Each year, NAA’s Excellence Awards, the “Excels,” recognize excellence and leadership in the rental housing industry. The Excels celebrate communities, industry professionals and affiliated apartment associations who make unique contributions to the industry. WinnResidential brought home three awards this past June at Apartmentalize.
The Residences at Brighton Marine
Affordable Community of the Year
This community is a true source of pride for WinnCompanies and our team members because it was our first veterans’ preference development and the first apartment project of its kind in Boston in 75 years. The Residences at Brighton Marine has a significant waiting list today because it offers quality, transit-oriented apartment homes and the kinds of modern, supportive services that veterans need. There is no significant housing subsidy program for veterans, so it took quite a bit of ingenuity to put together the financial framework to make this development work.
The Watson
Small Community of the Year
It’s real endorsement that The Watson continues to receive awards and positive feedback four-and-a-half years after it opened. When it was built, it was something of a novelty because it offered the largest number of middle-income units ever financed under MassHousing’s Workforce Housing Initiative. The workforce income category took some explaining back then, but today the need for this type of housing has become a common challenge in metro areas. The Watson remains a highly desirable community because of those 86 middle-income apartments and its location on the southern edge of Boston.
The Gordon H. Mansfield
New Construction Community of the Year
The design of the Mansfield Veteran’s Community pulls together everything that we and our nonprofit partner had learned about serving veterans over decades of experience. There is dedicated space for supportive programs and case management services; a separate, private wing for female veterans; two greenhouses; a variety of outdoor open spaces; and a columbarium for veterans who wish to be interred onsite when they pass away. The building and its mission have become a heartfelt source of pride for our onsite management and maintenance team and for everyone in the surrounding community as well.