WASHINGTON (May 14, 2024) – Today, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced 18 finalists for the 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence, one of the most prestigious awards programs in the real estate industry. This year’s finalists include 16 developments in the United States and two in Canada. Two additional projects from the United States received special mentions.

“This year’s submissions represented a broad portfolio of work, showcasing a diverse range of projects driven by creativity and ambition,” said Doug Voigt, a Partner at SOM Chicago and the 2024 Chair of the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence jury. “Innovation in housing design was a recurrent theme and one that directly addresses the current affordable housing crisis. The projects honored this year resonate with the ULI’s core mission to exemplify the transformative potential of design and development in building more sustainable communities.”

The 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence finalists are as follows:

• 49 South Van Ness & 1550 Mission – San Francisco, Cali., USA
• 550 Madison – New York, New York, USA
• Austin Housing Conservancy – Austin, Texas, USA
• Avivo Village – Minneapolis, Minn., USA
• Bottleworks District – Indianapolis, Ind., USA
• Canary Landing – Maple House – Toronto, Ontario, CA
• CIBC SQUARE – Toronto, Ontario, CA
• Cleveland Foundation Headquarters – Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Raymond Elementary School – Washington, District of Columbia, USA
• East Campus Modernization Project – Redmond, Wash., USA
• Family Housing Expansion Project – Minneapolis, Minn., USA
• Gotham Point – Queens, NY., USA
• Lincoln Common – Chicago, Ill., USA
• Mill Creek Valley – Pillars of the Valley – St. Louis, Mo., USA
• Omaha RiverFront Revitalization – Omaha, Neb., USA
• Temple – Lansing, Mich., USA
• The Assembly – Pittsburgh, Pa., USA
• The St. Regis Chicago – Chicago, Ill., USA

Special Mentions:

• Dismas House – Nashville, Tenn., USA
• Seattle Convention Center Summit Building – Seattle, Wash., USA

The ULI Americas Awards for Excellence program evaluates projects across a number of factors, including achievements in marketplace acceptance, design, planning, technology, amenities, economic impact, management, community engagement, innovation, and sustainability. The program is open to projects in the ULI Americas region that are substantially complete, financially viable, and in operation.

ULI Americas Awards for Excellence finalists were selected by a multidisciplinary jury of ULI members, including experts in development, finance, planning, urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture. In addition to Voigt, the 2024 jury includes Nathalie Beauvais, climate resiliency lead/architecture & planning, HDR, Inc., Boston, Mass.; Lisa Cholmondeley, principal, Gensler, Washington, District of Columbia; Michael Cochran, strategic advisor , Eastdil Secured, New York, N.Y.; David DeVos, former global head of ESG, LaSalle Investment Management, Chicago, Ill.; Allen Folks, principal, Folks Planning , Sacramento, Calif.; Lucia Garsys, Advisor Planning and Infrastructure, Ret., Tampa, Fl.; Derek Goring, chief executive officer, Northcrest Developments, Toronto, Ontario; Nicole Horst, principal partner, landscape architect, Wenk Associates, Inc. Denver, Colo.; Jackie Knight, president, The Ackerberg Group, Minneapolis, Minn.; Danielle Tillman, managing principal, bKL Architecture, Chicago, Ill.; Michael Tymoff, director, real estate district development, Google, San Francisco, Calif.; Kishore Varanasi, sr. principal, director of urban design, CBT Architects, Boston, Mass..

The Awards for Excellence program, established in 1979 and subsequently expanded globally, is the centerpiece of ULI’s efforts to identify and promote best practices in all types of real estate development. For more information about the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence, visit uli.org/aae. The winners of the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence will be announced later this summer, and those projects will be entered as finalists for the ULI Global Awards for Excellence, competing against projects from the Europe and Asia Pacific regions. For more information about the ULI Global Awards for Excellence, visit uli.org/gae.

For more information, contact [email protected].

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