Washington – The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing has announced four finalists for this year’s Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award and eight finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.
“At a time when cities across the nation are struggling to build the homes their residents, businesses, and local economies require to thrive, ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing is privileged to share this year’s Kemp Award and Innovation Award finalists,” said Christopher Ptomey, executive director of the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing. “Each of this year’s finalists demonstrates a creative blend of tools, strategies, and relationships aligned to deliver high quality homes at costs affordable to moderate- and lower-income households. We congratulate each firm and development team for their exemplary work.”
The Kemp Award recognizes developments that use innovative financing sources to provide attainable mixed-income housing, primarily focusing on households earning between 60% and 120% of area median income. The Award for Innovation recognizes unique yet replicable developments that offer or preserve deeper affordability.
A new-construction project in Lowell, Massachusetts’ Hamilton Canal Innovation District, 201 Canal, is a finalist for the Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. The project includes 125 units of mixed-income housing and 5,000sf of commercial space. The site is transit-oriented and is a half-mile walk from the intermodal Charles A. Gallagher Transit Terminal. It was also built to meet high standards for energy efficiency and is certified by Enterprise Green Communities and Energy Star Homes.
Other finalists for the Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award include Broadway Lofts, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Caton Flats, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and J-centrel, Philadelphia, Pa.
This year’s finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing are East Clarke Place Senior Residence, Bronx, N.Y.; Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Community, Tinton Falls, N.J.; John Parvensky Recuperative Care Center and Renaissance Legacy Lofts, Denver, Colo.; Lucille & Bruce Terwilliger Place, Arlington, Va.; Spring Flats, Washington, D.C.; The Exchange, Salt Lake City, Utah; The Hope Center & Berkeley Way, Berkeley, Calif.; and Wynne Watts Commons, Gresham, Ore.
The jury for the two awards is chaired by Ron Terwilliger, founder of the ULI Terwilliger Center and chairman of Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners. The winners will be announced in October during ULI’s Fall Meeting in Los Angeles.
