East Beach Awards

East Beach has become the Mid-Atlantic’s most widely heralded new urbanist community. In the short history of our community, East Beach has been recognized both locally and nationally for various aspects of the development.

The 2008 TBA President Ed Sadler (left below) presents Bart Frye of East Beach Company, L.L.C. with the 2008 Stanley Award of Excellence for Community of the Year for Norfolk's East Beach neighborhood.

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Neighborhood Awards of Recognition

Two time winner of Community of the Year – Tidewater Builder’s Association
2008 Top 5 most Sustainable Land Development Visionary Project in North America – Sustainable Land Development International
2008 Tidewater Builders’ Association Stanley Award
- Best Community over 250 Homesites
2007 Among the Top Restored Beaches in America – American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
2007 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dream Home
- Raised $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
2006 HR ACRE – Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate
- Excellence in Development Design Award of Merit for Bay Front Club. CMSS Architects
2006 Tidewater Builders’ Association Stanley Award*
- Best Community over 250 Homesites
2006 Tidewater Builders’ Association Stanley Award
- Conservation and Preservation
2006 Tidewater Builders’ Association Stanley Award
- Best Special Promotion – Coastal Living Magazine
2006 AIA Hampton Roads Chapter Honors Award
- Honorary Member – Ray Gindroz for the development of the East Beach Pattern Book and Norfolk Pattern Book
2005 Virginia’s first Coastal Living Magazine Idea House
- Bay front home showcasing top quality building products and designer decorating
2004 Site of Norfolk’s first Homearama
- Regional showcase of 17 homes that attracted 130,000 attendees

Builder Awards of Recognition in East Beach

2008 Tidewater Builders’ Association Stanley Award
- Best Home Design; Detached under 2500 sq. ft.
- Lot 3-23. DeBord Custom Homes Inc., Moser Design Group.
2008 Tidewater Builder’s Association Stanley Award
- Best Home Design; Detached under 2501-3500 sq. ft.
- Lot 2-05. DeBord Custom Homes Inc., Moser Design Group.
2008 National Association of Home Builders
- Best Design for an attached community.
- Lots 1-31 to 1-35. The Brownstones on 25th Bay Street. The Crumley Group of Virginia Beach, Retnauer Design Associates.
2007 Best in American Living Award - Professional Builder magazine
- 1,801 to 2,400 sq. ft.
- Lot 1-26. North Shore Construction, Donald Powers Associates.
2006 Tidewater Builder’s Association Stanley Award
- Best kitchen over 6,000 square feet.
- Lot 1-18. Real Development, LRK Architects.
*The Tidewater Builders Association Stanley Awards of Distinction for housing industry excellence are named for Stanley Waranch, TBA’s founding president in 1953.