It’s the time of year when the GTA construction industry has its Oscar moment.
The 36
th annual BILD Awards celebrates builders, developers, designers, architects, and sales and marketing professionals for quality work.
With so many tower projects underway, the battle for mid/high-rise project of the year is particular heated this time around.
Vying for the title is The Daniels Corporation’s Lighthouse Tower at Daniels Waterfront—City of the Arts, with architecture from Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects and interiors by Cecconi Simone Inc. and NAK Design Group; Freed Developments and Capital Developments’ Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos, with design by Cecconi Simone Inc. and DesignStor; Mattamy Homes Limited and Biddington Homes’s J. Davis House, with architecture from GCB Interior Architecture Inc.; and Signature Communities’ East United Condos, with architects Giannone Petricone Associates Inc and interiors by The Design Agency.
Lighthouse Tower at
Daniels Waterfront—City of the Arts, Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos, J. Davis House and East United Condos are also up for the People’s Choice Award, along with Geranium Corporation and Pemberton Group’s Friday Harbour, Great Gulf Homes’ Brockton Commons, Kylemore Communities’ Kennedy Manors and Zinc Developments’ 35 Wabash.
You see some familiar names up for Home Builder of the Year—Mid/High-Rise (Aspen Ridge Homes, Empire Communities, Minto Communities, Tridel), Home Builder of the Year—Low-Rise (Brookfield Residential, Great Gulf Homes, Mattamy Homes Limited, Minto Communities) and for Green Builder of the Year (Mattamy Homes Limited, Minto Communities, Stanton Renaissance
Tridel).
The awards also recognize marketing savvy. Toronto-based advertising and digital agency The Brand Factory and the company’s real estate group have nominated for 26 awards, including two out of the four total nominations for Best Overall Marketing Campaign (Pinnacle) Award for their work with Friday Harbour All Seasons Resort and Zinc Development’s 35 Wabash (Zinc Developments).
THE WINNERS, ANNOUNCED APRIL 28:
Project of the Year, Mid/High-Rise
Art Shoppe Lofts + Condos
Project of the Year, Low-Rise
35 Wabash
Best New Community, Planned/Under Development
Queensville
Best New Community, Built
Hullmark Centre
Green Builder of the Year
Tridel
Home Builder of the Year, Mid/High-Rise
Tridel
Home Builder of the Year, Low-Rise
Great Gulf Homes
People’s Choice Award
Friday Harbour
BILD Lifetime Achievement Award
Ignat “Iggy” Kaneff
Writer: Paul Gallant
Source: BILD GTA