All the Big Winners From the 2023 BILD Awards

Builders, developers, and real estate professionals from across the Greater Toronto Area came together on May 11 to honour the winners of the 2023 BILD Awards.

Presented by the Building Industry and Land Development Association, the annual awards recognize excellence in architecture, design, people and sales, and marketing of new homes in the GTA. Nearly 1,000 entries were submitted for the 47 awards.

"The BILD Awards finalists and winners exemplify excellence and innovation as they bring the GTA’s new communities to life," said Dave Wilkes, President and CEO of BILD.

"The BILD Awards are an opportunity to celebrate these dynamic companies and remarkable people shaping our region."

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Notable wins included The Daniels Corporation, which was named Home Builder of the Year, Mid/High-Rise, and Great Gulf, which received the award for Home Builder of the Year, Low-Rise. The category recognizes builders who set the industry standard through their professionalism and dedication to excellence.

For the 12th time since 2010, Tridel earned a Green Builder of the Year Award, this time in the Mid/High-Rise subcategory. Meanwhile, Minto Communities was named Green Builder of the Year, Low-Rise.

Silvio De Gasperis, the President and CEO of the TACC Group of Companies, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. BILD's highest honour, the award recognizes members who have dedicated a lifetime to the association and the industry, and who demonstrate significant leadership and commitment to the greater good.

Here are all the winners of the 2023 BILD Awards:

BILD Award Winners: Pinnacle Award Winners

Home Builder of the Year, Low-Rise: Great Gulf

Home Builder of the Year, Mid/High-Rise: The Daniels Corporation

Green Builder of the Year, Low-Rise: Minto Communities

Green Builder of the Year, Mid/High-Rise: Tridel

Best New Community, Planned/Under Development: Mattamy Homes – Clockwork – II BY IV DESIGN

Best Community, Built: MOD Developments and Woodcliffe Landmark Properties – Waterworks – Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated, Ceecconi Simone Inc., and L.A. Inc.

Project of the Year, Mid/High-Rise: Collecdev – Cielo Condos – Montana Steele Advertising, ADHOC STUDIO

Project of the Year, Low-Rise: Minto Communities – The Heights of Harmony – The Brand Factory and RN Design Limited

Best International Project of the Year: Great Gulf – La Clara, Palm Beach Florida – Montana Steele Advertising

People’s Choice Award: Tridel – Harbourwalk at Lakeview – II BY IV DESIGN, The Brand Factory, JOEY AI, and Pureblink

BILD Awards Winners: People and Sales

Lifetime Achievement Award: Silvio De Gasperis, President and CEO, TACC Group of Companies

Angelo DelZotto Fearless Innovator Award: (Pinnacle) Wise Meter Solutions

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award: The Daniels Corporation

Ignat Kaneff Inspiration Award (Pinnacle): Spotlight Development Inc.

Riley Brethour Leadership Award: Daniel Salerno, Paradise Developments

Stephen Dupuis CSR Award (Pinnacle): TAS

Best Sales Person or Team, Low-Rise: P2 Realty Inc., Brokerage: Anthony Garisto, Daniela LaFace, Pat Lombardi, Natalie Doyle for CountryWide Homes, Midhurst Valley

Best Salesperson or Team, Mid/High-Rise : Hersh Realty Group and Homelife/Metropark Realty Inc.: Greenpark Group, The Fifth at Charisma

Best Presentation Centre: Lakeview Village – Lakeview Village Discovery Centre

Best Customer Care: Tridel

BILD Awards Winners: Marketing

Best Project Branding & Identity, Mid/High-Rise: Windmill Developments – Courcelette – 52 Pick-up Inc.

Best Project Branding & Identity, Low-Rise: Centra Homes & Sterling Group – Artisan Towns – COOLAID Studios

Best Organic Social Campaign: Empire Communities – Empire Everyday Beautiful

Best Brochure, Mid/High-Rise: Camrost Felcorp – EXS (Exchange Signature Residences) – IBI Group, MAED Collective, Gladstone Media, and Pureblink

Best Brochure, Low-Rise: StateView Homes– ELIA

Best Site Signage: Almadev – LSQ – Channel 13 Advertising & Design Inc.

