2020 Development of Distinction People's Choice Award

December 16, 2019

On February 4th, 2020, we will announce our 2020 Development of Distinction Award’s People’s Choice Award!

Voting is Closed. Join us for the awards program on Feb. 4, to find out who wins our People's Choice Award!

2020 Development of Distinction Award Finalists

Avenue Place/Avenue Terrace

Developed the former FedEx freight terminal – a twenty-acre industrial hub that brought a constant flow of eighteen-wheeler traffic – into a park with walking trail surrounded by 95 charming single family homes and 192 attractive apartments for families at mixed level incomes.
Bank of America Tower

Bank of America Tower, downtown Houston’s latest high-rise office building, features a wide variety of first-class amenities including a light-filled triple-height space with next generation retail and unique restaurant concepts. The development offers its tenants as well as all of downtown Houston a gathering space to meet, collaborate and work outside the office.
Camden McGowen Station

Camden McGowen Station is designed to high quality standards reflecting its luxury community status. Camden McGowen Station sits on three of the six acres of the Midtown SuperBlock which was jointly developed through a public-private partnership between the Midtown Redevelopment Authority (MRA) and Camden Property Trust. The project transformed long-time vacant land into a premier urban park space and luxury residential community, revitalizing the heart of Midtown Houston.
New Hope Housing and Star of Hope’s Cornerstone Community®

Cornerstone Community® is a 48-acre cutting-edge, master-planned community. It includes Star of Hope’s Women & Family Development Center serving homeless single women and single-parent families with emergency residential care and long-term educational opportunities. The campus also features New Hope Housing Reed, an affordable rental housing complex that offers 187 apartments for formerly homeless families. This supportive housing community provides case management, educational and financial services, and life skills classes to help uplift families from generational poverty.
Evelyn’s Park

Through a public/private partnership between the city, civic leaders and private philanthropists,
Evelyn’s Park has established itself as Bellaire’s feature open space, connecting the
community, nature and family. Envisioned as Bellaire’s “front yard”, this 5-acre urban park has
transformed one of the city’s oldest commercial sites into a flexible, community-focused space
that provides opportunities for both passive use and programming events.
HISD Milby High School

Designed to accommodate 2,000 students, the floor plan features new academic wings on both the north
and south sides of the main historic building, careful to preserve and update the original 1926 central structure. Preservation and the reuse of original materials work in tandem with modern “neighborhood” layouts, glass walls for increased visibility, and enhanced technology to bring past and future together in one design.
Jones on Main

The second act of the renovated 700 block of Main Street is in full swing and better than its first. With the addition of contemporary amenities, such as Finn Hall, historical features such as the great banking hall, and multi-modal access, the property has become one of the hippest properties in downtown.
Kirby Grove Office

Kirby Grove Office was designed to complement and focus on the world-class Levy Park, a public open space that received the prestigious 2018 ULI Urban Open Space Award. Forming the northern edge of the park, Kirby Grove Office is a 250,000 Square Foot, 16-story, LEED Gold, Class-A building with 852 integrated parking spaces and ground floor retail, restaurants and cafes.
Main and Co

Located at the intersection of Main and Commerce Streets, the buildings housed some of Houston’s earliest commercial enterprises including cotton, shipping, and many others. The buildings were painstakingly restored and left exposed original brick, beams, and a salvaged original wood floor. The project has brought activity morning, afternoon, and night to a once derelict block.
Midtown Park

Midtown Park fulfills a vision established 20 years ago by the Midtown Redevelopment Authority (MRA) to create a premier park destination in the district. After planning and land acquisition of an abandoned property, the MRA and Camden Property Trust took control of one of the largest “superblocks” remaining in Midtown. This partnership has transformed this tract into a vibrant, urban park and multi-family development, one that not only benefits Midtown residents and business owners, but also the larger community