the winners based on the pictures and the motivational speech of each contestant. The jury included Olivier Bastin (CEO, Immobel Luxembourg); Tom Beiler (Founding Partner, Beiler François Fritsch); Magali Maillot (Human Resources Director, Allen & Overy); Céline Coubray (Journalist, Maison Moderne); Alex Reding (Gallery Director, Nosbaum Reding) and Frank Rosenbaum (Executive Director, CBRE Luxembourg).
“In 2007, we were occupying about 1,000 m² and we were only 70 employees”, says Nicolas Pascolini, executive assistant in charge of the new extension and redesign project. “Since then, the team has grown considerably, as we are now 200 employees. The expansion project has been successfully completed and the size of the office space has increased to around 2,500 m². We made sure that we had good connectivity throughout the space, with the latest generation of IT equipment. We have created many meeting spaces, whether formal, such as meeting rooms, or informal, such as the library or lounge area”, adds Nicolas Pascolini. “The team has really taken ownership of the place, all generations combined. The feedback from our employees on this new layout is so positive that we are currently carrying out some office staging in the rest of our offices to inject some of these improvements into our older premises.”
In addition to granting the “Office Space of the Year” Award, the Jury dedicated five special achievement awards:
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Special Award “Best Lobby”: Foyer Assurance
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Special Award “Wellness”: Natixis Life
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Special Award “Small office”: BigBang Interactive Media
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Special Award “Co-working space”: Silversquare
The public voting winner is Silversquare, that collected more than 500 likes. The winner of the Public Voting award was determined by the number of likes on the official Instagram account of the contest.
The idea behind the contest comes from a new trend in the workplace landscape: “With our 24 employees dedicated to all aspects of the real estate sector in Luxembourg, we clearly express our willingness to develop our Workspace department further, with a team of 4 interior designers and engineers. This responds to a request and a need of our clients. Indeed, the challenge for companies is no longer limited to a "simple" search of office space but also to their development and evolution possibilities towards more communication and well-being between and for their employees “, explains Frank Rosenbaum, Executive Director of CBRE Luxembourg.
CBRE Office Space of the Year was organized by CBRE Luxembourg in partnership with Vitra and Paperjam. The contest will be renewed next year in September 2019 whereas CBRE Belgium will also launch its second edition in mid-March 2019.