Best Website: Distrikt – Corporate Website – 52 Pick-up Inc.

Best Short Video (<45 sec.): Pratt Hansen Group – Elements Condominiums

Best Long Video (>45 sec.): OPUS Homes – OPUS Homes – RYAN Design International

Best Rendering, Mid/High-Rise: Curated Properties– AKRA – Austin Birch, kg&a, and RAW Design Inc.

Best Rendering, Low-Rise: Eden Oak– Sapphire Ridge – COOLAID Studios and RN Design Limited

Best Amenity Rendering, Mid/High-Rise: Daniels Homes – Daniels on Parliament, North Tower – U31 and Kirkor Architects & Planners

Best Home Interior Rendering, Mid/High-Rise: Camrost Felcrop – The Frederick (Unit 5) – Pureblink, Gladstone Media, and IBI Group

Best Home Interior Rendering, Low-Rise: Rosepark Towns – McOuat Partnership Too Studio Inc.

Best Experiential Marketing Campaign: Curated Properties – AKRA – Austin Birch, kg&a, and RAW Design Inc.

Best Advertising Campaign, Paid Media (Pinnacle): Mattamy Homes – Soleil – KNYMH, NAK Designs, Tara Lee, Norman Hill Realty, and Apt. Agency

Best Overall Marketing Campaign (Pinnacle): Collecdev – CieloCondos – Montana Steele Advertising and ADHOC STUDIO

BILD Awards Winners: Architecture and Design

Best Suite Design (900 sq. ft. or less): Fitzrovia – The Parker, Holland – Graziani + Corazza Architects Inc. and Figure3

Best Suite Design, Large (>900 sq. ft.): Sean Homes – Rainwater, Unit 109 – 4 Architecture Inc. and Apt. Agency

Best Innovative Suite Design: Andrin Homes – Glenway Urban Towns: Live/Work, 3 Bedroom Corner – SRN Architects Inc.

Best Model Suite: Zanier Homes – King Terrace, The Polo Collection, 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, Den – Tomas Pearce Interior Design Consulting Inc. and QTK Fine Cabinetry

Best Mid-Rise Building Design (Pinnacle): Crystal Glen Homes – Marquie Elevated Living – SRN Architects Inc. and COOLAID Studios Inc.

Best High-Rise Building Design (Pinnacle): Tridel – Harbourwalk at Lakeview Village – II BY IV Design

Best Single-Detached House Design: Eden Oak – Sapphire Ridge, Sierra 62-03 – RN Design Limited, COOLAID Studios, and Spectrum Realty Services Inc., Brokerage

Best Single-Detached House Design, Large: Hallett Homes – Glen Abbey Encore Phase 3, Remmington – Q4 Architects

Best Semi/Townhouse Design: Primont Homes – Joshua Creek Montage, RLT-06 – RN Design Limited and The Brand Factory

Best Innovative House Design: Gold Park Homes – Pine Valley: Forevergreen, Beaumont – Hunt Design Associations Inc., McOuat Partnership, Team 2000 Realty Inc., Qoo Studio, and U31

Best Model Home: Gold Park Homes – Pine Valley: Forevergreen, The Oakgrove Elevation C –Hunt Design Associations Inc., U31, Team 2000 Realty Inc., and McOuat Partnership

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All the Big Winners From the 2023 BILD Awards

The annual BILD awards recognize excellence in architecture, design, people and sales, and marketing of new homes in the GTA.

BILD Award Winners: Pinnacle Award Winners

BILD Awards Winners: People and Sales

BILD Awards Winners: Marketing

BILD Awards Winners: Architecture and Design

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TRREB hasn’t updated its MLS maps since 2011, and several neighbourhoods have changed in Toronto since then.

The King Square Shopping Centre in Markham opened in 2019 and a hotel was also planned for the mall's surface parking lot.

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