18 developments make the cut as 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence finalists

The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced 18 finalists for the 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. The program, which was established in 1979, is considered among the highest achievements in the real estate development industry and honors completed projects that are exemplary of its mission of promoting best practices in development. 

“This year’s submissions represented a broad portfolio of work, showcasing a diverse range of projects driven by creativity and ambition,” Doug Voigt, SOM Partner and the 2024 Chair of the ULI Americas Awards for Excellence jury, said about the finalists. “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.”

As always, projects from some of the world's leading architecture firms made the cut ahead of the final selection that is expected to be announced later this summer. The winner will then compete against projects from the Europe and Asia Pacific regions for the ULI Global Awards for Excellence. 

49 South Van Ness & 1550 Mission, San Francisco, CA
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; HKS Architects; TS Studio; FKA Lighting Design; DCI Engineers; CB Engineers for Related California

550 Madison, New York, NY
Snøhetta; Gensler; Rockwell Group for The Olayan Group

Austin Housing Conservancy, Austin, TX
Former Mayor Steve Adler and staff; David Steinwedell; ULI Terwilliger Center; Housing Authority of the City of Austin; NeighborWork; HousingWorks; ULI Austin; Kirk Rudy – Endeavor; Steve LeBlanc –CapRidge; ARA Newmark; Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company; Employee Retirement System of Texas; Kathy Tyler

Avivo Village, Minneapolis, MN 
AWH Architects for Avivo

Bottleworks District, Indianapolis, IN
RATIO Design and EUA for Hendricks Commercial Properties

Canary Landing – Maple House, Toronto, ON
COBE, architects-Alliance, CCxA, and DesignAgency for Dream Asset Management; Kilmer Group; Tricon Residential

CIBC SQUARE, Toronto, ON
WilkinsonEyre and Adamson Associates for Ivanhoé and Cambridge and Hines

Cleveland Foundation Headquarters, Cleveland, OH
S9 Architecture; Vocon; Arlene Watson; Nolan Beck Rivera; Communication Exhibits Inc. Merritt Chase; DERU Landscape Architecture; Osborn; Karpinski; Better Together Solar; and StructureCraft for The Cleveland Foundation

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Raymond Elementary School, Washington, DC
STUDIOS Architecture for Department of General Services – DC

East Campus Modernization Project, Redmond, WA
ZGF; LMN; NBBJ; Berger; CoughlinPorter, Lundeen; B+H Architects; Affiliated Engineers, Inc.; and AECOM for Microsoft

Family Housing Expansion Project, Minneapolis, MN
DJR Architects from Minneapolis Public Housing Authority

Gotham Point, Queens, NY
Handel Architects and BHDM for the Gotham Organization and RiseBoro Community Partnership

Lincoln Common, Chicago, IL
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in association with Antunovich Associates for McCaffery and Hines

Mill Creek Valley – Pillars of the Valley, St. Louis, MO
Lamar Johnson Collaborative (Lead); Damon Davis (Artist); David Mason & Associates (Civil Engineering); Introba (Electrical Engineering); Reed Burkett Lighting Design (Lighting) for St. Louis City SC and Great Rivers Greenway

Omaha RiverFront Revitalization, Omaha, NE
OJB Landscape Architecture; HDR; Gensler; Atelier Ten and Safdie Rabines Architects for City of Omaha (owner); The Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (MECA) (operator)

Temple, Lansing, MI
Integrated Architecture for Michigan Community Capital

The Assembly, Pittsburgh, PA
ZGF Architects for Wexford Science+Technology

The St. Regis Chicago, Chicago, IL
Studio Gang; bKL Architecture; Hirsch Bedner Associate (HBA); Gensler; and KTGY Simeone Deary Design Group for Magellan Development Group

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Dismas House, Nashville, TN
EOA Architects for Dismas House

Seattle Convention Center Summit Building, Seattle, WA
LMN Architects; Graham Baba Architects; Scharrer AD; Rolluda Architects; and Tiscareno Associates for Pine Street Group L.L.C.