2009 Awards shortlist unveiled

The response has been tremendous. And although it has been a difficult year for many in the regeneration sector, the high standard of entries continues as the best projects from the physical regeneration, economic development and community renewal sectors defy the recession with outstanding schemes.

Our panel of expert judges will be travelling across the country in the next few weeks to visit projects and complete the difficult process of picking a winner.

We've been particularly impressed with the response to our two new categories: Culture-Led Regeneration and the Award for Boosting the Local Economy.

There are also two prestigious categories that cannot be entered: our Lifetime Achievement Award and our Grand Prix, for the most outstanding category winner this year.

All winners will be announced along with our highly commended entries at a gala dinner in September.

For tickets to the awards dinner, please visit www.regenawards.com or phone Kate Collins on 020 8267 8188.

THE FINALISTS

Regeneration consultancy of the year
- Renaisi
- Fsquared
- Mace Group
- Halcrow
- Ekosgen
- Urban Initiatives

Regeneration partnership of the year
- Leicester Regeneration Company
- Glasgow International Financial Services District Partnership
- Scarborough Renaissance Partnership
- Croydon Enterprise Programme
- Freemans Key
- Renew Parr
- Whalley Range Bazaar

Local authority regeneration team of the year
- Kent Council Regeneration Team
- Gold Route, Sheffield City Council
- Medway Renaissance

Community-led organisation of the year
- Kensington Regeneration
- Coventry NDC

Developer of the year
- Highcross Leicester, Hammerson
- Creating Sustainable Communities, Places for People

Housing association of the year
- Optima Housing Association
- Great Places Housing Group
- Luminus Group

Award for tackling worklessness
- Tackling Worklessness, Lancashire County Council
- Capacity Building Programme, Walsall Housing Group
- Working Links
- Ways Into Work, Renaisi
- Addressing Worklessness in Sandwell, Sandwell MBC
- A Better Way to Work, Places for People
- Blue Sky Development & Regeneration, Groundwork Thames Valley

Award for boosting a local economy
- Whitecross Street EC1, EC1 NDC and Islington Council
- Glasgow's International Financial Services District Partnership
- Croydon Enterprise Programme, London Borough of Croydon
- Invest in Hackney, Renaisi

Award for leadership in regeneration
- Norma Williams, Kensington Regeneration
- Pawlet Brookes, Rich Mix
- Steve Mather, Places for People

Award for the best-designed regeneration development
- The Ashford Ring Road Project, Kent County Council
- Castleford Bridge, McDowell & Benedetti
- Regeneration of Page Road, Bedfont, Catalyst Housing Group
- Liverpool Canal Link, British Waterways
- Scarborough Harbour, LDA Design

Award for the best use of planning in regeneration
- The Devonshire Quarter, Sheffield City Council
- Woolwich Arsenal Extension, Docklands Light Railway
- Tackling the Takeaways, London Borough of Waltham Forest

Environmentally-sustainable regeneration scheme of the year
- Olympic Park Enabling Works, Olympic Delivery Authority
- Nottingham Science Park, Blueprint
- Privett Green, Drum Housing Association
- TFL Building, Greenwich
- Peninsula Regeneration Ltd

Social regeneration project of the year
- The Saddleworth Project, Family Mosaic
- Raploch Urban Regeneration Company
- Bromley Active Living Centre, Broomleigh Housing Association
- Edmonton Green Shopping Centre, St Modwen Properties

Mixed-use project of the year
- Stonebridge Hillside Hub, Hyde Housing Association
- St Stephens Hill, Hull Forward
- Bermondsey Square, Igloo Regeneration
- Wakefield Waterfront, Yorkshire Forward
- Highcross Leicester, Hammerson

Housing-led project of the year
- The Hemlington Master Plan, Erimus Housing
- New River Village, Stock Woolstencroft
- Grand Union Place, East Thames Group
- A New Future at Rivers Gate, Places for People

Heritage-led project of the year
- St Martin in the Fields, Eric Parry Architects
- Somerset House, Yorkshire Forward
- Gardynes Land, Dundee City Council
- St Barnabas Church, Mi-Space UK

Neighbourhood renewal project of the year
- Green Lane Centre Whitby, Yorkshire Forward
- Kingsmere Reborn, Places for People
- Sustainable Community Building in SW9, Family Mosaic
- Reema Project, Drum Housing Association

Culture-led project of the year
- I Love West Leeds Festival, Leeds City Council
- Live Theatre, Newcastle
- Shoreditch Festival, Shoreditch Trust
- Rich Mix, London