Honors & Awards

While HDJ certainly doesn’t chase or design for awards and honors, we have to admit that it is nice to be recognized for our impactful contribution to improving lives.

Large brick commercial building on the corner of two streets. The side of the building reads "Osborn Commons."

Osborn Commons

Sault Ste. Marie

USGBC OH/MI/IN Leadership Awards, Named Michigan’s Green Building of the Year 2021.

Osborn Case Study
Interior sitting room space. Armchairs and a couch line the walls and a snowy outdoors shows through the windows.
Kitchen area with an open floor. Kitchen includes a refrigerator, sink, stove, oven, and microwave.

One recent project that is indicative of our portfolio was selected for honors through a pair of programs. Osborn Commons, located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is a prime example of the positive impact affordable housing and community development can have on a neighborhood and city. 

Osborn Commons received an Affordable Housing Finance reader’s choice award for best rural development at AHF Live and also named a top winner in the USGBC Detroit Region Leadership Council Awards. The affordable housing building was also recognized as Michigan’s Green Building of the Year: Homes. 

The property is a 65-unit mixed income community with 63 of the units rent-restricted affordable units, which are in high demand in downtown Sault St. Marie. Osborn Commons is also the first LEED Gold certified building in the city. 

Amenities include an on-site grocery store and market on the ground level, fitness center, and community space. Because of the new grocery story and market, the downtown neighborhood where Osborn Commons sits is no longer considered a food desert. 

Osborn Commons is a prime example of the positive impact affordable housing and community development can have on a neighborhood and city.

Osborn Commons apartment building with Market Store

Some of HDJ’s other awards and honors are presented here:

Osborn Commons in Sault Ste. Marie, MI
The Rosenwald Apartments Award in Chicago, Illinois
Entrance to a commercial building
Rosenwald Court Apartments in Chicago, Illinois
2018 The Rosenwald Apartments - The Outstanding For-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project Award - Chicago, IL
2017 The Rosenwald Apartments - Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for Rehabilitation - Chicago, IL
2017 The Rosenwald Apartments - Best For-Profit Development for the Chicago Neighborhood Development Award - Chicago, IL
2017 The Rosenwald Apartments - Novogradac Historic Preservation Award - Chicago, IL
Exterior of a large multi-story apartment building.
2019 Brainerd Park - AHF Reader's Choice Award Finalist, Urban Design - Chicago, IL
2017 The Lakewoods Apartments - Award of Excellence in Senior Housing Preservation Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing - Dayton, OH
2015 The Lakewoods Apartments - FINALIST Reader’s Choice Awards, Affordable Housing Finance (AHF), Finalist—Preservation Category - Dayton, OH
2017 Stuyvesant Apartment Building - Outstanding Preservation Project by the Historic Preservation Commission - Grand Rapids, MI
2017 Stuyvesant Apartment Building - Outstanding Preservation Project by the Historic Preservation Commission - Grand Rapids, MI
Berkshire Affordable Senior Living building in Paw Paw, Michigan
2017 Berkshire - LEED for Homes Gold Certification - Paw Paw, MI
2017 Village of Hillside Senior Living - LEED for Homes GOLD Certification - Harbor Springs, MI
National 101 Best & Brightest Companies
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 National 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For - Winner National
Governor's Award for Historic Preservation for the Rehabilitation of Lloyd's Department Store - Menominee, MI
2015 Lloyd House - Governor's Award for Historic Preservation for the Rehabilitation of Lloyd's Department Store - Menominee, MI
Villlage at River's Edge in Kalkaska, Michigan
2007 Village at River's Edge - Tax Credit Excellence Award, Kalkaska, MI
Trail West Affordable Housing Apartments in Newark, Ohio
2010 Trail West Apartments - Excellence Affordable housing Preservation from the Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing - Newark, OH
Artworks of Muskegon in Muskegon, Michigan
2010 Artworks of Muskegon - Best Two Bedroom Floor Plan, GLAStar Awards, Property Management Association of Michigan - Muskegon, MI
Artworks of Muskegon in Muskegon, Michigan
2007 Artworks of Muskegon - Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation - Muskegon, MI
2007 Artworks of Muskegon - Finalist for the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association’s J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation - Muskegon, MI
2008 310 South mechanic Lofts - Finalist in the Multi-Housing News Design Excellence Awards in the Adaptive Reuse Category - Muskegon, MI
Muskegon Transportation Center in Muskegon, Michigan

CHICAGO, IL

The Rosenwald Apartments

2021 – 200 Great Places in the State of Illinois by AIA Illinois, 2018 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation 2018 Finalist for Chicago Building Congress Merit Award for Renovations over $10 million.

Group of large multi-story apartment buildings. Multiple paved paths lead through the grass around the buildings.
Trophy

Leadership Awards

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