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 

2019

• Winner: Village at Westerly Creek 3, Aurora, Colo.

2018

• Winner: Eastgate, San Marcos, Calif.

2017

• Winner: Rockwood Apartments, Anaheim, Calif.

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Special Needs Populations

2019

• Winner: The Orchard, Santa Ana, Calif.

2018

• Winner: 66 West, Edina, Minn

2017

• Winner: Inglis Gardens at Belmont, Philadelphia

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Metropolitan Community Impact 

2019

• Winner: Boulder Pines Community Campus, Las Vegas

2018

• Winner: Grandview Marquette Apartments, Marquette, Mich.

2017

• Winner: Triborough Preservation Partners, Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Rural Community Impact 

2019

• Winner: Big Chair Lofts, Thomasville, N.C.

2018

• Winner: Atz Place, Kendallville, Ind.

2017

• Winner: Village Centre, Brewer, Maine

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Existing Affordable Rental Housing

2019

• Winner: Mt. Baker Village Preservation, Seattle

2018

• Winner: Portner Flats, Washington, D.C.

2017

• Winner: Stanton Oaks, Atlanta, Ga.

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Preservation of Existing Public Housing

2019

• Winner: Ocean Bay (Bayside) Apartments, New York City

2018

• Winner: New Parkridge, Ypsilanti, Mich. 

2017

• Winner: Aeroterra, Phoenix, Az.

LIHTC Development that Best Exemplifies Major Community Impact

2016

• Winner: New Hope Housing at Rittenhouse, Houston
• Honorable Mention: Gardens at San Juan Square, San Antonio
• Honorable Mention: Monsenor Romero Apartments, Washington, D.c.

2014

• Winner: Fairfax Intergenerational Housing, Cleveland, Ohio
• Honorable Mention: Columbus School Apartments, Baltimore, Md.
• Honorable Mention: Victory Gardens, Newington, Conn.

2013

• Winner: Poehler Lofts, Lawrence, Ks. 
• Honorable Mention: Chalmers Square, Detroit, Mich. 
• Honorable Mention: Garfield Commons Apartment Homes, Phoenix, Ariz.

2012

• Winner: Greenbridge Commons, Cleveland, Ohio
• Honorable Mention: Parkside Village, Franklin Township, N.J.

2011 

• Winner: Piquette Square, Detroit, Mich.
• Honorable Mention: Appleton Mills, Lowell, Mass.

2010

• Winner: Compass Veterans Center – Renton, Renton, Wash.
• Winner: Rosa Parks Apartments, Chicago, Ill.
• Honorable Mention: The Muses Apartment Homes, New Orleans, La.

2009

• Winner: Palmer's Dock, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Honorable Mention: Dudley Village, Boston, Mass.

LIHTC Development that Best Reflects Market Success in Overcoming Significant Obstacles

2016

• Winner: Mary Harvin Center, Baltimore, Md.
• Honorable Mention: Lamar Station Crossing, Lakewood, Colo.

2014

• Winner: Murphy Lane, Holly Springs, Miss.
• Honorable Mention: Schmidt Artist Lofts, St. Paul, Minn.

2013

• Winner: Creekside Village, Los Alamosa, Calif.
• Honorable Mention: LaVogue Square, Detroit, Mich.

2012

• Winner: Faubourg Lafitte, New Orleans, La.
• Honorable Mention: Village at Westerly Creek, Aurora, Colo.

2011

• Winner: Dahlia Square, Denver, Colo.
• Honorable Mention: Temple Landing, New Bedford, Mass.

2010

• Winner: The Muses Apartments, New Orleans, La.
• Winner: The Frankin and the Eleanor Apartments, Bridgeport, Conn.
• Honorable Mention: Christenson RD Portfolio (Phase I), Palmer and Kodiak, Alaska
• Honorable Mention: Rohlff's Manor, Napa, Calif.

2009

• Winner: Blue Ribbon Loft Apartments, Milwaukee, Wis.
• Honorable Mention: Red Hawk Apartments, Springdale, Utah
• Honorable Mention: Renaissance Preserve Senior Apartments, Fort Myers, Fla.

LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Financial Innovation

2016

• WInner: Randall Lofts, Fort Wayne, Ind.
• Honorable Mention: ANC MV Phase 1, Anchorage, Alaska

2014

• Winner: Charlesview Residences, Brighton, Mass.
• Honorable Mention: Forest Park Apartments and Silver Springs Apartments, Austin, Texas
• Honorable Mention: Pana Towers, Pana, Ill.

2013

• Winner: CAMBA Gardens Phase 1, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Honorable Mention: Bud Clark Commons, Portland, Ore.

2012

• Winner: Toussin Senior Apartments, Kentfield, Calif.
• Honorable Mention: B1 - La Terraza, Bronx, N.Y.
• Honorable Mention: Monarch Mills, Columbia, Md.

2011

• Winner: Fort View Apartments and Webster Garden Apartments, Washington, D.C.
• Honorable Mention: Park Place City Center, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

2010

• Winner: Mixed-Use Financing Project, New York, N.Y.
• Honorable Mention: Compass Veterans Center - Renton, Renton, Wash.

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, Calif.
• Honorable Mention: Azusa Apartments, Azusa, Calf.

2014

• Winner: Park Manor Estates, Detroit Lakes, Mich.
• Honorable Mention: The Aeolian, Vicksburg, Miss.

LIHTC Development that Best Demonstrates Innovative HUD Financing

2012

• Winner: Armory Lane Apartments, Vergennes, Vt.
• Honorable Mention: Cottonwood Place, Fremont, Calif.

2011

• Winner: Saint Giles Manor, Pinellas Park, Fla.
• Honorable Mention: West 135th Street Apartments, New York, N.Y.

2010

• Winner: Turnagain Apartments, Fallbrook, Calif.
• Honorable Mention: Reino del Cielo, Royal City, Wash.
• Honorable Mention: Newberry Hall Apartments, Detroit, Mich.

Developments of Distinction: Historic Rehabilitation

2011

• Winner: Appleton Mills, Lowell, Mass.
• Winner: St. Thomas Community Health Center, New Orleans, La.
• Honorable Mention: The Historic Park Inn & City National Bank Building, Mason City, Iowa

2010

• Winner: King Edward and Standard Life Project, Jackson, Miss.
• Honorable Mention: Historic Sears Building, Butte, Mt.

Developments of Distinction: Renewable Energy

2011

• Winner: HACSB-Maplewood Homes, San Bernardino, Calif.
• Honorable Mention: Biofules Use of Digester Gas in Fuel Cells, San Diego, Calif.

2010

• Winner: Coastal Energy Project, Grayland, Wash.
• Honorable Mention: Make It Right - SOLAR, New Orleans, La.

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