MHN Announces the 2024 Excellence Awards Winners

On December 5th, Multi-Housing News hosted its 18th annual Excellence Awards, which honored some of 2024’s most notable multifamily developments, business strategies and professionals. The event, hosted at Resource Furniture in New York City, endowed a total of 90 Bronze, Silver and Gold awards across 36 different categories.

Debra Cafaro, CEO of Ventas Inc., won the editorially determined Lifetime Achievement award, based on her career-long accomplishments, including 25 years at the REIT, which she helped bring out of bankruptcy. Don Wenner, CEO of DLP Capital, won the Executive of the Year award.

Bo Parfet, DLP’s managing principal, delivered the keynote address.

This year’s event was sponsored by Resource Furniture, Rently, Cristaux, American Express and Yardi Systems. The panel of judges who determined the award winners included:

• Christine Gustafson, The Breeden Co.
• Michael Marvin, MRVN Architecture
• K. David Meit, Oculus Realty
• Diana Pittro, RMK Management

Following is the full list of 2024 MHN Excellence Award Winners:

Best Adaptive Reuse

• Gold: Wonder Lofts, Prism Capital Partners, Angelo Gordon and Parkwood Development
• Silver: NoDa Wandry, BB+M Architecture, FCP and The Community Builders
• Bronze: City Ridge, Roadside Development LLC and North American Sekisui House, LLC (NASH)

Best Amenities

• Gold: AVA Arts District, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
• Silver: Banner Lane, Toll Brothers Apartment Living and L+M Development Partners

Broker of the Year

• Gold: Pete Evans, Berkadia
• Gold: Michael J. Nissley, Colliers International

Most Effective DEI Program

• Gold: Donaldson
• Silver: Greystone
• Bronze: Veris Residential

Best Development & Design: Affordable

• Gold: Blue Oak Landing, Eden Housing Inc.

Best Development & Design: Affordable (Workforce)

• Gold: Gotham Point, Handel Architects
• Gold: Truckee Artist Lofts, Lowney Architecture, Holliday Development and Factory OS
• Silver: Dolores Huerta Apartments, SDS Capital Group

Best Development & Design: High-Rise

• Gold: The Hale, Rodrigo Vargas Design Interiors, Carmel Partners, ECA Architects, MCLA, and Lee and Associates Inc.
• Silver: NOVEL RiNo, Crescent Communities
• Bronze: Overline Residences, Morris Adjmi Architects, Future Green Studio and Brasfield & Gorrie

Best Development & Design: Low-Rise

• Gold: Town Laurel Crossing, Related Group and ID & Design International         
• Silver: Manor Hialeah, Related Group and MSA Architects

Best Development & Design: Mid-Rise

• Gold: 55 Brighton, Hacin, The Hamilton Company and Ground, Inc.
• Silver: Optima Verdana, Optima, Inc.

Best Development & Design: Mixed-Use

• Gold: West Falls, Hoffman & Associates
• Silver: Brickline Flats, Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc.
• Bronze: Kelvin, Studio E Architects

Best Development & Design: Self-Storage

• Gold: Stuf Storage Prospect Heights, Stuf Storage

Best Development & Design: Senior Housing

• Gold: Belmont Village Coral Gables, ID & Design International
• Silver: Stevenson Oaks, AG Architecture
• Bronze: The Set & Coterie Hudson Yards, Handel Architects and March & White

Best Development & Design: Single-Family Rental

• Gold: Perch Denton, Good + West Residential
• Silver: ARCADIA VIEWS, MODUS Companies and Kinella Construction

Best Development & Design: Student Housing

• Gold: Whistler: LV Collective
• Silver: The Broadview, Valerio Dewalt Train
• Bronze: Harmony Commons, Handel Architects, CORE Architects, Arcadis IBI Group and PARTISANS

Development Company of the Year

• Gold: Marquette Companies
• Silver: Crescent Communities
• Bronze: The NRP Group

Best ESG Program

• Gold: Gables Residential
• Silver: Veris Residential
• Bronze: GID-Windsor Communities

Executive of the Year

• Don Wenner, DLP Capital

Facilities & Maintenance Manager of the Year

• Gold: Jorge Parada, Liberty Military Housing
• Silver: Darian Owens, The Breeden Company
• Brozne: Raymond Young, GHP Management

Humanitarian Award

• Gold: Havenpark Communities

Best Interior Design

• Gold: Whistler, LV Collective and Variant Collaborative
• Silver: Avalon Bothell Commons, AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Leasing Professional of the Year

• Gold: AJ Markowski, Draper and Kramer, Inc.
• Silver: Brandon Drago, The Breeden Company

Lifetime Achievement

• Debra Cafaro, Ventas

Best Marketing Campaign

• Gold: Rambler ATX, LV Collective
• Silver: Cardinal Group Management

Marketing Executive of the Year

• Gold: Anne Baum, Towne Properties
• Silver: Christi Samuelian, Windsor Communities

Best Marketing Strategy

• Gold: LV Collective
• Silver: RKW Residential
• Bronze: Sequoia

Best Operations

• Gold: The Boardwalk at Westlake, Morgan Properties
• Silver: 1350-1360 Lake Shore Drive, Draper and Kramer, Inc.
• Bronze: Hubbard 221, Draper and Kramer, Inc.

Property Management Company of the Year

• Gold: Bozzuto
• Gold: Roers Companies
• Silver: Marquette Companies
• Bronze: Woodmont Real Estate Services

Property Manager of the Year

• Gold: Karen Dake, The Breeden Company
• Gold: Mike Mathis, Donaldson
• Gold: Nicole Roberts, LV Collective
• Silver: Josh Dunston, Quarterra
• Silver: Martha Gaitan-Manning, Draper and Kramer, Inc.
• Silver: BJ Jenkins, The Breeden Company

Rising Star

• Gold: Nathan Clayberg, MLG Capital
• Gold: Avery Rouse, The Breeden Company

Social Media Influencer of the Year

• Gold: Dustin Mullins, The Breeden Company
• Silver: Stephanie Anderson, Grace Hill

Best Social Media Strategy

• Gold: Rambler ATX, LV Collective
• Bronze: NOVEL West Midtown, Crescent Communities

Best Technology

• Gold: Ambient Property Technologies
• Silver: RCKRBX
• Silver: SmartRent

Best Transaction

• Gold: North End Apartments, Old Town Companies
• Gold: Northpoint Apartments, Berkadia

Best Unbuilt

• Gold: Hive Live, AO
• Gold: Spruce & Red Oak, AO
• Silver: Pickle and Hide, LRK

Best Value-Add Renovation

• Gold: The Belden-Stratford, Mansueto Office, Inc.
• Silver: Delta Pearl, Gilbane Development Company, Soto Architecture & Urban Design and Dantes Partners

Best Website

• Gold: Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc.
• Gold: The Sutton, Northland
• Silver: Monmouth Row, Towne Properties

Read the January 2025 issue of MHN.