Project of the Year Criteria:
• Project must be completed or substantially completed (at least core & shell) between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.

• Submission must include a NAIOP member in good standing who played a substantial role in the project.

• Submissions can be submitted for Project Category (1) New Development, (2) Redevelopment/Adaptive reuse/Repurpose, or (3) Industrial Development.

• Projects will be selected based on 30-point grading system:
(1) Economic Impact (10 pts): Unique contribution to the growth and vitality of a community or region (e.g., job creation, catalytic effects on surrounding development, public infrastructure delivered that would not otherwise have occurred).
(2) Design & Innovation (10 pts): Distinctive design, innovation, and overall “cool factor.”
(3) Project Challenges (10 pts): Demonstrated ability to overcome design, regulatory, or other significant hurdles across phases.

Please provide project photos and/or renderings. Upload with the online application or email to doug@naiopclt.org with the subject line: “2026 NAIOP NC Project of the Year.”

A representative of each winning project will be invited to accept the award at the NAIOP NC Conference in Pinehurst on February 26, 2026.

Winners will be featured in the NAIOP Development Magazine, a national publication circulated to 22,000 of commercial real estate's best and brightest.

Questions? Contact NAIOP Charlotte at doug@naiopclt.org.