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* Growing Popularity of Condos Rejuvenating Urban Areas
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Finalists Announced for 2005 Pillars of the Industry Awards

NAHB on Jan. 15 announced the finalists for its 2005 Pillars of the Industry Awards. Created in 1990, the awards honor superior achievement and leadership in the multifamily industry and promote the benefits of apartment living.

“Incredibly inventive designs, creative uses of color, a broad mix of building materials and great form as well as functional space distinguish this year’s Pillars Awards finalists,” said Jerry Howard, executive vice president and chief executive officer of NAHB. “Today’s apartments and condos are better than ever and offer residents a wide array of amenities and services.”

Finalists were named in 32 categories, including Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Development Firm of the Year and Property Management Company of the Year. Howard noted there was a huge jump this year in the number of entries in the “Best Multifamily For-Sale” category, reflecting the growing popularity of condos, especially in urban neighborhoods.

Winners will be announced on April 4 at a gala ceremony held in conjunction with NAHB’s Multifamily’s Pillars of the Industry Conference at the Doral Resort and Spa in Miami.


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The awards finalists are:

Category 1 — Best Garden Rental Apartment Community (four stories and under) Primary Market

  • Austin Ranch
    The Colony, Texas
    Hensley Lamkin Rachel, Inc.
  • Courtenay Palms
    Brandon, Fla.
    LandDesign
  • Legacy Fountain Plaza
    San Jose, Calif.
    Meeks + Partners and Sares-Regis Group
  • Promenade at Rio Vista
    McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
  • The Crest at Congressional Plaza
    Torti Gallas & Partners, Inc.

Category 2 — Best Garden Rental Apartment Community (four stories and under) Secondary Market

  • Centergate Celebration
    Orlando, Fla.
    Torti Gallas & Partners, Inc.
  • Echelon at the Ballpark
    Memphis, Tenn.
    Looney Ricks Kiss

Category 3 — Best Luxury Rental Apartment Primary Market

  • Gables Augusta
    Houston
    Meeks + Partners and Gables Residential
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies
  • The Ellington
    Washington, D.C.
    Donatelli & Klein, Inc.
  • The St. James
    Philadelphia
    Clark Realty Capital, LLC
  • Villa Siena
    Irvine, Calif.
    McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.

Category 4 — Best Luxury Rental Apartment Secondary Market

  • Jefferson at Providence Place
    Providence, R.I.
    Looney Ricks Kiss
  • Mirasol at Celebration
    Celebration, Fla.
    Looney Ricks Kiss
  • Post Massachusetts Avenue
    Washington, D.C.
    Post Properties

Category 5 — Best Mid-Rise Rental Apartment (five-eight stories)

  • Calais at Courtland Square
    Houston
    Steinberg Design Collaborative, LLP
  • Marquis on McKinney
    Dallas
    James Harwick & Partners
  • The Ellington
    Washington, D.C.
    Donatelli & Klein, Inc.
  • Valencia at South Miami Apartments
    South Miami, Fla.
    Lane Investment & Development Corporation

Category 6 — Best High-Rise Rental Apartment (nine stories and above)

  • Avalon at Mission Bay
    San Francisco
    AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
  • Massachusetts Court Apartments
    Washington, D.C.
    Clark Realty Capital, LLC
  • The Bennington at Silver Spring
    Silver Spring, Md.
    Bozzuto Management Company
  • The Whitney at Bethesda Theatre
    Bethesda, Md.
    The Bozzuto Development Company

Category 7 — Best Loft Community

  • Alexan Lofts
    Houston
    Hensley Lamkin Rachel, Inc.
  • Orpheum Lofts
    Phoenix
    Todd & Associates
  • The Bingham
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Marous Brothers Construction, Inc.
  • The River Lofts at Tobacco Row — Carolina / Consolidated
    Richmond, Va.
    Henneman + Associates

Category 8 — Best Mixed-Use Community

  • Fruitvale Transit Village
    Oakland, Calif.
    McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
  • Rivermark
    Santa Clara, Calif.
    Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies
  • The Jefferson at Penn Quarter
    Washington, D.C.
    JPI

Category 9 — Best For-Sale Multifamily Community: 15 units per acre or less

  • Astor Place
    Rocky River, Ohio
    Bloodgood Sharp Buster Architects and Planners, Inc.
  • Cascada
    Dallas
    Hensley Lamkin Rachel, Inc.
  • The Garlands at Barrington
    Barrington, Ill.
    Torti Gallas & Partners, Inc.
  • The Villas at State & Hope
    Santa Barbara, Calif.
    Peikert Group Architects

Category 10 — Best For-Sale Multifamily Community: 15-40 units per acre

  • Art Foundry Condominium
    Atlanta
    Lane Investment & Development Corp.
  • Bryan Square
    Washington, D.C.
    Eakin Youngentob Associates
  • Paraiso at Playa Vista
    Los Ángeles
    McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
  • Tuscany Hills
    San Jose, Calif.
    KTGY Group, Inc.

Category 11 — Best For-Sale Multifamily Community: more than 40 units per acre

  • Montebello
    Cupertino, Calif.
    McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
  • The Waverly at Las Olas
    Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
    ZOM Florida, Inc.
  • Watermarke
    Irvine, Calif.
    Meeks + Partners and Sares-Regis Group

Category 12 — Best Student Housing Apartment Community

  • Knoxville Place, University of Tennessee
    Knoxville, Tenn.
    Niles Bolton Associates and Place Properties
  • The College Inn
    Raleigh, N.C.
    Cline Design Associates
  • Vista Del Campo
    Irvine, Calif.
    KTGY Group, Inc.

