2021 Awards for Excellence Finalists

2021 Awards Finalists

Finalists: New Development

  • ASHLEY STREET CONTAINER LOFTS

    Owner: JWB Real Estate Capital
    Developer (if separate from Owner):
    Architect/Designer: Fisher Koppenhafer
    Engineer: Kimley Horn
    Contractor: Shaycore
    Others: Art Republic (Mural)

  • BARLOW AND THE EXCHANGE

    Owner: SMC Jax Owner, LLC
    Developer: Chance Partners, LLC
    Lender: Ameris Bank / Stifel Bank / Valley National Bank
    Equity Partner: EJF Capital LLC
    Architect: Dynamik Design
    Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
    Interior Designer: Focus Design / Crosby Design
    Landscape Architect: Pittman Landscape Architects
    Environmental Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
    Contractor: Live Oak Contracting
    Entitlement Attorney: Roger Towers
    Environmental Attorney: Finger Nelson & Maguire
    Project Attorney: Womble Bond Dickson
    Property Manager: ZRS

  • GLOBAL HOME OF THE PGA TOUR

    Owner: PGA TOUR
    Developer: PGA TOUR
    Landscape Architecture: Prosser, Inc.
    Architecture: Foster + Partners
    Project Management: Roca Point
    Engineering: Kimley-Horn (Civil) and Atlantic Engineering Services (Structural)
    Contractor: Clark Construction (General Contractor) and J.B. Coxwell
    Collaborating Architect: Nelson
    Lighting Engineer: Lumen
    MEP/LEED Consultants: Jordan & Skala Engineers
    Irrigation Designer: Eco Design
    Signage Consultants: Fast Signs

  • LOFTS AT JEFFERSON STATION

    Owner: Vestcor
    Architect/Designer: Group 4 Design
    Engineer: Eisman & Russo
    Contractor: Summit Contracting Group

  • PARKLAND PRESERVE

    Owner: NGMB Properties, LLC
    Developer: Chase Properties, Inc.
    Partners: Mohammad Bataineh, Nasrullah Ghafoor & Michael Balanky
    Architect: Kasper Architects (Amenity Center)
    Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
    Contractors: Jr. Davis Construction (Sitework), K&G Construction, Inc. (Amenity Center)
    Home Builder: D.R. Horton, Inc.

  • THE WAVES

    Owner: The Waves of Jacksonville, Ltd
    Developer: Vestcor
    Partner: The Waves GP, LLC, a Florida LLC
    Architect/Designer: Group 4 Design, Incorporated
    Engineer: Abbey Civil Engineers
    Contractor: Summit Contracting Group
    Others: WRH Realty Services, Inc.

  • TRAILMARK AMENITY PROGRAM

    Owner: Six Mile Creek CDD
    Developer: GreenPointe Developers, LLC
    Architect/Engineer:
    – Amenity Village (Welcome Center, Fitness Center, Pool, Camp House and Sports Courts) | Ervin Lovett Miller (ELM)
    – Trail System | Avid Trails | Environmental Services, Inc.
    – Kayak Launch, Community Parks and Landscaping | Prosser | Environmental Services, Inc.
    Engineer: England-Thims & Miller, Inc
    Contractors:
    – Site Development | Vallencourt
    – Amenity Village (Welcome Center, Fitness Center, Pool, Camp House and Sports Courts) | Scherer Construction
    – Trail System | Avid Trails | Kompan
    – Kayak Launch | Besch and Smith | Dynamic Marine Construction

  • VISTA BROOKLYN

    Owner: Bristol Development and Hallmark Partners
    Architect/Designer:  J Davis Architects
    Civil Engineer: England, Thims, & Miller
    Structural Engineer: Fluhrer Reed
    MPE: Lighthouse Engineering
    Landscape: Hodgson & Douglas
    Interior Design: Moore Design Group
    Contractor: Brasfield & Gorrie

Finalists: Reuse/Repurpose

  • THE BARNETT NATIONAL BANK TOWER

    Owner: SouthEast Group
    Developer: Steve Atkins
    Partner: Molasky Group
    Architect: KBJ Architects 
    Design Architect    : Dasher Hurst Architects
    Engineers: TLC Engineering, Atlantic Engineering Services
    Contractor: Danis

  • HUBBARD STREET / NEWNAN STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION

    Owner: Florida Department of Transportation, District 2
    Partner: City of Jacksonville
    CEI Management: England-Thims & Miller, Inc.
    Engineer: Infrastructure Engineers Inc.
    Contractor:  Hal Jones Contractor Inc.

  • RUBY BEACH BREWING CO.

