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Award
Winners

The Project of the Year Awards recognize outstanding commercial development in North and South Carolina. The award is presented annually during the NAIOP NC Conference in Pinehurst.

Submit your projects now for the NAIOP NC Project of the Year Award Awards. Awards will be given for three (3) categories: New Development, Redevelopment, and Industrial Development.

2025 Winners will be featured in the Summer Issue of NAIOP's Development Magazine, a national publication.

2024

2023

2022 & 2021

  • 2022 New Development Project of the Year: Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena & Conference Center and Jana and Ken Kahn Hotel, submitted by The Christman Company & Samet Corporation

  • 2022 Redevelopment Project of the Year: The Stitch, submitted by Choate Construction & Gensler

  • 2021 New Development Project of the Year: The Refinery, submitted by BB+M Architecture

  • 2021 Redevelopment Project of the Year: Bailey South, submitted by Front Street Capital 

2019

  • 2019 New Development Project of the Year: BB&T Leadership Institute, submitted by CJMW Architecture

  • 2019 Redevelopment/Adaptive Reuse Project of the Year: Raleigh Union Station, submitted by Clancy & Theys

2018

  • Member of the Year - Raleigh-Durham: Whitney Rodgers, Solutions pdm

  • Member of the Year - Piedmont Triad: James Mitchell, Smith Leonard PLLC

  • Member of the Year - Charlotte: Alyson Craig, UNCC

  • Developer of the Year: Andy Andrews, Dominion Realty Partners

  • Redevelopment Project of the Year: Bailey Power Plant - Winston-Salem

  • New Development Project of the Year: AvidXchange - Charlotte

2017

  • Member of the Year - Raleigh-Durham: Paul Meyers, Fifth Third Bank

  • Member of the Year - Piedmont Triad: Reggie Beeson, Highwoods Properties

  • Member of the Year - Charlotte: Chris Thomas, Childress Klein

  • Developer of the Year: Highwoods Properties

  • Large Project of the Year: The Center for Technology and Innovation (CTI) - Raleigh

  • Small Project of the Year: The Shevell Building - Greensboro 

2016

  • Member of the Year - Raleigh/Durham: Valoree Eikinas, PE, LEED, AP, CALYX Engineers + Consultants

  • Member of the Year - Piedmont Triad: Andy Harding, Dixon Hughes Goodman

  • Member of the Year - Charlotte: Barry Leasure, GreerWalker

  • Developing Leader of the Year: Raffi Simel, Triad Commercial Properties

  • Developer of the Year: Kane Realty Corporation

  • Project of the Year: MetLife Global Technology Campus, submitted by Highwoods Properties

2015

  • Building Project of the Year: 751 West Fourth Street, submitted by Frank. L. Blum Construction

  • Green Project of the Year: Winston-Salem Student Success Center at Hill Hall, submitted by Shelco LLC and R.J. Leeper Construction

  • Real Estate Deal of the Year: Lenovo, submitted by CBRE 

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