Ron Ratner, president and CEO of Forest City Residential, was named our Executive of the Year in the 2006 Multifamily Executive awards contest. Plus, more than two dozen multifamily firms also were honored last week at the Multifamily Executive Conference in Las Vegas for their architecturally distinctive communities, innovative reuse projects, marketing and advertising efforts, and their community service programs.

Click here see a PowerPoint presentation from the awards gala that showcases all the winners.

Executive of the Year -

Ronald Ratner, President and CEO
Forest City Residential

Community Service -

National Gables Day
Gables Residential

Marketing and Advertising -

Union Square Condos

Marketing and Advertising, Merit -

University Park at MIT
Forest City Residential

Best Use of Technology -

eMarketing
Camden Property Trust

Best Reuse of Land -

The Depot
James, Harwick + Partners

Best Reuse of Land, Merit -

Island Square
SECO Development

Best Reuse of Land, Merit -

Cityville Greenville
James, Harwick + Partners

Project of the Year: Low-Rise -

Loft23
Forest City Residential

Project of the Year: Low-Rise, Merit -

Village Grande
Coastal Design & Development Group

Project of the Year: Low-Rise, Merit -

Railroad Spur Block
Philip Banta & Associates Architecture

Project of the Year: Mid-Rise -

Prado on Lake Avenue
The Hanover Co.

Project of the Year: Mid-Rise, Merit -

MetLofts
Forest City Residential

Project of the Year: Mid-Rise, Merit -

720 Lofts
UrbanWorks Architecture

Project of the Year: High-Rise -

100
Forest City Residential

Project of the Year: High-Rise, Merit -

Acqualina Ocean Residences & Resort
Robert M. Swedroe Architects & Planners

Project of the Year: High-Rise, Merit -

Cristalla
Weber + Thompson

Project of the Year: Affordable -

New Holland Apartments
The New Holland and Crosspoint Human Services

Project of the Year: Affordable, Merit -

San Antonio Place
Charities Housing

Project of the Year: Affordable, Merit -

Amory Residences
Mostue & Associates Architects

Project of the Year: Mixed-Income -

Columbia Crest
James, Harwick + Partners

Project of the Year: Senior -

Cabrini First Hill Apartments
Enterprise Community Investment, Low Income Housing Institute, and The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Project of the Year: Student -

Loft-Right Lofts
Smithfield Properties

Project of the Year: Adaptive Reuse -

Midtown Exchange Apartments and the Chicago Lofts
Sherman Associates

Project of the Year: Adaptive Reuse, Merit -

The Lofts of Broadway
Joseph & Joseph Architects

Project of the Year: Adaptive Reuse, Merit -

Pacific Electric Lofts
ICO Development

Project of the Year: Military -

Gateway Village
Clark Realty Capital

As Multifamily Executive's 2006 Executive of the Year, Ron Ratner joins an impressive crowd. Past winners include:

2005: Tom Bozzuto, The Bozzuto Group

2004: Steven LeBlanc, Summit Properties

2003:George S. Quay, Village Green Cos.

2002: H. Eric Bolton, Mid-America Apartment Communities

2001:Arthur Evans, A.F. Evans Co.Properties