ULI Announces 2002 Awards For Excellence

ULI's 2002 Awards for Excellence were presented to 10 outstanding real estate development entries during the institute's annual fall meeting in Las Vegas.

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November 11, 2002, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


The Urban Land Institute's (ULI) 2002 Awards for Excellence were presented to 10 outstanding real estate development projects today at an awards ceremony held during the institute's annual fall meeting in Las Vegas.Established in 1979, the Awards for Excellence program is widely recognized as the development community's most prestigious recognition program. This year's winning projects were selected from 105 entries. Projects were evaluated on the basis of financial viability, the resourceful use of land, design, relevance to contemporary issues, and sensitivity to the community and environment. The winning projects reflect ULI's mission to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. The 2002 winners (owners and/or developers in parentheses) are: * Large-Scale, Office: One Raffles Link, Singapore (Hongkong Land Property Company, Ltd.); * Large-Scale, Recreational: Station Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada (Intrawest Corporation); * Large-Scale, Mixed-Use: CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida (CityPlace Retail LLC, owner; The Palladium Company, developer); * Small-Scale, Mixed-Use: Bethesda Row, Bethesda, Maryland (Federal Realty Investment Trust); * New Community: Summerlin North, Las Vegas, Nevada (The Howard Hughes Corporation); * Small-Scale Rehabilitation: Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Denver Flagship Store, Denver, Colorado (Recreational Equipment , Inc.); * Small-Scale Rehabilitation: Hotel Burnham at the Reliance Building, Chicago, Illinois (McCaffery Interests, Canal Street Partners LLC); * Public: Homan Square Community Center Campus, Chicago, Illinois (Homan Square Community Center Foundation, owner; The Shaw Company, developer); * Special: Envision Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Coalition for Utah’s Future)* Special: Memphis Ballpark District, Memphis, Tennessee (Moore Building Associates, LP, owner; Toyota Center, developer). Details about each development are provided at the link below.

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