Celebrating quality communities in the GTA
The GTA’s best new homes and communities were honoured last Friday as more than 1,100 industry professionals gathered for the 33rd annual BILD Awards.
Recognizing the GTA’s best new homes and communities, the awards covered 48 categories from marketing campaigns to architectural design and community building.
The prestigious Home Builder of the Year award went to Tridel for the company’s focus on quality, superior customer service, innovation and commitment to green building. The company also shows industry leadership, builds partnerships and contributes to the community. A key component of the judging process for this award is a customer satisfaction survey completed by recent occupants of the builder’s communities. In the category for Green Builder of the Year, Minto Group and Times Group were the winners. Minto was recognized in the lowrise sector for its commitment to the power of collaboration, continuous improvement and making the world a better place. In the highrise sector, Times Group was rewarded for its commitment to sustainability and for early adoption of green construction practises and technologies. The company develops sustainable communities and provides support to local conservation associations. Our other pinnacle awards of the evening included the Place to Grow Community of the Year Awards. Kylemore Communities was awarded top honours in the lowrise category for its Angus Glen Community development, while Liberty Developments was recognized for Centro Square Condos on the highrise side. Massey Tower by MOD Developments and Edition Richmond by Curated Properties were selected as the year’s top projects in the lowrise and highrise categories, respectively. INDX Condos by Lifetime Developments and CentreCourt Developments was selected as the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
More than 1,300 people voted during an online public engagement campaign.
We presented the second annual Stephen Dupuis Community Building Award to Lucy Stocco of Tribute Communities in recognition of her community service efforts. A recent recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, Lucy is an industry and community leader.
The Riley Brethour Award for outstanding and consistent professional achievement in residential sales and marketing was presented to George Carras, owner of RealNet Canada Inc.
Joseph Lebovic, of Lebovic Enterprises Ltd., won the prestigious BILD Lifetime Achievement Award for his dedication to building quality complete communities across the GTA.
Find out if your home or neighbourhood was recognized at bildawards.com. Bryan Tuckey is the president and CEO of the Building Industry and Land Development Association (bildgta.ca) and can be found on Twitter @bildgta, Facebook, YouTube and BILD’s blog (bildblogs.ca). The views expressed here are those of BILD.