Developments of Distinction Awards
The Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits Developments of Distinction Awards recognize excellence and honor outstanding achievement in the development of properties using the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), and/or tax credit developments using U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) financing.
Developments may be nominated in one of the categories listed below:
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Family Housing Property (Began 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Special Needs Populations (Began 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Metropolitan Community Impact (Began 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Rural Community Impact (Began 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing (Modified in 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Existing Public Housing (Modified in 2017)
- LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Major Community Impact (2014-2016)
- LIHTC Development that Best Reflects Market Success in Overcoming Significant Obstacles (2014-2016)
- LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Financial Innovation (2014-2016)
- LIHTC Development that Best Preserves Existing Affordable Rental Housing (Began in 2014)
- LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Innovative HUD Financing (2010-2012)
- Developments of Distinction: Historic Rehabilitation (2010-2011)
- Developments of Distinction: Renewable Energy (2010-2011)
Beginning in 2016, the awards ceremony is referred to as the year in which the ceremony took place, for all previous years the awards ceremony is referred to as the year in which nominations were accepted.
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Family Housing Property
2022
- Winner: Hillside Crossing, Schenectady, New York
Developer: The Community Builders, Inc. - Honorable Mention: The Starling
2021
- Winner: The Retreat at Harbor Pointe, Norfolk, Virginia
Developer: Lawson - Honorable Mention: Belle Rivers
2020
- Winner: Encanto Village, San Diego, California
2019
- Winner: Village at Westerly Creek 3, Aurora, Colorado
2018
- Winner: Eastgate, San Marcos, California
2017
- Winner: Rockwood Apartments, Anaheim, California
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Special Needs Populations
2022
- Winner: Laradon, Denver, Colorado
Developer: Gorman & Company - Honorable Mention: Livingston Place at Southern Assisted Living
2021
- Winner: Main Street Apartments, Rockville, Maryland
Developer: RST Development, LLC
Developer: Main Street Connect, Inc. - Honorable Mention: Casa Querencia
2020
- Winner: Paca House, Baltimore, Maryland
2019
- Winner: The Orchard, Santa Ana, California
2018
- Winner: 66 West, Edina, Minnesota
2017
- Winner: Inglis Gardens at Belmont, Philadelphia
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Metropolitan Community Impact
2022
- Winner: 50 Penn, Brooklyn, New York
Developer: Pennrose - Honorable Mention: Penn Street Lofts
2021
- Winner: The Redevelopment of Poindexter Village, Columbus, Ohio
Developer: Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
Developer: McCormack Baron Salazar - Honorable Mention: Innovia
2020
- Winner: The Eastman Reserve, Rochester, New York
2019
- Winner: Boulder Pines Community Campus, Las Vegas, Nevada
2018
- Winner: Grandview Marquette Apartments, Marquette, Michigan
2017
- Winner: Triborough Preservation Partners, Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn, New York
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Rural Community Impact
2022
- Winner: Westminster Way, Westminster, Maryland
Developer: Conifer Realty, LLC. - Honorable Mention: Trolley Station Terrace
2021
- Winner: Miremonte, Durango, Colorado
Developer: Volunteers of America National Services - Honorable Mention: Osborn Commons
2020
- Winner: Desert Properties, Tonopah, Nevada
2019
- Winner: Big Chair Lofts, Thomasville, North Carolina
2018
- Winner: Atz Place, Kendallville, Indiana
2017
- Winner: Village Centre, Brewer, Maine
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Existing Affordable Rental Housing
2022
- Winner: Lyman Terrace Phase 2, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Developer: The Community Builders, Inc. - Honorable Mention: Midtown Villages
2021
- Winner: Culpepper Garden I, Arlington, Virginia
Developer: Wesley Housing - Honorable Mention: Carrolltowne Village
2020
- Winner: Standard Communities Illinois Section 8 Portfolio, Chicago, Illinois
2019
- Winner: Mt. Baker Village Preservation, Seattle, Washington
2018
- Winner: Portner Flats, Washington, D.C.
2017
- Winner: Stanton Oaks, Atlanta, Georgia
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Existing Public Housing
2019
- Winner: Ocean Bay (Bayside) Apartments, New York City, New York
2018
- Winner: New Parkridge, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2017
- Winner: Aeroterra, Phoenix, Arizona
LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Major Community Impact
2016
- Winner: New Hope Housing at Rittenhouse, Houston, Texas
- Honorable Mention: Gardens at San Juan Square, San Antonio, Texas
- Honorable Mention: Monsenor Romero Apartments, Washington, D.C.
