ULI North Florida is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Awards for Excellence. Nominations are due August 1, 2024.

ULI North Florida’s Awards for Excellence recognizes outstanding real estate projects and organizations throughout the District Council. Eligible nominations include projects that demonstrate excellence and best practices in the areas of planning, design, construction, management, financial viability and sustainability.

Nomination Categories

New Development

Desired submissions are new development projects that are responding to community needs, markets, or visions which provide strategies that are worthy of being replicated:

• Project can be a public, private or a joint endeavor.
• Entries must be a stabilized operation and financially viable.
• Project submissions will be divided into those under $20 million and over $20 million.

Public Sector/Non-Profit

Desired submissions are projects that are driven by the public or non-profit sector or a publicprivate partnership that employs best practices to reinvigorate an area or satisfy a community need:

• Project must have a lively, central gathering space, serving as a public destination or provide equitable access to a community need (e.g., housing, support services, etc.)
• Instead of meeting the financial viability requirement, the public sector or non-profit entry will be considered based on how sound the investment of public funds has been and the impact on transforming communities and neighborhoods.

Reuse/Repurpose

Desired submissions are projects that rehabilitate, reuse, or repurpose existing structures to reinvigorate an area, satisfy a unique community need, or place underutilized or vacant buildings/ properties back into the marketplace:

• Project can be a public, private or a joint endeavor.
• Entries must be a stabilized operation and
  financially viable.

Urban Development

Desired submissions are projects which offer the economic revitalization to the urban core through leading design practices and provide benefit to the community:

• Project can be a public, private or a joint
  endeavor.
• Entries must be a stabilized operation and
  financially viable

Organization of Influence

Desired submissions are any organization (public, private or non-profit) that has had an influential impact on a market, community or demographic:

• Organization has a demonstrated, multi-year history of employing best practice principles in addressing a market, community or demographic need and executes its mission through strategies worthy of being shared with and applied within other organizations.
• Organization serves as a visionary influence or as a catalyst to positively impact and revitalize a market, community or demographic, which has led and will continue to lead to future growth, development and overall success in such market, community or demographic.

Judges’ Choice Award

In addition to the award categories, judges have the discretion to award a project that embodies ULI’s mission to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide.

For a List of Past Awards Winners, visit northflorida.uli.org/events/awards-forexcellence/

To Submit a Nomination

Complete the relevant Nomination Form (Project Nomination Form) and submit all required materials by Thursday, August 1, 2024 to [email protected] via email.

Contact Awards Chairs Sarah King at [email protected], Maxine McBride at [email protected], or Executive Director Carolyn Clark at [email protected] if you have any questions.