ULI Nashville Hosts 15th Annual Excellence in Development Awards, Honors Seven Winners
FRANKLIN, TN—The Urban Land Institute Nashville held its annual Excellence in Development Awards at an evening event on Wednesday, April 30, at the Omni Nashville Hotel in downtown Nashville.
Over 700 ULI Nashville members and guests representing firms across the real estate and land use industry attended the 15th annual Awards event, which celebrates developments in Middle and East Tennessee that demonstrate exceptional innovation and impact on the community or within their product type.
“There’s a reason everyone looks forward to the Awards – it’s a chance for the entire industry to gather and celebrate the amazing projects across Nashville, Middle Tennessee, and, for the first time this year, projects from East Tennessee. We’re in a unique moment, where the commercial real estate industry remains strong in Tennessee, yet we’re feeling the uncertainty of the times. It’s in moments like these, that it’s important to recognize and honor the outstanding nominees. They set the standard for development in our cities,” said ULI Nashville Chair, Sheila Dial-Barton, principal at EOA Architects.
President & CEO, JAG Tennessee, John Dwyer.
Of the fifteen projects that were nominated for award consideration, seven received winning recognition due to their demonstration of meeting market demands, achieving outstanding design, reflecting ULI’s priorities, and addressing community needs. New this year is the inclusion of East Tennessee projects. Out of the seven winners, two are located in Knoxville.
From left to right: Jimmy Ryan with Johnson Architecture, Peter McKay with KCDC, Jim Hatfield with KCDC, Ben Bentley with KCDC.
This year’s Excellence in Development Awards judges came from Connecticut, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles to tour and carefully review each applicant across the criteria of excellence in land use and design, construction, and financial success as well as innovation in affordability, sustainability, and public-private partnerships.
ULI Nashville Chair and Principal of EOA Architects, Sheila Dial-Barton.
This year’s seven winning projects and the development teams are as follows:
Dogan-Gaither Flats (Knoxville)
Project team: 4th Purpose Realty, LLC; Sanders Pace Architecture; Elite Diversified Construction, Inc.; Hedstrom Landscape Architecture; Will Robinson & Associates; Robin Easter Design; Tullock Consulting
First Creek at Austin Phase 1 (Knoxville)
Project team: Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation; Johnson Architecture, Inc.; J.A. Fielden; Arcadis; Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Pinnacle Financial Partners; UES; Bass, Berry & Sims PLC; 41 South Creative; Nashville Office Interiors; Partners Development
Metro Water Services’ Central Water Reclamation Facility
Project team: Metro Water Services; Centric Architecture; Brasfield & Gorrie; Hawkins Partners, Inc.; Civil Infrastructure Associates; Hazen and Sawyer; Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.; Inflo Design Group; James + Associates; Water Management Services; Athena
Strobel House
Project team: Metropolitan Government of Nashville; Metropolitan Government of Nashville, Office of Homeless Services; Capital Project Solutions; Depaul USA; Moody Nolan; BELL Construction; EDGE; Catalyst Design Group; K.S. Ware & Associates; I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.; EMC Structural Engineers, P.C.
Standard Assembly
Project team: Atlas Real Estate Partners; HY Ventures; Wedgewood Avenue; JLL; EOA Architects; Manuel Zeitlin Architects; Hardaway Construction; Hawkins Partners, Inc.; Fulmer Lucas Engineering; KCI Technologies Inc.; Terracon; McCoy Design; EMC Structural Engineers, P.C.; Power Management Corporation; RealPage Inc.; Greystar
The Factory at Franklin
Project team: Holladay Properties; Centric Architecture; Solomon Builders | Flow Construction Company, Inc.; Gamble Design Collaborative; Kimley-Horn; Everwise Credit Union; Isle of Printing; TTL; Bradley; McCoy Design; Fortify Fabrication
The Wilder
Project team: Openworks, LLC; SR Manager, LLC; Brick Church Property, LLC; Adkisson & Associates Architects, Inc.; Dowdle Construction Group, LLC; H+B Land Design; Dale & Associates, Inc.; Truxton Trust; BlueHub Capital; Perry & Associates, LLC; Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC; Kaalberg Giesecke; Lilian M Taylor; Metro Nashville Planning Department | Metro Nashville Housing Division; Metro Council Member Kyonzté Toombs
The evening culminated in the judges bestowing the Rose Faeges-Easton Community Impact Award to First Creek at Austin Phase 1 located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Rose Faeges-Easton was the founding Director of ULI Nashville in 2008 and launched the ULI Excellence in Development Awards in Nashville in 2009.
ULI’s mission is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. ULI Nashville’s membership is made up of over 1070 urban planners, architects, engineers, financial professionals, developers, owners, brokers, realtors, public officials, academics, and attorneys across Middle and East Tennessee.
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