Venerable Properties

Venerable’s Awards

At Venerable, our passion for historic preservation is reflected in the projects we undertake and our commitment to bringing these projects back to life with as much integrity and style as possible. Our reward is the acknowledgment of our projects from the communities and people we serve, who appreciate what we do as much as we enjoy doing it.

2008 Oregon Preservation Alliance presented to Art DeMuro for “Best adaptive reuse of a building that preserves its architectural integrity.”
2008 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award presented to Venerable Group, Inc. for “Its efforts to restore vacant and underutilized historic buildings to become catalysts for new commercial activity and neighborhood redevelopment.”
2007 Oregon Downtown Development Association (ODDA) Award—Northwest Fence & Wire Works
2007 Commerce Magazine Rainmakers Finalist presented to Craig Kelly—White Stag Project
2007 Bill Naito Award presented to Craig Kelly from the Commercial Association of Realtors—White Stag Project
2006 Oregon Downtown Development Association (ODDA) Honorable Mention—Irvington Corner
2005 J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation—Telegram Building, Finalist for the Most Innovative Adaptive Re-Use, presented by National Housing and Rehabilitation Association
2004 Oregon Downtown Development Association (ODDA) Award—Telegram Building
2003 Oregon Downtown Development Association (ODDA) Award—Porter Glisan Building
2002 International Interior Design Association Citation Award— Historic Preservation/Restoration for Porter-Glisan Building
2001 Phoenix Award for Excellence in Brownfield Redevelopment, Region 10—Mill Pond Village, Astoria, OR
2000 SMILE Award for Architecturally Compatible New Business—Sellwood Moreland Improvement League for the Historic Pendleton Woolen Mills Factory—U.S. Postal Services
1999 1000 Friends of Oregon—Developer of the Year
1998 City of Gresham, Oregon Community Design Award—Best Commercial Construction—Cascade Plaza III
1996 Governors Livability Award—La Torre, Portland, Oregon
1996 Award of Excellence—the Northwest Examiner for La Torre, Portland, Oregon
1995 Governors Livability Award—Minnesota Hotel, Portland, Oregon