Excellence at the Apex: Real Estate Success Stories

Gizem Burteçin is a serial entrepreneur and real estate innovator operating at the intersection of spatial strategy, technology and capital. She builds platforms — not projects — designing environments where sustainability, community and commercial performance function as one system.

As Co-Founder and CEO of HAN Spaces, she scaled one of Türkiye’s leading coworking and PropTech platforms to over 35,000 m² across Türkiye and Hungary. In 2025, HAN Spaces received the iF Design Award (one of the world’s most prestigious award initiatives in global design for over 70 years) for Best Office Design, recognizing its integrated, performance-driven model.

Her background spans large-scale real estate development, executive roles in global technology ecosystems, and AI-native ventures. Today, she advises on coliving and PropTech initiatives, exploring how adaptive strategy, intelligence and user behaviour redefine long-term value in the built environment.

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Oskar Norelius is an award-winning architect and Partner at White Arkitekter, one of Scandinavia’s leading architecture practices. In May 2026, he assumes the role of CEO, stepping into leadership at a time when the built environment faces unprecedented climate and resource challenges.

Norelius is internationally recognized for pioneering large-scale timber architecture and low-carbon design. He co-led the acclaimed Sara Culture Centre in Skellefteå – a 20-storey climate-positive mass timber building that received the International Award for Wood Architecture and was named Best Culture Building at the World Architecture Festival. He has also played a leading role in the development of Stockholm Wood City, one of the world’s largest urban timber projects.

Named among Europe’s 40 Under 40 in Architecture and Design (2025), Norelius represents a new generation of design leadership – where architecture is not only about form, but about long-term value, sustainability and strategic transformation.