Outstanding Historic Rehabilitation Projects Recognized With 2009 Timmy Awards

By Caitlin Jones
December 10, 2009 2 min read

Tax Credit Advisor, December 2009: The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA), in association with the National Trust Community Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, presented its 2009 J. Timothy Anderson (“Timmy”) Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation at an awards ceremony in Boston on November 3 as part of the NH&RA 2009 Fall Forum conference.

One winner in each of eight categories plus two judges’ awards were selected by a panel of judges from 23 among finalist projects.

The 2009 categories, and the name, location, and developer of the winning project receiving a Timmy Award in each category, were:

Best Historic Rehabilitation Utilizing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits – Large (Total Development Cost (TDC) Above $5 Million), Toward Independent Living & Learning Building, Chelsea, Mass. Toward Independent Living & Learning.
Best Historic Rehabilitation Utilizing LIHTC – Small (TDC of $5 Million or Less), Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes, Beloit, Wisc., Gorman & Company.
Best Mixed-Income Residential, Baker Lofts, Dorchester, Mass., WinnDevelopment.
Best Market-Rate Residential, Market at Fifth, Pittsburgh, Pa., Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation.
Most Innovative Adaptive Re-Use, Charles H. Shaw Technology & Learning Center, Chicago, Ill., Homan Arthington Foundation.
Best Historic Rehabilitation Utilizing New Markets Tax Credits, Court Square Center, Memphis, Tenn., Telesis Corporation and CGI & Partners Court Square Center, LLC.
Best Historic Rehabilitation Involving New Construction, Globe Mills, Sacramento, Calif., C.F.Y. Development, Inc.
Best Commercial/Retail/Non-Residential Project, The Old Cotton Factory, Rock Hill, S.C., Barwick & Associates.

Judges awards for outstanding project went to

Park Lane at Seaview, Staten Island, N.Y., The Domain Companies; and The Westin Book Cadillac Hotel and Condos, Detroit, Mich., The Ferchill Group.

(For descriptions of the winning projects and all finalists, see the Tax Credit Advisor, November 2009, p. 25.)

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