2013 Vision Awards
The 2013 Vision Awards recognized The Whitman Family for our Lifetime Achievement Award, Vanessa Grout as the Young Leader of the Year, and the Dorado Beach Resort and Young at Art Museum & Broward County Library as the Project of the Year winners
The Whitman Family: 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award
ULI is proud to recognize Mr. Stanley Whitman and the Whitman family for the 2013 Vision Awards. Stanley Finch Whitman, (1918-2017), was the founder and visionary behind Bal Harbour Shops.
In mid-twentieth-century Florida, Whitman pursued a vision that continues today to draw visitors from throughout the world to a unique destination in the Sunshine State — Bal Harbour Shops. The idyllic, subtropical version of Madison Avenue first opened in 1965, billed as a “tiny, magical enclave on the ocean.” Elaborately landscaped with shady palm trees and fragrant orange trees, this open-air shopping center at the northernmost portion of the barrier island known as Miami Beach was the nation’s first all-luxury fashion retail destination…Read more (offsite)
2013 Young Leader of the Year – Vanessa Grout
CEO – Florida Brokerage, Douglas Elliman Real Estate
2013 Project of the Year: Dorado Beach Resort & Club, Puerto Rico
2013 Project of the Year: Young at Art Museum & Broward County Library
Young At Art Museum & Broward County Library
2013 Vision Awards Project of the Year Finalists:
Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter
NSU’s Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research, Hollywood
396 Alhambra, Coral Gables
Sponsors
Premier Sponsors: Bank of America Merrill Lynch BB&T FIU Hollo School of Business Gunster ShubinBass Wells Fargo
Distinction Sponsors: Akerman South Florida Business Journal Swire Properties
Honor Sponsors: Codina Partners Maltivision University of Miami MRED+U
In Attendance
Akerman Senterfitt
Bank of America
BB & T
Berger Singerman
Bilzin Sumberg
Coastal Construction
Crystal & Company
Dorado Beach Resort Design & Development Team
Douglas Elliman
EDSA
Florida International University
Grandbridge Real Estate
Gunster
HFF
Katz Barron Squitero Faust
Kimley-Horn & Associates
Kitson & Partners
Marcus & Millichap
Miami Country Day School
Moss & Associates
New Urban Development
Odebrecht
PGAL/ZGF/DPR
Plaza Construction
Raymond James
RTKL Associates Inc.
Shubin & Bass
Swire Properties
The Whitman Family Developers
University of Miami
Wells Fargo
Young at Art Museum/Broward County Library
Zyscovich