Concert Named a Finalist in the 2009 CHBA National SAM Awards

Vancouver, BC, Canada – Concert is pleased to announce that it has been nominated as a finalist in the Canadian Home Builders’ Association’s 2009 National SAM Awards in three categories.

Concert's fourth residential development in Victoria, 365 Waterfront is a contemporary, terraced six-storey waterfront condominium development in the award-winning Selkirk Waterfront Community has been nominated for Best Multi-Family Project and Best Sales Office. Concert has also been named a finalist for the Canadian home building industry’s highest honour, the American Standard Grand SAM Award.

“We are proud to once again be recognized by the CHBA for our dedication to innovative design, superior standards of construction, customer service and community values,” says David Podmore, Chairman & CEO, Concert Properties Ltd. “Over the past 20 years Concert has constructed more than 6,000 condominium homes for the people of British Columbia and Ontario.”

The National SAM Awards celebrate excellence in new homes and renovation design, innovative technology and construction techniques, outstanding presentations, and marketing and sales activities across Canada.

The awards will be presented at the CHBA’s 67th National Conference on March 5, 2010 in Victoria, British Columbia, when industry and government leaders and CHBA members from across the country will gather to honour this year’s award winners.

About the Canadian Home Builders’ Association
The Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) is the voice of the residential construction industry in Canada representing more than 8,300 member firms across Canada. Membership comprises new home builders, renovators, developers, trade contractors, building material manufacturers and suppliers, lenders and other professionals in the housing sector.

About Concert Properties
Concert is an award-winning diversified real estate enterprise involved in developing and acquiring commercial and industrial properties, rental housing, multi-family condominium housing, seniors living communities, and resort developments in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. www.ConcertProperties.com

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