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ULI AMERICAS AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE FINALISTS
Sawyer Yards
HOUSTON, TEXAS
YEAR OPENED: 2005
USES: Office, residential (multifamily, market rate), retail/restaurant, mixed use,
leisure/entertainment, adaptive use/rehabilitation
DEVELOPERS: The Deal Company; Western General; Lovett Commercial
OWNERS: The Deal Company; Western General; Lovett Commercial; J5 Equities
DESIGNERS: Studio Red Architects; Asakura Robinson; StudioLFA; LH2 Architecture;
Colby Design
SITE SIZE: 75 acres (30 ha)
Sawyer Yards is an arts destination of industrial warehouses transformed into more
than 400 built-for-purpose creative workspaces that are now home to one of the
largest working artist communities in the country. This art community is complemented
by creative businesses, public galleries, distinctive dining, and entertainment
venues-all brought to life through an active schedule of special events.
South Lake Union Redevelopment
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
YEAR OPENED: 1999
USES: Office, affordable multifamily residential, market-rate multifamily residential,
retail/restaurant, hotel/hospitality, mixed use, leisure/entertainment, health care/
research/life sciences, civic/public space, adaptive use/rehabilitation, open space
DEVELOPER: Vulcan Inc.
OWNER: Vulcan Inc.
DESIGNERS: Ankrom Moisan; BOLA Architecture + Planning; Callison RTKL; CNA
Architects; CollinsWoerman; GGLO; Graphite Design Group; Johnson Architecture &
Planning; LMN Architects; MBT; Miller Hull; NBBJ; Perkins+Will; Runberg Architecture
Group; ZGF Architects
SITE SIZE: 100 acres (41 ha)
South Lake Union served for decades as a light-industrial district with parking lots,
gas stations, and low-rise warehouses. Now, it is a mixed-use neighborhood and
thriving center of innovation, including offices for tech companies, pedestrian-oriented
infrastructure and transit, thousands of housing units, and public open space.
TWA Hotel
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
YEAR OPENED: 2016
USES: Retail/restaurant, hotel/hospitality, mixed use, leisure/entertainment, adaptive
use/rehabilitation
DEVELOPER: MORSE Development
OWNERS: MCR; MORSE Development
DESIGNERS: Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners; LUBRANO CIAVARRA
Architects; INC Architecture & Design; Stonehill Taylor; Mathews Nielsen Landscape
Architects
SITE SIZE: 6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
The iconic TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen & Associates, is now the
cornerstone of a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) campus at JFK Airport. Filled with 512 guestrooms,
restaurants, a rooftop pool and observation deck, a 10,000-square-foot (929 sq m)
fitness center, a food hall, complimentary museum exhibits and era-appropriate activations,
the landmark is alive again.
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URBAN LAND SUMMER 20 21
ERIC LAIGNEL
LARA SWIMMER
THE DEAL CO.
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