TORONTO — Great Gulf Homes and Mattamy Homes took top honours as Ontario’s Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) held its annual awards in Toronto.
The firms earned Home Builders of the Year recognition — Mattamy for Low-Rise and Great Gulf for Mid/High-Rise.
BILD presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Hugh Heron, principal and co-founder of Heron Homes. A media statement said the award is the association’s highest honour and was presented to Heron in recognition of his “50 years of leadership in building and land development industry.”
The People’s Choice Award, determined by members of the public through online voting, was awarded to CentreCourt Developments and SmartCentres for their Transit City development in Vaughan. The citation noted Transit City residents will be able to get underground to the subway in two minutes or less and the project will feature nine acres of park and cultural space.
“People’s Choice is a unique award because it is the public that decides the winner,” said BILD president and CEO Dave Wilkes in the statement. “Nearly 6,000 people voted for projects that competed for the best in city building. That demonstrated how the industry is providing a wide range of housing options for GTA home buyers.”
The Daniels Corporation won Best New Community (Planned/Under Development) for Lighthouse Tower East, located at Lower Jarvis Street and Queens Quay in Toronto.
Menkes Development won the award for Best New Community (Built) for its work on Harbour Plaza and One York in downtown Toronto.
The Berkley by Arista Homes took home the award for Best Innovative Home Design, and Best Innovative Suite Design went to Collecdev’s Unit E8. The latter award recognizes excellence in the design of a condo suite that increases options for first time home buyers.
Curated Properties and Windmill Developments won the award for Best Mid-Rise Building Design for The Plant, on Queen West in Toronto.
Dunshire Developments was named Green Builder of the Year, Low-Rise, and Tridel was named Green Builder of Year, Mid/High-Rise.
The Project of the Year, Low-Rise title went to TACC Developments, Arista Homes Limited, DECO Homes, Fieldgate Homes and OPUS Homes for their Richlands development in Richmond Hill, while The Plant project in Toronto was selected as the Mid/High-Rise Project of the Year.
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