2008 Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award
2008 Houston Business Journal's Landmark Award
2008 Mainstream GreenHome is the first LEED Platinum home in the Southeast
2007 Canadian Urban Institute’s Brownfield of the Year Award
2007 NAHB Group Advocate of the Year Award
2007 Anthemion Award
2006 IEDC Public-Private Partnership Award
2004 NC Sustainability Award
2001 Phoenix Award
2008 Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award
Raleigh, N.C. – April 23, 2008 – Cherokee received the Raleigh Environmental Stewardship Award (RESA) for its commitment to and leadership in sustainability and environmental consciousness. The award, given by the City of Raleigh on Earth Day, recognizes two of Cherokee’s nationally acclaimed green projects in the area: the National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome and Cherokee’s corporate headquarters, a 100-year-old furniture warehouse converted into a high-performance office space.
Both of Cherokee’s Raleigh-located projects are LEED Platinum-certified, a designation given by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) to high-performance buildings that meet stringent green building standards. LEED Platinum is a high and rare distinction in the industry. The National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome is a showcase home built to educate builders, developers and homeowners about building green and show that it does not have to sacrifice style or comfort. The GreenHome incorporates hundreds of sustainable features. The converted office is one of only a few historic properties worldwide known to have been renovated according to rigorous green building guidelines.
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2008 Houston Business Journal's Landmark Award
Sugar Land, Texas – April 8, 2008 - Cherokee's Sugar Land project, a redevelopment effort that will turn 651 acres of former industrial property - including Imperial Sugar Co.'s former 160-acre refinery site - into a mixed-use development, was recently honored with Houston Business Journal's Landmark Award. The Landmark Awards recognize commercial real estate projects and developments that make significant impressions on the Houston landscape.
The Sugar Land project calls for many sustainable features, including a mix of land uses, adaptive reuse of historic structures, community gathering places, innovative storm water management approaches and narrow streets. The final project will entail 1,300 residential units, 46.4 acres of mixed-use space, 26.7 acres of commercial retail space, and 58 acres of office space.
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2008 Mainstream GreenHome is the first LEED Platinum home in the Southeast
Raleigh, N.C. – March 26, 2008 - Cherokee’s Mainstream GreenHome, a showcase home that proves that environmentally sustainable design can be contemporary and beautiful, received Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes program (LEED for Homes). Please visit www.cherokeefund.com/greenhomeVideo.htm for a video and project description by Tom Darden, Cherokee’s CEO.
The certification marks the first LEED for Homes Platinum designation in the Southeast, and the first certification in North Carolina. By incorporating innovative solar energy systems to produce hot water and electricity, a very tight building envelope, and ENERGY STAR appliances and lights, the home uses approximately 70 percent less conventional energy from grid-based sources such as nuclear and coal.
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2007 Canadian Urban Institute’s Brownfield of the Year Award
Montreal, QC – October 18, 2007 - Cherokee’s Faubourg Boisbriand redevelopment received the Canadian Urban Institute’s (CUI) prestigious 2007 “Brownie” award for sustainable design and technological innovation on a brownfield site. The CUI's program recognizes leadership, innovation and environmental sustainability in brownfields redevelopment across Canada.
Faubourg Boisbriand, located between Montreal and Quebec’s beautiful Laurentian region, is a 230-acre mixed-use community that is being built on the site of a former General Motors car manufacturing facility. When completed, Faubourg Boisbriand will include more than one million square feet of retail, and approximately 1,700 residential units within a vibrant mixed-use lifestyle development. The project also was designated as a pilot for the new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) program, which aims to recognize exceptional community design that reduces environmental impact and enhances the quality of life of its residents and the surrounding area.
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2007 Group Advocate of the Year Award
St. Louis, M.O. – March 25, 2007 – Cherokee received the 2007 Group Advocate of the Year Award by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recognizing Cherokee’s commitment to sustainable development and exemplary green building practices. The award highlights Cherokee’s National Homebuilder Mainstream GreenHome™, an environmentally friendly demonstration home that is designed to look and feel like a traditional home while using less energy, conserving more water, and providing a healthier living environment.
“When a green home doesn’t look or feel significantly different from one built using more traditional construction methods, when builders have the tools and resources to build them without significant material or labor cost increases, and when consumers readily accept the finished product, then ‘green’ has arrived,” said NAHB Green Building Subcommittee chair Ray Tonjes. “Cherokee has helped lead the way to market acceptance. Cherokee is a pioneer in mainstreaming green building.”
For more information on the GreenHome, please visit www.mainstreamgreenhome.com.
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2007 Anthemion Award
Raleigh, N.C. – September 13, 2007 - Cherokee, Tise-Kiester Architects and Empire Hardhat Construction received the 2007 Anthemion Award for the commercial rehabilitation of Cherokee’s headquarters, a hundred-year-old former Heilig-Levine Building in downtown Raleigh. The renovation project connected two historic buildings while maintaining the integrity of the historic structures and incorporating high-performance, environmental friendly features set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program.
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2006 International Economic Development Council’s Public-Private Partnership Award
New York, N.Y. – September 2006 – Cherokee and the City of Webster received the 2006 International Economic Development Council’s Public-Private Partnership award in recognition of their dedication, commitment and partnership in redeveloping one of the city’s largest brownfields. Edgewater is a 538-acre master-planned, mixed-use development located in Webster, Texas, only 20 miles southeast of downtown Houston. Once a power plant, this former brownfield posed considerable development hurdles that could only be overcome by the public-private partnership that was forged between the city and developer. Cherokee worked hand-in-hand with the Webster City Council, the Webster Economic Development Corporation, city staff and community to create a redevelopment strategy that supported their goals for sustainable growth in the area.
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2004 NC Sustainable Business Award
Raleigh, N.C. – October 29, 2004 – Cherokee, the nation’s leading acquirer of brownfield and other contaminated properties, received the 2004 North Carolina Sustainable Business Award by Sustainable North Carolina (SNC).
Cherokee was recognized with the industry award for striking a balance between sustainable economic growth and natural resource conservation in brownfield redevelopment and reclamation projects, including two projects it’s heading in the Tar Heel State. North Carolina projects include the old, declining 1970s-era North Hills Mall in Raleigh (once filled with asbestos and leaking gasoline tanks, the site has now become the most important in-fill redevelopment project in the area); and the polluted Burlington Industries Mill in Mooresville (revitalizing a historic industrial landmark near the community’s downtown).
“Cherokee is active in local communities throughout North Carolina and beyond, helping offset the exorbitant costs associated with brownfield redevelopment,” said Thomas Darden, president and CEO, Cherokee. “We are committed to the principles of smart growth, protecting the environment and working closely with municipalities – which often lack the funds and expertise to transform polluted land into dynamic community resources – to achieve their long-term community redevelopment visions.”
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2001 Phoenix Award
In 2001, Cherokee received a national Phoenix Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for work in the remediation and redevelopment of the Elizabeth Metro Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Phoenix Awards were created in 1997 to honor groups that provide innovative solutions to the challenge of redeveloping our cities’ environmentally blighted commercial and industrial sites.
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