KELOWNA – Nominations are now open for the 11th Thompson Okanagan Commercial Building Awards, presented by Freedom Capital. Black Press is the Media Sponsor for the event.
The event will take place on September 15th at the Coast Capri Hotel in Kelowna.
“We’re beyond excited to help celebrate and promote the top commercial real estate projects and developers across the region this year,” says John MacDonald, Publisher of the Business Examiner News Group. “We held these awards very successfully for almost a decade, and are excited to have them return once we got through the Covid Pandemic.
“It will be great to get people together and celebrate the great buildings they have dreamed, designed, built and paid for.”
Green Sheet Construction Data, Financial Dream Solutions (Sunlife), Pushor Mitchell LLP and several other local organizations are also sponsoring the event.
Eligible projects must be completed between January 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022, and located in: Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Vernon, Lake Country, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Peachland, Summerland, Penticton, Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, and the Regional Districts of Thompson Nicola, Columbia Shuswap, Central Okanagan, North Okanagan, and Okanagan-Similkameen.
There is no charge to nominate a project, and Nomination Forms can be found here, and self-nominations are encouraged. The nomination deadline is July 31, 2022. A group of independent judges from real estate related companies and organizations will adjudicate the entries prior to the event.
There will be at least 11 award categories, including:
- Affordable Housing
- Community Institutional
- Hospitality
- Industrial
- Multi-Family
- Office
- Renovation
- Retail
- Tourism
- Safety Award
- Construction Business of the Year
There will also be a Judges’ Choice Award for the Best Overall entry.
The most recent event’s Souvenir Program is available at this link.
Tickets to the awards are $140 plus GST, and organizers expect this to sell out quickly. Tickets can be purchased here.
For information regarding sponsorship and the event, contact John MacDonald at 1-866-758-2684 or via email at: john@businessexaminer.ca