Category 13 — Best Affordable Apartment Community

  • City West Revitalization
    Cincinnati
    Torti Gallas & Partners, Inc.
  • Columbia Estates
    Atlanta
    James Harwick & Partners
  • Jamboree at Talega
    San Clemente, Calif.
    Thomas Cox Associates
  • The Park at Oaklawn
    Charlotte, N.C.
    Crosland, Inc.

Category 14 — Best Site Plan-Urban

  • Rivermark
    Santa Clara, Calif.
    Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
  • Spinnaker Bay
    Clarksville, Md.
    The Bozzuto Development Company
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies
  • The Ellington
    Washington, D.C.
    Donatelli & Klein, Inc.
  • The Residences at Atlantic Station
    Atlanta
    Lane Investment & Development Corporation

Category 15 — Best Site Plan-Suburban

  • Citrus Falls
    Tampa, Fla.
    LandDesign
  • Courtenay Palms
    Brandon, Fla.
    LandDesign
  • Watermarke
    Irvine, Calif.
    Meeks + Partners and Sares-Regis Group

Category 16 — Best Repositioning or Rehabilitation of an Apartment Asset

  • Alban Towers / Alban Row
    Washington, D.C.
    Torti Gallas & Partners, Inc.
  • Gables Rock Springs
    Atlanta
    Gables Residential
  • Lakeside @ Delaney
    Orlando, Fla.
    LeCesse Development
  • Shadow Hill Apartments
    Santee, Calif.
    Southern California Housing Development Corp.

Category 17 — Most Creative Financing of an Apartment Community

  • City View at Hughes Square
    Orlando, Fla.
    JMG Realty, Inc.
  • Frances J. Gorman Manor at Carpenter Square
    Gloucester City, N.J.
    The Michaels Development Company, Inc.

Category 18 — Best Clubhouse/Leasing Center

  • Metropolitan at Pentagon Row Clubhouse
    Arlington, Va.
    Carlyn and Company Interiors & Design
  • Mid Town Temporary Sales Office
    Reston, Va.
    Carlyn and Company Interiors & Design
  • The Waverly at Las Olas
    Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
    ZOM Florida, Inc.
  • Three Thousand Sage
    Houston
    The Morgan Group, Inc.
    Carnegis & Company

Category 19 — Best Interior Merchandizing at a Multifamily Community

 For Sale

  • Landmark Place
    Oakland, Calif.
    Creative Design Consultants, LLC
  • Park Villas at Silverleaf
    Scottsdale, Ariz.
    Creative Design Consultants, LLC
  • Seacove at the Waterfront
    Huntington Beach, Calif.
    Creative Design Consultants, LLC

For Rent

  • Gables Augusta
    Houston
    Carnegis & Company
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies
  • The Waverly at Las Olas
    Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
    ZOM Florida, Inc.
  • Three Thousand Sage
    Houston
    Carnegis & Company

Category 20 — Best Signage Program at a Multifamily Community

  • Three Thousand Sage Apartments
    Houston
    Natural Graphics, Inc.
  • Cityville at Live Oak
    Dallas
    Robinson Creative, Inc.
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies

Category 21 — Best Brochure for a Rental Apartment Community

  • Bradborn Row
    Westminster, Colo.
    DZAP Design
  • Sovereign Square
    Washington, D.C.
    The JBG Companies
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies

Category 22 — Best Brochure for a For-Sale Multifamily Community

  • The Artisan Condominium
    Washington, D.C.
    The JBG Companies
  • Watermarke
    Irvine, Calif.
    RAP Communications, Inc.

Category 23 — Best Overall Sales or Leasing Campaign for a Multifamily Community

  • City View at Hughes Square
    Orlando, Fla.
    JMG Realty, Inc.
  • Radius Condominium
    Hollywood, Fla.
    Lane Investment & Development Corporation
  • Sunset and Vine
    Hollywood, Calif.
    Bond Companies
  • The Ellington
    Washington, D.C.
    Donatelli & Klein, Inc.

Category 24 — Best Corporate Web Site

Gables Residential
www.gables.com

Mark-Taylor
www.mark-taylor.com

Category 25 — Best Property Web Site

Category 26 — Freddie Mac Multifamily Development Firm of the Year

  • AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
    Alexandria, Va.
    Bryce Blair, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Bond Companies
    Santa Monica, Calif.
    Lawrence S. Bond, Chairman
    Robert Bond,President
  • BRE Properties
    Redmond, Wash.
    Constance B. Moore, President and Chief Operating Officer
  • Crescent Heights
    New York, N.Y.
    Bruce Menin, Chief Executive Officer

Category 27 — Property Management Company of the Year

  • American Management Services LLC/Pinnacle Winter Park, Fla.
  • Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
    Memphis

Category 28 — Regional/Multi-Site Manager of the Year

  • Bonnie Dougherty
    Phoenix
    BRE Properties
  • Deborah Westphal
    Atlanta
    Lane Investment & Development Corporation
  • Marla Staton
    Memphis
    Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
  • Terry Kaye
    San Diego
    Archstone Smith

Category 29 — Property Manager of the Year

  • Becky Pandolfo
    Winter Park, Fla.
    American Management Services East, LLC/Pinnacle
  • Debby Young
    Atlanta
    Lane Investment & Development Corporation
  • Patricia Dupart
    Norcross, Ga.
    Brencor, Inc.
  • Sandie Woodard
    Redmond, Wash.
    BRE Properties

Category 30 — RAM of the Year

  • Tomas Padilla
    New York, N.Y.
    Cooper Square Realty, Inc.
  • Tracy Hill
    Carpentersville, Ill.
    Fox View Apartments

Category 31 — HCCP of the Year

  • Helen Elizabeth "Libby" Wilfong
    Weaverville, N.C.
    MMA Financial
  • Maria Oymaian
    Boston
    Winn Residential


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