    Owner: 228 Forsyth, Inc.
    Developer: PETRA
    Architect: Zona & Associates
    Designer: CB Creative, Corey Brown
    Engineer: Zona & Associates
    Contractor: Ideal Conditions Constructions

Finalists: Public Sector/Non-Profit

  • CAPITAL CASCADES CROSSING AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

    Owner: City of Tallahassee
    Developer: Blueprint IA
    Partner: City of Tallahassee
    Architect/Designer: FIGG Bridge Group
    Engineer: Finley Engineering Group
    Contractor: GLF Construction Corporation

  • THE CORKSCREW

    Owner/Developer: The City of Jacksonville
    Management/Activation Partner: Downtown Vision, Inc.

  • THE JACKSONVILLE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER AT LAVILLA

    Owner: Jacksonville Transportation Authority
    Architect/Designer: Pond | Michael Baker Joint Venture
    Engineer: Pond | Michael Baker Joint Venture
    Contractor: Balfour Beatty

  • VILLAGE AT HYDE PARK

    Owner: Ability Housing Inc.
    Architect/Designer: Forum Architecture & Interior Design, Inc.
    Engineer: Hamilton Engineering & Surveying, Inc.
    Contractor: Sauer

Finalists: Hospitality & Entertainment

  • EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH RESORT

    Owner:  Key Beach North LLC
    Developer:  Key International
    Architect/Designer: PFVS, Inc.
    Engineer: Zev Cohen & Associates, Inc.
    Landscape Architect: Zev Cohen & Associates, Inc.
    Contractor:  WELBRO Building Corporation
    Land Use Attorneys: Sodl & Ingram PLLC

  • MARGARITAVILLE BEACH HOTEL

    Owner: MSB Hotels IV, LLC
    Developer: Elite Hospitality, LLC
    Architect/Designer: ESa
    Engineer: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
    Contractor: WELBRO Building Corporation
    Interior Design: The McBride Company

  • SAWGRASS COUNTRY CLUB CLUBHOUSE FACILITIES

    Owner: Sawgrass Country Club, Inc.
    Architect/Designer: Peacock & Lewis Architects and Planners, LLC, / Susan Bardin
    Engineer: Abbey Civil Engineers, Inc. / Gary Abbey
    Contractor: Auld & White Constructors

Finalists: Organization of Influence

  • ABILITY HOUSING

    The mission of Ability Housing is to build strong communities where everyone has a home.

    Ability Housing accomplishes their mission by providing quality affordable housing and ensuring residents have wrap-around supports to help each achieve their potential.

  • BLUEPRINT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGENCY

    The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency has been at the helm of the community’s most pressing infrastructure needs, based on a concept of holistic infrastructure planning and community redevelopment. The program promotes multi-use corridors, park-like regional stormwater facilities for water-quality protection, alternative transportation, passive recreation and wildlife-habitat preservation as it builds the infrastructure the community envisions

  • CATHEDRAL DISTRICT

    Cathedral District Jax-Inc. (CDJ), a Florida nonprofit founded in 2016, the renewal effort has already broken ground on its first project, the development of 120 apartments for mixed-income residents. And CDJ’s board and stakeholders are committed to achieving the vision of a thriving neighborhood that appeals to a broad cross-section of residents.

  • CHW

    CHW is a full-service civil consultant company.

    When they aren’t surveying the land, drawing up plans, designing the landscape, or ensuring quality, CHW is establishing meaningful connections with the local communities, which empower more sustainable results. With offices in Gainesville, FL, Jacksonville, FL and Ocala, FL, connections with the community keep CHW focused on client relationships and the positive influence their projects have.

  • GROUNDWORK JACKSONVILLE

    Groundwork Jacksonville is the city’s nonprofit partner specifically created to clean and redevelop Hogans and McCoys creeks and convert contaminated land into parks, playgrounds, trails, and other public spaces. Groundwork intends to build the “emerald necklace” of trails, parks, creeks and greenspace encircling the urban core that was envisioned by famed architect Henry Klutho in the early 20th Century. Groundwork Jacksonville is one of 21 such trusts across the country, the only Groundwork trust in Florida and the first in the Southeastern United States.

  • SPRINGFIELD PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION (SPAR)

    The mission of SPAR is to ensure Historic Springfield is a preferred place to live and do business by leading programs that drive the preservation, revitalization, and balanced growth of our community.

    Since 1974, SPAR has facilitated positive change in the Springfield historic district through a variety of roles and initiatives. Through the decades, these actions have taken different forms, from painstaking documentation to sweat soaked service.