Finalists were selected by a nomination panel of Houston real estate leaders that included:

• Lawrence Dean, Senior Vice President – Homebuilder Lender – Veritex Community Bank
• Rachel Koehring, Director of Marketing – Goree
• Kristina Malek, Landscape Architect & Shareholder– Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• Abbey Roberson, Vice President of Planning – Texas Medical Center
• Jay Tatum, Regional Principal – HOK

A jury of national real estate experts evaluated all finalists’ projects in November 2022, to select the 2023 Development of Distinction winners. Our jury this year was:

• Kim Abreu with US Bank in Miami
• Suleman Gajere with WS Development in Boston
• David Haltom with Patrinely in Denver

Finalists and winners will be honored at a reception on February 7, 2023. For sponsorship information, visit www.houston.uli.org/awards.

High resolution images for all 2023 finalists can be downloaded using this link.
All photos should be credited as follows: Photo courtesy of Urban Land Institute and (insert name of project pictured). See a full list of Development of Distinction finalists and winners since 2008.

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