SWBR was honored at the 2014 NAIOP Upstate New York Chapter Awards of Excellence ceremony for its work for Holy Rosary Apartments in the Adaptive Reuse category. The NAIOP awards celebrate the high-quality and innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate projects from the Upstate New York area, covering the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse regions. There are several award categories, and each winner represents a challenge that was overcome and realized results that were economically, environmentally, and/or aesthetically achieved.
SWBR served as lead architect on $15 million redevelopment of Holy Rosary Apartments in Rochester for Providence Housing Development Corporation. SWBR transformed the former Holy Rosary Church rectory, convent, and school buildings into 25 new single-family homes and 35 affordable apartments located at 26 different sites in 30 building. The 10,000-square-foot historic church was adapted as a community center. SWBR’s design incorporated new construction, rehabilitation, adaptive reuse, and historic rehabilitation.