2014
- Winner: Fairfax Intergenerational Housing, Cleveland, Ohio
- Honorable Mention: Columbus School Apartments, Baltimore, Maryland
- Honorable Mention: Victory Gardens, Newington, Connecticut
2013
- Winner: Poehler Lofts, Lawrence, Kansas
- Honorable Mention: Chalmers Square, Detroit, Michigan
- Honorable Mention: Garfield Commons Apartment Homes, Phoenix, Arizona
2012
- Winner: Greenbridge Commons, Cleveland, Ohio
- Honorable Mention: Parkside Village, Franklin Township, New Jersey
2011
- Winner: Piquette Square, Detroit, Michigan
- Honorable Mention: Appleton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts
2010
- Winner: Compass Veterans Center – Renton, Renton, Washington
- Winner: Rosa Parks Apartments, Chicago, Illinois
- Honorable Mention: The Muses Apartment Homes, New Orleans, Louisiana
2009
- Winner: Palmer's Dock, Brooklyn, New York
- Honorable Mention: Dudley Village, Boston, Massachusetts
LIHTC Development that Best Reflects Market Success in Overcoming Significant Obstacles
2016
- Winner: Mary Harvin Center, Baltimore, Maryland
- Honorable Mention: Lamar Station Crossing, Lakewood, Colorado
2014
- Winner: Murphy Lane, Holly Springs, Mississippi
- Honorable Mention: Schmidt Artist Lofts, St. Paul, Minnesota
2013
- Winner: Creekside Village, Los Alamosa, California
- Honorable Mention: LaVogue Square, Detroit, Michigan
2012
- Winner: Faubourg Lafitte, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Honorable Mention: Village at Westerly Creek, Aurora, Colorado
2011
- Winner: Dahlia Square, Denver, Colorado
- Honorable Mention: Temple Landing, New Bedford, Massachusetts
2010
- Winner: The Muses Apartments, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Winner: The Frankin and the Eleanor Apartments, Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Honorable Mention: Christenson RD Portfolio (Phase I), Palmer and Kodiak, Arkansas
- Honorable Mention: Rohlff's Manor, Napa, California
2009
- Winner: Blue Ribbon Loft Apartments, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Honorable Mention: Red Hawk Apartments, Springdale, Utah
- Honorable Mention: Renaissance Preserve Senior Apartments, Fort Myers, Florida
LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Financial Innovation
2016
- Winner: Randall Lofts, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Honorable Mention: ANC MV Phase 1, Anchorage, Alaska
2014
- Winner: Charlesview Residences, Brighton, Massachusetts
- Honorable Mention: Forest Park Apartments and Silver Springs Apartments, Austin, Texas
- Honorable Mention: Pana Towers, Pana, Illinois
2013
- Winner: CAMBA Gardens Phase 1, Brooklyn, New York
- Honorable Mention: Bud Clark Commons, Portland, Oregon
2012
- Winner: Toussin Senior Apartments, Kentfield, California
- Honorable Mention: B1 - La Terraza, Bronx, New York
- Honorable Mention: Monarch Mills, Columbia, Maryland
2011
- Winner: Fort View Apartments and Webster Garden Apartments, Washington, D.C.
- Honorable Mention: Park Place City Center, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
2010
- Winner: Mixed-Use Financing Project, New York, New York
- Honorable Mention: Compass Veterans Center - Renton, Renton, Washington
2009
- Winner: South Carolina 07, Multiple Locations
- Honorable Mention: Hubbard Place Apartments, Washington, D.C.
LIHTC Development that Best Preserves Existing Affordable Rental Housing
2016
- Winner: The San Gabriel Portfolio, Victorville, Rialto, and Lancaster, California
- Honorable Mention: Azusa Apartments, Azusa, California
2014
- Winner: Park Manor Estates, Detroit Lakes, Michigan
- Honorable Mention: The Aeolian, Vicksburg, Mississippi
LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Innovative HUD Financing
2012
- Winner: Armory Lane Apartments, Vergennes, Vermont
- Honorable Mention: Cottonwood Place, Fremont, California
2011
- Winner: Saint Giles Manor, Pinellas Park, Florida
- Honorable Mention: West 135th Street Apartments, New York, New York
2010
- Winner: Turnagain Apartments, Fallbrook, California
- Honorable Mention: Reino del Cielo, Royal City, Washington
- Honorable Mention: Newberry Hall Apartments, Detroit, Michigan
Developments of Distinction: Historic Rehabilitation
2011
- Winner: Appleton Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts
- Winner: St. Thomas Community Health Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Honorable Mention: The Historic Park Inn & City National Bank Building, Mason City, Iowa
2010
- Winner: King Edward and Standard Life Project, Jackson, Mississippi
- Honorable Mention: Historic Sears Building, Butte, Montana
Developments of Distinction: Renewable Energy
2011
- Winner: HACSB-Maplewood Homes, San Bernardino, California
- Honorable Mention: Biofules Use of Digester Gas in Fuel Cells, San Diego, California
2010
- Winner: Coastal Energy Project, Grayland, Washington
- Honorable Mention: Make It Right - SOLAR, New Orleans, Louisiana
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