Parksville projects brought home several awards from the 17th Annual Vancouver Island Commercial Building Awards, held Thursday, April 11 at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo.
Choices Market Parksville (Owner/Developer: Pattison Food Group; General Contractor: Norson Construction LLP; Architect: collabor8 Architecture & Design (BC) Inc.; Designer: Rodmell & Company Inc.) earned an Award of Excellence award of merit in the retail category.
Tectonica Management Inc. of Nanaimo was a winner in the General Contractor category and also took home an Award of Excellence for Duo Townhomes in Parksville in the Multi Family Townhome category.
A near-record 45 finalists were recognized in the celebration of the best of commercial, industrial, institutional and revenue-producing properties north of the Malahat on Vancouver Island that were completed in 2023.
Discover Montessori School in Nanaimo was named the Judges’ Choice Best Overall Winner, the school, at 3460 Jingle Pot Rd. in Nanaimo, also won the Award of Excellence in the Community Institutional category. Owner/Developer was Discover Montessori School, General Contractor Tectonica Management Inc. and Architect/Designer Checkwitch Poiron Architects.
SignAge was the Platinum Title Sponsor of the event, with Gold Sponsors being MNP LLP and Coastal Community Credit Union. Category sponsors were Modern PURAIR, Harris Kia, Premium Living Victoria, Simba Investments, Tectonica and RE/MAX Commercial. Media Sponsor was Yellow Sheet Construction Data for the event, organized by Business Examiner News Group.
IWCD was also a double winner, taking home Award of Excellence trophies for Nanaimo Honda in Retail and Lake House Physio + Therapy of Lake Cowichan.
The Safety Award went to Milestone Equipment Contracting Inc., Construction Company of the Year to Principle Properties and the Architect of the Year to WA Architects.
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Other Award of Excellence Winners In Each Category were:
Affordable Housing
Hammond Bay Residences – 6010 Hammond Bay Road - Owner/Developer: BC Housing; General Contractor: Westmark Construction Ltd.; Architect/Designer: Murdoch and Co.
Hospitality & Tourism
Comox Marine Services Building – 129 Port Augusta Street, Comox - Owner/Developer: Town of Comox; General Contractor: Kinetic Construction Ltd.
Tree Island Yogurt – 2800 Beck Avenue, Cumberland - Owner/Developer: Tree Island Yogurt; General Contractor:Acciano Development Inc.; Architect/Designer: John Chislett & Jim Matthews.
Mixed Use
Long Lake Views – 4474 Wellington Road, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer/General Contractor: Technifield Contracting Ltd.; Architect/Designer: D-Architecture.
Multi Family Condominium
Prospect – 135-151 Haliburton Street, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer/General Contractor: Parkshore Projects Ltd.; Architect/Designer: Matthew T. Hansen Architect.
Multi Family Townhome
Duo Townhomes – 463 Hirst Avenue, Parksville - Owner/Developer: Hirst Avenue Townhouses Sitefinders Inc.; General Contractor: Tectonica Management Inc.; Architect/Designer: Com-tech Drafting and Design Services.
Office
Lake House Physio + Therapy – 88 Cowichan Lake Road, Lake Cowichan - Owner/Developer: Newman Blanchet Holdings Ltd.; General Contractor: IWCD; Architect/Designer: Igel Architecture Ltd.
Purpose Built Rental
Willows Crossing – 4111 Crosland Place, North Cowichan - Owner/Developer: Broadstreet Properties; General Contractor: Seymour Pacific Developments; Architect/Designer: Abele Architecture.
Renovations & Tenant Improvements
Ladysmith Boys & Girls Club – 220 High Street, Ladysmith - Owner/Developer: Town of Ladysmith; General Contractor: MKM Projects Ltd.; Architect/Designer: PHI Architecture.
Retail
Nanaimo Honda – 2535 Bowen Road, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer: Nanaimo Honda; General Contractor: IWCD; Architect/Designer: Raymond DeBeeld Architect Inc.
Awards of Merit
Community Institutional
Ecole Hammond Bay Elementary – 1025 Morningside Drive, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer: School District #68; General Contractor: Kinetic Construction; Architect/Designer: KMBR Architects Planners Inc.
Nanaimo Fire Station #1 – 666 Fitzwilliam Street, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer: City of Nanaimo; General Contractor: Kinetic Construction Ltd.; Architect/Designer: S2 Architecture.
Hospitality & Tourism
Holiday Inn Express & Suites – 310 Hunt Road, Courtenay - Owner/Developer: Metropolitan Hospitality Management; General Contractor: Sargent Construction; Architect/Designer: Lovick Scott Architects.
Industrial
Alberni Power & Marine – 3170 1st Avenue, Port Alberni - Owner/Developer: Alberni Power & Marine; General Contractor: RW (Bob) Wall Ltd.; Architect/Designer: OCA.
Multi Family Condominium
OMNIA - 536 Island Highway South, Campbell River - Owner/Developer/General Contractor: Crowne Pacific Development Corp.; Architect/Designer: WA Architects Ltd.
Renovation & Tenant Improvement
In Space Childcare Inc. – 3255 Stephenson Point Road, Nanaimo - Owner/Developer: Christal and Bill Wang; General Contractor: Monashee Rim Developments Ltd.; Architect/Designer: Raymond DeBeeld Architect Inc.
Retail
Choices Market Parksville – 319 Island Highway East, Parksville - Owner/Developer: Pattison Food Group; General Contractor: Norson Construction LLP; Architect: collabor8 Architecture & Design (BC) Inc.; Designer: Rodmell & Company Inc.
— NEWS Staff