MHN Announces the 2025 Excellence Awards Winners
Find out this year's results, including the Executive of the Year and the newest Lifetime Achievement Hall of Famer.
On December 4th, Multi-Housing News hosted its 19th annual Excellence Awards, recognizing some of the industry’s top developments, business ventures and professionals. The event, hosted at Oasis at Sage Realty’s 437 Madison Ave. in New York City, awarded 101 Bronze, Silver and Gold accolades across 33 different categories.
Jonathan F.P. Rose, founder & president of the Jonathan Rose Cos., was named to MHN‘s Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame and delivered the keynote address. Rose’s 36-year-old company is known for its array of affordable and sustainable multifamily housing developments. While the other awards are based on submissions and evaluated by a panel of judges, the Lifetime Achievement Award winner is determined by MHN‘s editorial team. Additionally, it reflects career-long accomplishments and contributions, while the 2025 Excellence Awards were based on specific achievements in 2024.
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Ken Lombard, president & CEO of BRIDGE Housing Corp., is this year’s Executive of the Year.
The event was sponsored by Arbor, Capital Funding Group, Lument, myQ Community, Organized Living and Yardi Systems as well as Sage Realty.
The panel of judges determining the winners included:
- Rob Clocker, Hacin
- Christine Gustafson, The Breeden Co.
- Justin Koeppler, AG Architecture
- Maggie St. Geme, Subtext
- Rodrigo Vargas, Rodrigo Vargas Design
Here is the full list of the 2025 MHN Excellence Awards Winners:
Best Adaptive Reuse
- Gold: The Gregory, GEMA Capital Partners
- Gold: 6 Corners Lofts, MG2
- Silver: The Pryde, Pennrose and LGBTQ Senior Housing, Inc.
- Bronze: Three Collective, The Wolff Co.
Best Amenities
- Gold: The Lindley, Toll Brothers Apartment Living
- Silver: Three Collective, The Wolff Co.
- Silver: The Huron, Morris Adjmi Architects
- Bronze: Kinetic Student Living, Toll Brothers Campus Living and ForrestPerkins
Broker of the Year
- Gold: Casey Babb and Shawn Rupp, Colliers
- Silver: Michael J. Nissley, Colliers
Most Effective DEI Program
- Gold: Sequoia Equities
- Silver: RKW Residential
Best Development & Design: Affordable
- Gold: Shirley Chisholm Village, BAR Architects & Interiors, G7A | Gonzales Architects, MidPen Housing, San Francisco Unified School District and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
- Silver: The Westerly, Torti Gallas + Partners
- Bronze: Atworth, WDG
- Bronze: Potranco Commons, StudioSIX5
Best Development & Design: Affordable (Workforce)
- Gold: Encuentro Square, Evergreen Real Estate Group and the Latin United Community Housing Association
- Silver: Sovren, Gilbane Development Company
- Bronze: Civitas of Cape Coral, ReVital Development Group, Birdsong Housing Partners and Lee County Housing Authority
Best Development & Design: High-Rise
- Gold: Emmi Midtown, JPX Works, Zeller and Manulife Investment Management
- Gold: Vela, Perkins Eastman Architects
- Silver: J.Coopers Row, Jefferson Apartment Group
- Silver: 101 N. Meridian, Torti Gallas + Partners
- Bronze: Victoria Place, SCB and Howard Hughes Corporation
Best Development & Design: Low-Rise
- Gold: Town Chandler, Related Group
- Silver: The Broadacre Apartments, AG Architecture
- Bronze: Town Kennesaw, ID & Design International, Related Group, LRK and Ironwood Design Group
Best Development & Design: Manufactured Housing
- Silver: Oak at Brush Creek, Clayton Homes of Hixson
Best Development & Design: Mid-Rise
- Gold: Clarendon West Residential, WDG
- Gold: Idyl Fenway, CBT Architects
- Bronze: The Cline Apartments, Perkins Eastman Architects
- Bronze: Slabtown Square, LRS Architects, Tello Interiors and Guardian
Best Development & Design: Mixed-Use
- Silver: Westbound at The Works, Selig Enterprises
- Bronze: Atwell on Spring, Bozzuto
- Bronze: Rafferty, Hendy
Best Development & Design: Senior Housing
