Development of Distinction Past Honorees
The Development of Distinction Awards have highlighted best practices in real estate development since 2008.
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2024
Aggie Park, Finalist
Alief Neighborhood Center & Park, Winner
The Better Generation X PJ Tucker, Winner
Buffalo Bayou East, Winner
Chrysalis Lake – Bridgeland, Winner
Giorgetti, Winner
Hanover Autry Park, Finalist
Holcomb Family YMCA, Honorable Mention
Houston Endowment Headquarters, Finalist
Indigo, Finalist
Ion, Winner
Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar, Finalist
Memorial Park Land Bridge & Prairie, Winner
The Plant at Second Ward, Finalist
San Jacinto College Anderson-Ball Classroom Building, Finalist
Texas Southern University Library Learning Center, Winner
2023
Avenue Center, Finalist
Farmers Market, Winner
East Aldine District Office Town Center, Finalist
James Driver Inclusive Park, Winner
John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center, Winner
Montrose Collective, Winner
Railway Heights, Finalist
The Center for Pursuit Campus, Finalist
The Park at JP Morgan Chase Tower, Finalist
The Plant at Harrisburg, Winner
Woodchase Park, Finalist
2022
3201 Allen Parkway, Winner (People’s Choice)
Center for Pursuit Welcome Center, Finalist
East End Maker Hub, Winner (Judges’ Innovation Award)
Houston Botanic Gardens, Winner
Houston Center Repositioning, Finalist
La Columbe d’Or Hotel, Winner
M-K-T, Winner
Recenter, Finalist
SER Jobs for Progress, Winner
2021
7800 Washington, Winner
Buffalo Heights Phase 1, Finalist
Clay Family Eastern Glades, Winner
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, Winner
Josey Lake, Winner
Legacy Community Health Southwest Clinic, Winner
Medical Towers – Westin Houston Medical Center, Winner
Southside Commons, Finalist
University of Houston-Downtown Science and Technology Building, Finalist
2020
The Jones on Main, Winner
Bank of America Tower, Winner
Camden McGowen Station, Finalist
Kirby Grove Office, Finalist
Main and Co, Winner
Avenue Place/Avenue Terrace, Finalist
New Hope Housing & Star of Hope’s Cornerstone Community, Winner
Houston ISD Milby High School, Finalist
Evelyn’s Park, Finalist
Midtown Park, Winner
2019
The Star, Winner
609 Main at Texas, Finalist
Heights Mercantile, Winner
East Village, Finalist
HARC, Winner
Moody Gardens Aquarium Renovation, Finalist
Exploration Green, Finalist
The Woodlands Waterway, Finalist
Emancipation Park, Winner
2018
River Oaks District, Finalist
Sawyer Yards, Winner
Dillon Kyle Architects’ Office, Finalist
Headquarters, Winner
Avenida Houston, Winner
Carnegie Vanguard High School, Finalist
SEARCH Foshee Family House of Tiny Treasures, Winner
Levy Park, Winner
Houston Police Officer Memorial Guard Post and Visitor’s Entrance, Honorable Mention
Broadway Corridor Redevelopment, Honorable Mention
2017
FMC Technologies Campus at Generation Park, Finalist
Southwestern Energy, Finalist
Town Centre Development, Winner
The Boys and Girls Club – Richmond-Rosenberg, Finalist
MATCH: Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, Winner
Houston Zoo: Gorillas of the African Forest, Finalist
Buffalo Bayou Park, Winner**
McGovern Centennial Gardens, Winner
2016
Cross Creek Ranch, Finalist, People’s Choice Winner
Heights Clock Tower JG, Winner
JW Marriott Houston Downtown, Finalist
South Heights Mixed-Use, Finalist
G.T. Mickey Leland Federal Building General Services Administration, Finalist
KIPP Connect Houston, Honorable Mention
TMCx Accelerator Texas Medical Center, Honorable Mention
Navigation Esplanade, Winner
2015
Pennzoil Place, Finalist
Lee Davis Library, Winner
Braeburn Village, Winner
Hanover Rice Village, Finalist
Towne Lake Master Plan, Finalist
Bethel Church Park, Winner
New Hope Housing at Rittenhouse, Winner
Bagby Street Reconstruction, Finalist Monarch Institute, Finalist
2014
The Woodlands Master Plan, Vision Award for Exemplary Leadership
BBVA Compass Stadium, Finalist
BG Group Place, Winner
Historic Fire Station 6, Winner
James Berry Elementary School, Winner
Don Sanders Adoption Center, Friends for Life, Finalist & People’s Choice
2013
Fulton Gardens, Finalist
H-E-B Montrose Market, Winner (Jury & People’s Choice)
Houston Food Bank, Winner
Julia Ideson Building, Winner
Kirby Drive Streetscape, Finalist
Parks Department Headquarters, Winner
Sugar Land Town Square, Finalist
Villa del Prado, Finalist
2012
CITYCENTRE, Winner
Gulfgate Center, Winner
Mandolin Gardens Park, Winner
Market Square Park, Finalist
Tellepsen Family YMCA, Finalist
Harris County 1910 Courthouse, Finalist
Wortham Theater Center, Finalist
2011
BP Helios Plaza, Finalist
Capitol Oaks, Winner
Children’s Museum of Houston Expansion, Winner
Greenway Plaza, Winner
Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land, Finalist
Monarch School’s Chrysalis Building, Finalist
New Hope Housing at Brays Crossing, Winner**
2010
Clayton Library for Genealogical Research, Finalist
High Fashion Home—3100 Travis, Finalist
Hermann Park Lake Plaza, Winner
New Living Green Building + Home Store, Finalist
One Park Place, Winner
SYSCO Corporate Headquarters, Finalist
Williams Tower, Winner
2009
13 Celsius / 3000 Caroline, Honorable Mention (Jury Award)
Canal Street Apartments / New Hope Housing, Winner*
Discovery Green, Winner*
Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University, Finalist*
School of Nursing and Community Center, UT Health Science Center at Houston, Finalist
Westway Park, Finalist
2008
Christ Church Cathedral Mixed-Use Project, Winner
Market Street The Woodlands, Finalist
Minute Maid Park, Finalist
Sabine Promenade, Winner*
*ULI Global Awards for Excellence Award Finalist
**ULI Global Awards for Excellence Award Winner