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ULI Europe Young Leaders Summer School 2019
Read the recap of the 2019 ULI Europe Summer School, held in Lisbon.
July 9, 2021
The ULI Europe Awards for Excellence, which recognise exemplary urban development projects in the EMEA region, highlight best practice examples that have adapted to challenges posed by the pandemic.
LX Factory, Lisbon, has been named as one of the five recipients of the 2021 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence from across the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. All of the equal winning projects this year have demonstrated key attributes related to flexibility, reuse and resilience in light of the challenges to real estate imposed by the global pandemic. They were commended for becoming best practice examples in their respective areas of real estate, ranging from affordable and mixed-tenure housing; regeneration of industrial sites and community building; circular building with an emphasis on reuse and sustainability; and city/town centre regeneration.
LX Factory is an ambitious and creative project that has turned a former industrial site into a vibrant part of the City of Lisbon. Located in the area of Alcantara, the project started with the objective to host a creative hub occupied by industry professionals, restaurants and art, combined with a diverse range of events in fields such as fashion, art, architecture, and music, generating a dynamic that has created an anchor project for Lisbon and reinvented the wider area. Following the momentum created by LX Factory, the area, next to the docks, is now going through a major urbanism revitalisation with the construction of c. 80,000 square meters of a multisector green field development – residential, offices, retail, healthcare, and hospitality.
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Other recipients of the award include: EDGE Grand Central, Berlin, Germany, Gare Maritime, Brussels, Belgium, Harrow Square, London, United Kingdom and Wokingham Town Centre Regeneration, Wokingham, United Kingdom.
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