by Brianna Crandall — November 2, 2015—Ten real estate developments have been selected as winners of the 2015 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence, widely recognized as a prestigious award program for the land use industry. This year’s winners — five in North America, three in Europe, and two in Asia — were honored at the recent ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
12th Avenue Arts, Seattle, WA, USA — Developer: Capitol Hill Housing; Designer: SMR Architects
The awards competition, now in its 37th year, recognizes real estate projects that achieve a high standard of excellence in design, construction, economics, planning, and management. The program, open to all and not limited to ULI members, is viewed as the centerpiece of the global nonprofit’s efforts to identify and promote best practices in all types of real estate development.
Jury chair Michael Covarrubias, chairman and chief executive officer of TMG Partners in San Francisco, California, commented:
Each of this year’s finalists and winners demonstrate how innovation and design intersect with development performance. The diversity of these projects is a reflection of the land use industry’s interdisciplinary nature, illustrating the variety of ways to stabilize a neighborhood, improve the streetscape, and create meaningful experiences for communities worldwide.
The winners, developers and designers are:
- 12th Avenue Arts, Seattle, WA, USA — Developer: Capitol Hill Housing; Designer: SMR Architects
- Beaugrenelle, Paris, Ile de France, France — Developers: APSYS, SemPariSeine; Designer: Valode & Pistre Architects
- City Market at O, Washington, DC, USA — Developer: Roadside Development; Designers: Shalom Baranes Associates, Cecconi Simone, Perkins Eastman, and JCA Architects
- Denver Union Station, Denver, CO, USA — Developer: Union Station Neighborhood Company [an equal partnership between East West Partners and Continuum Partners], Trammell Crow Company, and Union Station Alliance; Designer: AECOM, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Hargreaves Associates
- Devon Energy Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA — Developer: Devon World Headquarters LLC; Designer: Pickard Chilton
- Jing An Kerry Centre, Puxi District, Shanghai, China — Developer: Kerry Properties; Designer: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
- King’s Cross Station, London, UK — Developer: Network Rail; Designers: McAslan & Partners
- Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China — Developer: Swire Properties & Sino-Ocean Land; Designer: The Oval partnership Ltd, Elena Galli Giallini Ltd and Spawton Architecture, Make Architects
- St. Joseph’s Campus, Oakland, CA, USA — Developer: BRIDGE Housing Corporation; Designer: Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP
- Swedbank Headquarters, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Sweden — Developer: Humlegården Fastigheter AB; Designer: 3XN
The ULI Global Awards for Excellence program is based on ULI’s guiding principle that the achievement of excellence in land use practice should be recognized and rewarded. The awards recognize the full development process of a project, not just its architecture or design.
The criteria for the awards include leadership, contribution to the community, innovations, public / private partnerships, environmental protection and enhancement, response to societal needs, and financial viability. Throughout the program’s history, all types of projects have been recognized for their excellence, including office, residential, recreational, urban / mixed use, industrial / office park, commercial / retail, new community, rehabilitation, and public projects and programs.
