9th Annual City National Bank Better Beach Awards 2023

The Real Estate & Development Council of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Presents:

9th Annual City National Bank Better Beach Awards
 
Organized by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, the event is a prestigious occasion honoring influential, trendsetting leaders in the local real estate industry. This event is attended by Miami Beach's top realtors, architects, developers, designers, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs.

Friday, April 21, 2023
11am-1pm

The categories include:
 Historic Preservation
Innovative Architecture
Innovative Design
Better Beach Award (open to non-real estate community)
The Green Award
Rising Stars

Nominate a project, property, realtor or member of the community here:
2023 Better Beach Nomination Form
 A form must be filled out (one per nominee) before February 24th. It is FREE to nominate.

Thank you to our event committee:
Debi Quade | Cervera Real Estate
Mario Stocco | Douglas Elliman
Jeevan Tillit | East of Collins Expediting
Todd Friedman | Dominion Builders
Mark Gemignani |Dominion Builders
 

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Nominate today! 

1.HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS: The nominee has demonstrated extraordinary preservation and conservatory actions were taken to protect property, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance to their completed project, while maintaining the same use. The completed project was able to maintain the identity of a Historic site and respect proper adaptive re-use strategies and meet approval of Historic Preservation Board and/or obtain Certificate of Occupancy for the new adaptive use. The nominee must be the architect or general contractor for a residential or commercial property. Owner, Developer or other affiliates of the project will be credited.

Sub-Categories include:

-Preservation of a Historic Residential Property (Single Family/Condo)
-Preservation of a Historic Commercial Property
-Adaptive Re-Use/Rehab of a Historic Building

Criteria for Judging:

-Significance of the history of the building, including its architect, owners, etc
-Extensiveness of the research on the historic property used to undertake the historic preservation project
-Quality of the craftsmanship and historic detail retained in the historic building
-Creativity in the ways (if any) that the preserved property addresses issues of rising sea levels
-Quality of the relationship of the renovated historic building to neighboring buildings and its context in the city
-Appropriateness of the activities occurring within the preserved historic property for the City of Miami Beach

2. INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE AWARD: The nominee has demonstrated a unique and unusual twist to the design. The property should show innovative architectural solutions, while creating striking and functional spaces. The building shall be an outstanding example of functionality, and design in the field of Architecture and take advantage of site and context. The nominee can be the Architect or Designer, Owner, Developer or other affiliates of the project will be credited.

Sub-Categories include:

-Custom Single Family Home
-Multi-family/condo
-Commercial/mixed-use/hotel
-Non completed/Speculative Projects (concepts and/or proposals)

Criteria for Judging:

-Uniqueness (How unusual and innovative is this design concept? To what extent is the creative concept a breakthrough as an idea or a new direction in design?)
-Impact (How much does the creative concept intrigue, amaze, surprise, calm, inspire, or transfix and how appropriate is that experience?)
-Breadth (How well does the creative concept carry through the entire work?)
-Excellence (What level of cleverness, innovation, and expertise is demonstrated in the detailing?)

3. INNOVATIVE DESIGNER AWARD: The nominee has demonstrated exceptional creativity towards a completed project in Miami Beach either residential or commercial. The Design should be an exemplar vision of innovation and forward-thinking unique to Miami Beach’s identity. Nominee shall be Designer. Owner, Developer or other affiliates of the project will be credited.

Sub-Categories include:

-Restaurant
-Hotel

Criteria for Judging:

-Uniqueness (How unusual and innovative is this design concept? To what extent is the creative concept a breakthrough as an idea or a new direction in design?)
-Impact (How much does the creative concept intrigue, amaze, surprise, calm, inspire, or transfix and how appropriate is that experience?)
-Breadth (How well does the creative concept carry through the entire work?)
-Excellence (What level of cleverness, innovation, and expertise is demonstrated in the detailing?)


4. THE BETTER BEACH AWARD: The nominee has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in terms of giving back to our community, city, and those around them. It can be an individual that has devoted time, resources and effort, and has endeavored and succeeded to make the Miami Beach community a better place.

Sub-Categories include:

-Real Estate Industry Professional (agent/developer/industry at large)
-Local Miami Beach Residents 
-Organization/Initiative

Criteria for Judging:

-Nominee is actively involved in community work and/or service in Miami Beach
-Nominees has a positive impact in the community
-The area of service nominee is involved in is NOT directly related to any sort of monetary gain or is as a result of their role or profession
-Nominee is looked to as a leader and has influenced others to get involved in the initiative

5. THE GREEN AWARD – nominee has implemented exceptional sustainability practices in a recently completed project or as improvements to an existing project – open to all built projects regardless of completion date or genre.

Sub-Categories include:

-Project
-Initiative

Criteria for Judging:

-Does the project qualify for a Certification such as LEED, Green Globes, other … if yes, what level of certification has been awarded
-Does the project include any alternative energy generation?
-Do the "sustainable" parts of the project include the whole building or just a limited area of the building?
-How does the project positively impact the community? Are there any ongoing community initiatives?
-When was the project issued permits? When was the project built?

6. RISING STARS: REAL ESTATE AGENT: Within the first 24 months of their industry career, the nominee has hit the ground running and has taken the initiative to immerse themselves into the Real Estate industry and go above and beyond the minimum requirements and excel amongst their peers. The nominee has demonstrated expanding knowledge in the technological, marketing and professional education arenas. The top "Rising Stars" will be honored.

-Agent- Accepting the first 5 nominees per real estate firm located on the Beach

Criteria for Judging:

-Has established a presence and brand in the industry, whether by active attendance at events, marketing efforts, effective communication of functions
-Has independently accomplished something notable and measurable
-Has a clear plan for the future that reflects and is supported by their successes thus far

7. RISING STARS: REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY: Within the first 24 months of their industry career, the nominee has hit the ground running and has taken the initiative to immerse themselves into the industry and go above and beyond the minimum requirements and excel amongst their peers. The nominee has demonstrated expanding knowledge in the technological, marketing and professional education arenas.

Real Estate Industry - We will accept nominations in any industry within the real estate community. Examples: Law, Banking, Title Companies, Developers, Architects, Insurance, Management Companies, etc

Criteria for Judging:

-Has established a presence and brand in the industry, whether by active attendance at events, marketing efforts, effective communication of functions
-Has independently accomplished something notable and measurable
-Has a clear plan for the future that reflects and is supported by their successes thus far

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Congratulations to our 2022 Winners!

Historic Preservation - 
Esme Miami Beach
The Gabriel Miami South Beach
The Carl Fisher Clubhouse

Innovative Architecture
Commercial
Starwood Capital Group- 2430 Collins Ave
The Good Time Hotel
The Collins Park Parking Garage

Residential -Single Family Home
Sunset Island Residence
Tamayo Residence

Residential - Condominium
Monad Terrace
Town Center Gateway

The Green Award
Collins Park Parking Garage

Innovative Use of Proptech
Oqullo

Innovative Designer
Hotel/workspace
Moxy South Beach Hotel
Esme Miami Beach Hotel
The Good Time Hotel

Innovative Designer
Restaurant
Osteria Morini
Whitmans Miami
Miami Diner

Rising Stars
Samantha Purnell, Keller Williams
Alexandra White, COMPASS
David Freed, Keller Williams
Raymond Jacomo, Douglas Elliman
Lydia Azout, COMPASS

Better Beach Award
Organization
FREEBEE
Clean Miami beach
Ayuda

Better Beach Award
Citizen
Valerie Navarrete
George Neary
Michael Gongora