VICTORIA – The 2023 Capital Region Commercial Building Award Finalists have been announced!
46 projects will be competing for top honours at the annual event, which will be held Thursday, November 23rd at the Delta Hotels Ocean Pointe Resort in Victoria.
“We’re beyond excited to help celebrate and promote the top commercial, multi-family, industrial and community real estate projects and developers across the region this year,” says John MacDonald, Publisher of the Business Examiner News Group, the organization producing the event.
“Attending this year will be more than 225 members of the construction, development and real estate sectors across South Vancouver Island, we look forward to connecting and celebrating with everyone on the 23rd!
Eligible projects were completed between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, and located in South Vancouver Island, with the Malahat as the cut-off.
Gold Sponsors for the event include MNP, Freedom Capital, and Coastal Community Credit Union.
Category sponsors include: Island EHS, Viking Properties, LandlordBC, Hendra Moving & Sidney Courrier, IWCD, TD, NAI Commercial Victoria, Knappett Projects, and Proline Property Management.
Judging this year’s entries will be Mike Kozakowski, founder of Citified, Greg Rounis, Partner at Cunningham & Rivard Appraisals, and Alanna Gagliani. Associate at D.R. Coell & Associates.
The 2023 Finalists include:
- Victoria Press Building
- DVV2 Amazon Distribution Facility
- Belmont Reunion
- The Coral
- Melville Parkside
- Pacific Trilogy 3
- Gardner Creek
- 1021-1025 Johnson Street (Victoria Fire Department Headquarters + Affordable Housing + Class A Office Space)
- Olympic Breeze
- The Lancaster
- Campbell Lodge
- City of Victoria IT Department Upgrades
- Renovations to Hilton Hotel Starbucks
- Oslo on Fifth
- Twenty-Seven Eighty-Two
- Three Sisters Sport Horses Barn
- Star Cinema Theatre
- The RailYards / 757 & The Skyhomes
- Villa Virtuoso
- Camosun College Dental Building Restoration
- Beacon on Beacon
- Gabriel Ross
- Mack Sales & Service
- House of Courage – Catherine St. Supportive Housing
- Salish Sea Housing
- Royal Bay Quality Foods
- Topaz Park Artificial Turf Field
- Commons at Royal Bay
- UVic – Student Housing & Dining
- CRAFT Beer Market, Victoria Harbour
- Wilna Thomas Building Student Hub Renovation
- Edge Place Residential Building Restoration
- The Cedar Grove (210 Gorge Road Housing)
- The Cove Apartments (Michigan St. Development)
- Victoria Scottish Community Centre (Craigflower Hall)
- Novus on The Park
- Arthur Scroggs House
- Abigail’s Hotel
- May Street Passive House 4-Plex
- Murray’s Pond Viewing Platform
- Sky & Oak Apartments
Finalists organized by category to be announced next week.
Award categories include:
- Affordable Housing, Community Institutional, Tourism & Hospitality, Industrial, Multi-Family (Townhome + Condo), Purpose Built Rental, Office, Renovation, Retail, Mixed Use, Safety Award, Architect of the Year, and Construction Company of the Year.
There will also be a Judges’ Choice Award for the best overall entry.
Tickets to the awards are $249, last year’s event was a complete sell out 2 weeks in advance, get yours while you can. Tickets + Tables can be purchased here.
For information regarding sponsorship and the event, contact John MacDonald at 1.604.751.0819 or via email at: john@businessexaminer.ca.