Impact Awards

The ULI Austin Annual Impact Awards recognize and celebrate projects and people throughout Greater Austin that exemplify ULI’s mission: to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide.

The 2023 Awards were celebrated at the Topfer at ZACH Theatre on August 29, 2023.

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2023 Vision Award Winner
Ashton Cumberbatch, President and Co-Founder of Equidad ATX

The ULI Austin Vision Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in his or her lifetime within the Austin region. The Vision Award represents the highest honor one can receive from ULI Austin, and it speaks to an individual’s impact not just within the real estate industry but to our community as a whole.  This year, we are honored to present Ashton Cumberbatch, President and Co-Founder of Equidad ATX, with the 2023 Vision Award.

View Press Release for more information about Ashton Cumberbatch and ULI Austin’s Vision Award.

2023 People of the Year Awards

As a volunteer organization, ULI could not be successful without the dedicated hard work of its members. Winners for these awards were selected by a diverse committee comprised of ULI members and staff.

Click HERE to learn more about the 2023 People Nominees

 

2023 Project Awards

Categories include Most Influential Project, Best Project Innovation, Best Project Design,
Best Public Place, and Next Big Idea.

Click HERE to learn more about the 2023 Project Nominees

Thank you to our esteemed project judges!
Jesús Aguirre, CEO, Waterloo Greenway
Terry Mitchell, President, Momark Development
Monica Muñoz Andry, President & CEO, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

The Austin ISD Rosedale School is a modernized new campus serving students with complex medical and behavioral special needs.

Most Influential Project: Austin ISD Rosedale School

This award recognizes a completed project that creates a positive impact beyond its immediate borders and energizes the development of the surrounding community, resulting in a lasting effect on the built environment.

Nominated projects included (finalists highlighted in red):
ACC Rio Grande
Austin Energy – District Cooling Plant #3
Austin Energy Corporate Headquarters
Austin ISD Rosedale School
Blanton Museum of Art Building and Grounds Improvements
The Campsite at Shield Ranch
Cascade
Centro West Block Office Building
Dell Children’s Medical Center North Campus
Dell Jewish Community Center
Hyatt Centric Austin
Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park
Texas Capitol Complex – Capitol Mall, Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Underground Parking Garage
Willa
Zilker Studios

The beloved, historic ACC Rio Grande has transformed into an accessible, LEED Platinum campus that inspires, educates, enriches, and prepares students of diverse backgrounds and abilities for the future.

Best Project Innovation: ACC Rio Grande

This award highlights originality and creativity in development and can include aspects of design, place-making, supporting public transit, sustainability, financing (including public/private partnerships), innovative land use or community planning or other inventive features.

Nominated projects included (finalists highlighted in red):
ABIA IT Office and Infrastructure Building
ACC Rio Grande
Austin Energy – District Cooling Plant #3
Austin Energy Corporate Headquarters
Austin Eye Rollingwood
The Campsite at Shield Ranch
Cascade
Centro West Block Office Building
Hyatt Centric Austin
The Loren at LadyBird Lake
RiverSouth
Texas Capitol Complex – Capitol Mall, Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Underground Parking Garage
Uplands Phase II
Willa

Block 185 is a new, defining landmark for Austin and the city skyline, creating collaborative, connected, flexible, and sustainable work environments to attract top talent.

 

Best Project Design: Block 185

This award recognizes a completed project that demonstrates excellence in design for architecture, interior design, engineering, planning, or other project element.

Nominated projects included (finalists highlighted in red):
44 East Ave
ACC Rio Grande
Austin Energy – District Cooling Plant #3
Austin Energy Corporate Headquarters
Blanton Museum of Art Building and Grounds Improvements
Block 185
The Campsite at Shield Ranch
Cascade
Centro West Block Office Building
Dell Jewish Community Center
Equipment Room
Hyatt Centric Austin
The Loren at LadyBird Lake
Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park
Music Lane
RiverSouth
Texas Capitol Complex – Capitol Mall, Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Underground Parking Garage
Texas Department of Transporation Stassney Campus
Waterloo
Willa

The Texas Capitol Complex features the state’s iconic pink granite capitol as its anchor and is characterized by grand civic spaces, shaded pedestrian-friendly streets, and connections to the surrounding community.

Best Public Place: Texas Capitol Complex – Capitol Mall, Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Underground Parking Garage

This award recognizes a completed project that provides the public with enhanced civic, open or public space access or experiences.  The project may be public sector, non-profit, public/private partnership or entirely private sector, as long as the space itself is generally open to the public without charge.

Nominated projects included (finalists highlighted in red):
ACC Rio Grande
Blanton Museum of Art Building and Grounds Improvements
Dell Jewish Community Center
Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park
Texas Capitol Complex – Capitol Mall, Barbara Jordan State Office Building, Underground Parking Garage
Willa

The Austin Housing Conservancy is an innovative, open-end private equity fund preserving workforce housing for nurses, teachers, musicians and other low-to-moderate income households

Next Big Idea: Austin Housing Conservancy

The Next Big Idea Award recognizes an upcoming project, master planning effort, redevelopment, program, policy or even just an ‘idea’ that will transform the land use industry and our community.

Nominated projects included (finalists highlighted in red):
Austin Housing Conservancy
Del Valle ISD Central Child Development Center
East 11th Street Urban Renewal District Development Study
Live + Make Campus
Resilience Hub Network