Property

ULI Excellence in Placemaking awards are launched

The competition, instigated by commercial property specialists CBRE and the Urban Land Institute, aims to reward organisations that strive to improve their local communities

Abbey Quarter Skate Park in Kilkenny, which won last year’s award for Overall National Excellence in Placemaking. Picture: Vicky Comerford

Commercial property specialists CBRE and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) have launched this year’s ULI Excellence in Placemaking awards competition, which is now open for entries.

The awards were established a number of years ago to reward organisations throughout Ireland that make genuine efforts to improve their local communities, through the initiation of placemaking projects that add to the public realm and make these places better places in which to live, work and play.

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