40th Annual Royal City Builders Awards is a Success

New Westminster, BC – On October 5, 2011, the City of New Westminster and the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce presented the 40th Annual Royal City Builders Awards. These awards honour outstanding projects completed in 2010 in New Westminster. Over 100 people were in attendance, including Mayor Wayne Wright and members of City Council, at the gala dinner event held at the Inn at the Quay.

This year’s award recipients are:

Winners in the Modern Development category

Commercial Renovation
109-810 Quayside Drive – The Great Wall Tea Company

Modern Residential
280 Ross Drive – The Carlyle at Victoria Hill

Modern Commercial
810 Quayside Drive – The River Market

Modern Institutional
620 Eighth Street – New Westminster Youth Centre 

Winners in the Heritage category

Exterior Heritage Renovation
408 Garrett Street

Exterior Heritage Restoration (The Heritage Shield)
1021 Third Avenue

New Home Construction that Respects New Westminster Heritage
206 Elgin Street

Winners in the Universal Access category

Business:
102 - 1035 Columbia Street – De Dutch Pannekoek House
Facility:
620 Eighth Street – New Westminster Youth Centre

Winner in the Sustainability category
305 Carnarvon Street – Maria Keary Cottages

Overall Royal City Builders Award, Building of the Year
305 Carnarvon Street – Maria Keary Cottages

People’s Choice Awards (The Record)

Exterior Heritage Restoration (Shield) and Renovation
408 Garrett Street

New Home that Respects New Westminster Heritage
1616 London Street

Modern Institutional
305 Carnarvon Street – Maria Keary Cottages

Modern Residential / Commercial
14 Begbie Street – Inter Urban

Commercial Renovation
130 - 1005 Columbia Street –Pharmasave

The Royal City Builders Awards are proudly supported by several local businesses. This year’s sponsors include Aragon, Westminster Savings, Griff Building Supplies, Grizzly Construction, Brook Pooni, Brer Rabbit Printing Company Ltd, Cartwright Jewelers, MVT Canada and The Record Newspaper.

For more information about the Royal City Builders Awards, please contact the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce at 604-521-7781 or the City of New Westminster Development Services Department at 604-515-3767.

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Contact: Julia Dykstra, Planning Clerk

604-515-3767 or