I am a member of ULI and I know Pete and Chad (Urbanized) are, so I thought this would be interesting to the group to post.

Urban Land Institute chooses award finalists

By: Journal Record Staff December 14, 2017

OKLAHOMA CITY – Urban Land Institute Oklahoma has selected 23 finalists for its fourth-annual Impact Awards. The Impact Awards honor the projects that represent the best practices in land use and development, and how they’ve improved life in the city. The projects promote the creation of resilient communities, intelligent densification and urbanization, and outstanding quality of design and construction.

This year’s event is sponsored by the Center for Economic Development Law. The winners will be announced Feb. 9 at the Tower Theatre. Registration for the event is $50 for ULI members, $35 for student members, and $75 for nonmembers.

The nomination process is open to everyone, and developers statewide submitted projects.

“ULI Oklahoma is thrilled to recognize these projects for their positive impact on our communities, by making them more resilient, more walkable, and more inclusive,” said Todd Glass, ULI Oklahoma chairman. “That night, we will honor the people responsible for developing projects that make Oklahoma a better place to live. It will be the best party of the year.”

The awards will honor three finalists in each of seven categories: outstanding community building effort, outstanding public initiative, boutique development, small-scale development, small-scale rehabilitation and restoration, large-scale development, and large-scale rehabilitation and restoration.

The nominees for the outstanding community building effort category are Bricktown Beach, Commonplace Books, and The Curbside Chronicle. In the outstanding public initiative category, Center-City Form-Based Code of Norman, Downtown Oklahoma City Quiet Zone, and Military Park are being considered. Gardner Architects’ Barrios design, the Jesus Saves building, and the Pueblo at Paseo are up for the best boutique development award.

In the small-scale development category, the nominees are The Civic condominiums, the Commons on Classen, and The Walker Building.

The projects being reviewed in the small-scale rehabilitation category are the Bob Moore Campus, the Sunshine Laundry building, and Swanson’s North multi-tenant building.

In the bigger projects’ categories, the Lift Apartments, the Tract 30 at Chisholm Creek, and the University of Oklahoma resident colleges are the nominees for the development category. The rehabilitation projects being considered are The Heritage multi-tenant office building, The Jones Assembly, and The Page Woodson School affordable apartments.

Also at the awards event, ULI Oklahoma will honor the Susan E. Brackett Dance Center at OKC Ballet for outstanding philanthropic vision. The Tower Theatre will be honored for distinguished merit.