ULI Announces Finalists for 2024 Jack Kemp, Terwilliger Center Innovation Awards

The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing announced three finalists for this year’s Jack Kemp Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing and Workforce and eight finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.

“As cities across the country face challenges in building the housing needed for their residents, businesses and local economies to thrive, ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing is honored to present the Kemp finalists Award and this year’s Innovation Award,” said Ron Terwilliger, chair of the awards jury and founder of the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing. “These finalists illustrate innovative combinations of tools, strategies and partnerships that enable the creation of high-quality, affordable housing for moderate- and low-income households. We congratulate each company and development team for their exceptional efforts.

The Kemp Prize was established in 2008 in memory of Jack Kemp, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and member of the National Advisory Board of the Terwilliger Center. It recognizes developments that use innovative financing sources to provide accessible housing for mixed incomes, focusing primarily on households earning between 60% and 120% of the area median income.

The Terwilliger Center created the Innovation Prize in 2022 to recognize unique but replicable developments that provide or preserve higher accessibility.

This year’s finalists for the Jack Kemp Award for Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing are:

Chattanooga Missing Middle: Building Inclusive Communities for All, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga Missing Middle includes 182 infill housing units built on 50 vacant lots scattered throughout the Highland Park and Ridgedale neighborhoods. The new construction includes duplexes, quadplexes, a small apartment building and a cottage courtyard made possible by relaxing setback and parking requirements to allow for higher density. In locations known for their walkability and proximity to downtown, the project is the centerpiece of a community effort to revitalize these neighborhoods.

The winner, Rockville, Maryland. The newest addition to Metro Shady Grove’s Westside neighborhood in the Washington, DC metro area, Laureate offers 268 units ranging from studios to three bedrooms. The award winner is the first development to utilize Montgomery County’s innovative new Housing Production Fund (HPF), created to develop high-quality affordable housing. The property also includes 23,000 square feet of ground floor retail including a CVS and nearly 7,400 square feet (687.48 m²) of office space. The building was designed to National Green Building Standard Silver and is within walking distance of the Shady Grove Metro Station and a Capital Bike Share.

Morton Station Village, Boston, Massachusetts. Morton Station Village is a four-story building that includes 28 rental apartments and 12 affordable owner-occupied condominiums in a mix of one, two and three bedrooms. Built on a long-vacant site that was once the headquarters of the Boston Police Department, the transit-oriented development is located across the street from the Morton Station Fairmount Line station for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). With many sustainable design features, Morton Station Village meets the LEED Silver standard.

This year’s finalists for the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing are:

425 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. 425 Grand Concourse is a 26-story, 277-unit mixed-use, mixed-income project located in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. The project currently constitutes the largest Passive House certified multifamily development in North America. The mix of uses includes a 29,000 square foot (2,694.2 m²) City University of New York (CUNY) educational facility, healthcare facility, cultural space, locally operated supermarket and post community comfort.

Bronx Point, The Bronx, New York. Bronx Point, a new mixed-use development, overlooks the Harlem River waterfront in the Lower Concourse neighborhood of the South Bronx. The 22-story building has 542 units, including 82 units reserved for formerly homeless residents. The mixed-use development also includes the Hip Hop Museum, space for community institutions and service providers, retail space and a new public waterfront park. Bronx Point is one of the highlights of a $194 million capital investment strategy for New York City’s Lower Concourse neighborhood.

Las Adelitas, Portland, Oregon Located in Portland’s Cully neighborhood, Las Adelitas offers 142 units in a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom rental apartments developed through an extensive design process that allowed for numerous opportunities for community engagement. Las Adelitas is the neighborhood’s largest redevelopment project to date and the largest public investment in the northeast Cully community. The building includes a large Oregon Community Solar photovoltaic array on the roof and is Earth Advantage Platinum certified.

Santa Ana Arts Collective, Santa Ana, California. The first redevelopment under Santa Ana’s new adaptive reuse ordinance, the Santa Ana Arts Collective (SAAC) project transformed a 1965 International Style office building into 58 lofts and townhomes. Forty-two of these accommodations are dedicated to artists’ families and 15 accommodations are reserved for former unhoused residents. SAAC includes 6,000 square feet (557.4 m²) of amenities for building tenants and the public, including art studios, a dance studio, an art gallery, and two music studios. A new bike boulevard funded by this development connects to the new downtown light rail line.

Marcus Garvey Village Extension, Brooklyn, New York. Marcus Garvey Extension (Phase 1), adjacent to Marcus Garvey Village in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, offers 174 apartments, including 52 supportive housing units dedicated to families transitioning from shelters, with supportive services and programs. The Marcus Garvey Extension buildings represent one of the first large-scale, energy-efficient, all-electric geothermal multifamily buildings in New York. The expansion’s courtyards connect to the village’s unique network of lanes, creating a walkable community adjacent to the elevated Rockaway Avenue subway station.

PAH! Hiland Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico. PAH! Hiland Plaza (PAH) is Albuquerque’s first multifamily housing designed with and for the deaf community. This innovative four-story, mixed-use, transit-oriented development features 92 one-, two- and three-bedroom rental apartments. PAH is the largest housing development serving the deaf community in the country and the only one designed to accommodate households with children. Features designed for deaf residents include strobe light doorbells and fire alarms, a video entry system, and building modifications to support residents’ ability to participate equally in social events.

Point on La Brea, Los Angeles.

Located in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles, Pointe on La Brea is a five-story, 50-studio permanent supportive housing community designed for people experiencing homelessness. The building also houses a large community room, advice offices, a management and rental office, bicycle storage on each floor and an on-site laundry room. Funding sources for the project included Proposition HHH, No Place Like Home, and the Los Angeles Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF).

Watts works, Los Angeles. Twenty-four micro-living studios for formerly unhoused people have replaced a vacant single-family home in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Built from 58 modular shipping containers, Watts Works also includes a management unit, community room, laundry room, offices and bicycle parking. The project’s modular construction reduced schedule and budget for faster delivery of quality housing. The project is one of the first HHH-funded projects in Los Angeles as well as one of the first completed developments.

The jury for both awards is chaired by Ron Terwilliger, founder of the ULI Terwilliger Center and president of Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners.

The other members of the jury are:

• Paul Bernard, president and CEO, Affordable Homes and Communities, Arlington, Virginia;
• Rodger Brown, managing director of real estate development, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Boston, Massachusetts;
• Payton Chung, managing partner, Westover Green, Washington, DC;
• Vicki Davis, managing partner, Urban Atlantic, Bethesda, Maryland;
• Jill Ferrari, co-founder and managing partner, Renovare Development, Ypsilanti, Michigan;
• Kirsty Greer, executive vice president of housing, commerce and mixed use, McWhinney, Loveland, Colorado;
• Con Howe, managing director, CityView, Los Angeles;
• Cari Jones, managing partner and director of design, Cline Design Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina;
• Sara Myerson, managing director, MSquared, Wellesley, Mass.;
• Mark Richardson, Chief Technology Officer, Rich Analytics, Toronto, Ontario;
• Stacy Silber, attorney, Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd., Bethesda, Maryland; And
• Jaydan Tait, President and CEO, Attainable Homes Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Winners will be announced in October at the ULI Fall Meeting in Las Vegas. For any questions about the housing grant program, send an email (email protected).

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