Tofino Tourism won the Judges’ Choice Award best overall entry for 2020
NANAIMO – The 13th edition of the annual Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards was held virtually this year, and winners were announced through a video released on Thursday, September 30.
A near record total of 43 projects from across Vancouver Island were up for the event this year, which celebrates the best in commercial, community and industrial buildings north of the Malahat on Vancouver Island, which were completed between January 1 and December 31, 2019.
Tourism Tofino was named the Judges’ Choice best overall entry this year. MKM Projects Ltd. was the General Contractor.
The Awards Ceremony can be viewed here.
A team of independent judges chose the winners in the 11 categories of these awards: Apartments, Hospitality, Industrial, Institutional, Mixed Use, Office, Retail, Retail-Renovation, Seniors, Social-Community and Townhouse.
Gold sponsor of this event is Coastal Community Credit Union. Category sponsors are NAI Commercial, Yellow Sheet Review, Herold Engineering, MNP LLP, RE/MAX Commercial, BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada) and Canadian Western Bank.
Winners in each category the Award of Excellence recipients, and runners-up receive an Award of Merit.
Apartments – Award of Excellence: Village on Third, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Westmark Construction Ltd. Merit: The Arbutus, Nanaimo. General Contractor: WestUrban Developments Ltd.; The Hub at Pacific Station, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Westmark Construction Ltd.; 575 Residences, Campbell River. General Contractor: Crowne Pacific Development Corp.
Hospitality – Award of Excellence: Ucluelet Brewing Company, Ucluelet. General Contractors: Woodenworks Construction and Tidewater Timber Frames.
Industrial – Award of Excellence: 1851 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Windley Contracting Ltd. Merit: Island Pacific Transport, Ladysmith. General Contractor: Island West Coast Developments; P & R Truck Centre, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Windley Contracting Ltd.
Institutional – Award of Excellence: Tourism Tofino. General Contractor: MKM Projects Ltd. Merit: Tofino RCMP. General Contractor: Island West Coast Developments; Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh School, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Kinetic Construction Ltd.
Mixed Use – Award of Excellence: Cardea, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Tectonica. Merit: 91 Chapel, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Island West Coast Developments.
Office – Award of Excellence: Portsmouth Professional Centre, Nanaimo. General Contractor: Westmark Construction Ltd. Merit: The Learning Clinic, Lantzville. General Contractor: R.W. (Bob) Wall Ltd.
Retail – Award of Excellence: Snaw-Naw-As Market, Lantzville/Nanoose. General Contractor: Ecklundson Construction Group.
Retail Renovation – Award of Excellence: RE/MAX Mid Island Realty, Port Alberni. General Contractor: CANBuild Smart Solutions.
Seniors – Award of Excellence: Berwick, Qualicum Beach. General Contractor: Denford Construction Management.
Social-Community – Award of Excellence: Braidwood Supportive Housing, Courtenay. General Contractor: AFC Construction Inc.
Townhouse – Award of Excellence: Azalea, Courtenay. General Contractor: Saywell Contracting Ltd.
The Official Souvenir Award Book for the 2020 awards, which includes photos and descriptions of every finalist building, is available for viewing at this link.
The video of the event is also viewable through the www.vireb.com and www.businessexaminer.ca websites.
For further questions about the event, contact MacDonald at mark@businessexaminer.ca.
