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ULI Awards For Excellence

ULI Awards for Excellence define the standard for real estate development practice worldwide. In its 31st year, the awards program is the centerpiece of ULI’s efforts to identify and promote best practices in all types of real estate development. The awards recognize the full development process of a project—construction, economic viability, marketing, and management—as well as design.

The ULI Awards for Excellence honor development projects in three regions: the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Each region has its own jury, schedule, and fees.

How to Apply

Click on the map area in which your project is located for region-specific application forms, instructions, qualified countries, jury, schedule, and fees.

Recognition

Finalists and winners are celebrated at awards ceremonies held in conjunction with ULI conferences. The ceremonies feature a professionally produced video of finalists and the presentation of a commemorative plaque to winners. Each winner receives a jewel-quality, 12-inch (30 cm) polished stainless steel cube, engraved with the jury’s official statement about the winning project.

Further recognition of finalists and winners includes profiles of them in a lavishly illustrated book distributed worldwide, as well as press releases and announcements in Urban Land magazine and on the Institute’s Home page.

All winning projects in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific advance for consideration for the ULI Global Awards for Excellence, which honor projects that demonstrate cross-regional lessons in real estate development. A renowned international jury selects up to five Global Award winners, which are honored at a special ceremony during the ULI Fall Meeting.

What Winners Say

"That ULI has chosen the Wetland Park to be honoured with one of its acclaimed Global Awards is, I believe, a measure not only of the success of our multi-disciplinary, sustainable approach to this project but also is indicative of the far-sightedness and vision of ULI in seeking out unusual or unique projects that can make a difference to our environment and our future." Yue Chi Hang • Government of the Hong Kong SAR • Hong Kong, China Hong Kong Wetland Park • Hong Kong, China Winner 2007 Award for Excellence: Asia Pacific and Winner 2007 Global Award for Excellence

"The ULI award not only honors our project, but it also presents an opportunity to showcase our company’s philosophy." Masaru Hirai • Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. • Tokyo, Japan Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower • Tokyo, Japan Winner 2007 Award for Excellence: Asia Pacific

"Applying for the ULI award was rewarding in itself. It made us realize how far we have come in our practice and how far we still can go." Binnaz Dinçer • Kanyon Yönetim I˙s¸letim ve Pazarlama Ltd. S¸ti. • Istanbul, Turkey Kanyon • Istanbul, Turkey Winner 2007 Award for Excellence: Europe

"No other award for real estate development demands as much of its applicants as the ULI Awards for Excellence—ranging from financial performance to positive influence on the community to planning achievements. Win or lose, applicants find it an incredibly rewarding process." Blake L. Cordish • The Cordish Company • Baltimore, Maryland Fourth Street Live! • Louisville, Kentucky Winner 2005 Award for Excellence: the Americas

"It was a tremendous honor for a small-scale project like Casa de les Punxes to receive the international real estate community’s most coveted award." Joan Rodon • Joan Rodon Arquitectes • Barcelona, Spain Casa de les Punxes • Barcelona, Spain Winner 2004 Award for Excellence: Europe

"Winning the ULI award was an honor for our company and for Singapore, enhancing our position as a leader in the international real estate arena." Chia Boon Pin • Far East Organization • Singapore The Fullerton Square Project • Singapore Winner 2004 Award for Excellence: Asia Pacific

"Winning the award validated that Playhouse Square is an important economic success story for Cleveland and for our company." Art J. Falco • Playhouse Square Foundation • Cleveland, Ohio Playhouse Square Center • Cleveland, Ohio Winner 2004 Award for Excellence: the Americas