It was a shining moment for SM Prime Holdings Ine. at the prestigious Mall China Golden Mall Awards 2015 recently at the Shangri-La Hotel in Shenzhen, China.
 
Mall China is the most influential and authoritative third-party organization of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) shopping-center industry. Major shopping malls and retail players in the country attended the event.       
 
SM Senior Vice President for Operations StevenTan was honored with the International Professional Leader Award, while two SM malls-SM City Xiamen and SM Lifestyle Center-received the Commercial Asset Management Co. Gold Award.
 
Tan was cited for his insights into retail, commercial real estate and the shopping-center industry in PRC,as well as promoting and giving significant guidance on development strategy. He has worked for the past five years with SM’sChina team, and handles all aspects of the business, including
leasing, operations and marketing.
 
Other recipients of the International Professional Leader Award were Michael Thomas Lloyd, chairman of The Tomlik Group; Peter J. Sharp, president of Walmart Realty Asia; and Ian Thomas, chairman of Thomas Consultants Ine.
 
The Commercial Asset Management Co. Gold Award, on the other hand, is the latest of the many awards SM’s PRC malls have received. From 2011 to 2014, the Mall China Golden Mall Awards have cited SM eight times, including a Design Innovation Award for its solar project in 2013; and the Community Shopping Center and Regional Shopping Center Awards in 2014.