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Best Of 50+ Housing Honored at Symposium in Denver
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Leisure World™ of Virginia was named the best active adult community of more than 750 homes in NAHB's best in the 50+ Housing Awards competition. |
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The best in the 50+ housing industry were honored by NAHB during the Building for Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium 2007 in Denver earlier this month.
The NAHB 50+ Housing Council, which promotes excellence in the 50+ housing industry, presented gold and silver awards in 58 categories to current and on-the-boards projects from across the United States and as far away as Japan.
Design categories covered a range of product types such as active adult, aging in place, assisted living, continued-care retirement communities, for-sale condominiums, rental apartments and renovated seniors housing.
Winners were also honored for excellence in marketing strategies focusing on the mature market, and nine Jurors’ Innovation Awards were presented to projects that demonstrated extraordinary creativity and insight.
Among the top award winners were:
Active Adult Overall Community of the Year Gold Awards
Best Logo Gold Award
Best Web Site Gold Award
Best Sales Center Gold Award
Special Judges’ Award: Marketing Innovation
Special Judges’ Award: Active Adult Innovation
For a complete list of the Best of 50+ Housing Awards winners, visit www.nahb.org/50plusawards.
A 12-member panel of architects, builders, designers, marketing professionals and universal design specialists judged the projects on innovative architecture, interior design, merchandising, marketing and how effectively they responded to the housing demands of the 50+ market. Marketing categories focused on brochures, advertising campaigns, sales centers and special promotions.
For more information, e-mail Elizabeth Landry at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8680.
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