- Gold: Plymouth Place, AG Architecture
- Silver: Citrus Villa, Studio E Architects
- Bronze: Mount Hermon Apartments, Housing Trust Group
Best Development & Design: Single-Family Rental
- Silver: Erevia Park at Fort Campbell, Centinel Public Partnerships
- Silver: Hamlet Maybank, Middleburg
Best Development & Design: Student Housing
- Gold: VERVE Madison: Subtext
- Silver: The 87, Mary Cook Associates, Toll Brothers Campus Living and KTGY
- Bronze: VERVE West Lafayette, Subtext
Development Company of the Year
- Gold: BRIDGE Housing Corporation
- Silver: Subtext
- Bronze: Douglaston Development
Best ESG Program
- Gold: The Beach Company
Executive of the Year
- Ken Lombard, BRIDGE Housing Corporation
Facilities & Maintenance Manager of the Year
- Gold: Gary Dikes, Ocotillo Heights, Liberty Military Housing
- Gold: Luis Vargas, The Oasis, SPM, LLC
- Bronze: James Duffy, DownTowne Living, Towne Properties
- Bronze: Greg Goglin, 324 Larkin-Rainbow Flag Apartments, GreenTree Property Management
- Bronze: Steve Roldan, Aqua on 25th Street, The Breeden Company
- Bronze: Emmanuel Torres, Haus25, Veris Residential
Humanitarian Award
- Gold: Bozzuto
- Silver: The Breeden Company
Best Interior Design
- Gold: OZMA, Handel Architects
- Silver: Atlee Square, Core States Group
- Bronze: The Ellery, Handel Architects
- Bronze: The Huron, Morris Adjmi Architects
Leasing Professional of the Year
- Gold: Whitaker Burns, Channel House, Kane Residential
- Gold: Joseph Turro, Haus25, Veris Residential
- Silver: Lacy Guice, Senita on Cave Creek, Draper and Kramer Inc.
- Silver: Victor Rezabala, The BLVD Collection, Liberty Towers, RiverHouse 9, RiverHouse 11, RiverTrace, Soho Lofts and The Capstone, Veris Residential
- Bronze: Shelby Carpenter, Hangar Flatts, Towne Properties
Best Marketing Campaign
- Gold: Bishop Momo Campaign, United Properties, Asterisk, Keaton Interiors, Belshaw Mulholland Architects, TBG and RPM Living
- Silver: Beyond Breed: Sequoia’s Pet Friendly Revolution Campaign, Sequoia Equities
- Bronze: High Street Phase One Lease Up Campaign, Windsor Communities
Marketing Executive of the Year
- Gold: Karen Zapkowski, Towne Properties
- Silver: Christine Gustafson, The Breeden Company
Best Marketing Strategy
- Gold: Rambler Athens, LV Collective
- Silver: The Standard at Dinkytown’s Gophers Give Back Campaign, Landmark Properties
Best Operations
- Gold: Reflections of Virginia Beach, The Breeden Company
- Silver: The Standard at Atlanta, Landmark Properties
Property Management Company of the Year
- Gold: 29th Street Living
- Silver: RPM Living
Property Manager of the Year
- Gold: Katie Dirkx, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Liberty Military Housing
- Gold: Erga Hoxha, The Upton, Veris Residential
- Silver: Dyanne Zamora, Panorama Tower, Florida East Coast Realty
- Bronze: Rachel Keller, Ora, Milhaus
- Bronze: Amber Yassem, Proximity New Bern, Kane Residential
Rising Star
- Gold: Julie Blanc, Rentana
- Silver: David Rodriguez, MLG Capital
- Bronze: Nevaeh Arrington, Lake Taylor Pointe Apartments, The Breeden Company
- Bronze: Misty Haskins, RKW Residential
Social Media Strategy
- Gold: Rambler Columbus & Rambler Austin (Sponsor, The Best Four Podcast), LV Collective
- Silver: LOCAL Nashville, Subtext
- Bronze: Panorama Tower, Florida East Coast Realty
Best Technology
- Gold: AI Surveillance and Remote Guarding Platform, Cloudastructure Inc.
- Silver: Veris Residential
- Bronze: Rentana
Best Transaction
- Gold: The Standard at Syracuse, Landmark Properties
- Silver: The Quartier Cooperative, PACE Equity
Best Unbuilt
- Silver: Natiivo Fort Lauderdale, ID & Design International
- Silver: Rosette Apartments, AO
- Bronze: Cadence Communities at United States Southern Command, Centinel Public Partnerships
Best Value-Add Renovation
- Gold: Citrine Hills, Waterton
- Silver: Dorian & Encore, Knightvest
- Bronze: Liberty Towers, Veris Residential
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