The award was presented at the CHBC national conference in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, on March 17.

Terra Verde (Italian for “Green Earth”) is a 16-unit, executive-style townhome development in Victoria’s Fairfield neighbourhood. Terra Verde features a west coast contemporary design configured with three bedrooms or two bedrooms plus media room. The homes feature open-concept designs, private green spaces, over-height ceilings, gourmet kitchens, and gas fireplaces. Each townhome also includes a secure underground double car garage.

“The Abstract team is proud to be awarded this National Building Award,” says president Mike Miller. “Projects from across the country were finalists for the award and we feel honoured to be recognized. We are fortunate to be in a community that supports these kinds of quality projects.”

Now in his 13th year of building homes, Miller has designed and built over 50 homes in Victoria. He has received more than 30 Gold home building awards in regional, provincial, and national categories, and has been touted by Architectural Digest Magazine as one of his industry’s “most accomplished practitioners.”

In addition to the recent SAM award win, Abstract’s Terra Verde project has received silver awards as a finalist for Best Townhouse Development at the 2011 Vancouver Island Care Awards and at the 2011 Georgie Awards in Vancouver.

The SAM Awards honour outstanding performance by Canada’s new home builders, renovators, and residential developers, recognizing excellence in new homes and renovation design and construction; distinctive community development; innovative technology and construction techniques, and exceptional marketing and sales across Canada. The theme for the 2011 awards was “Create and Transform.”

Mike Miller, President of Abstract Developments Inc., and President of the Victoria Chaper of the Urban Development Institute speaks to CTV Vancouver Island about two new mega development projects in the Greater Victoria region. See the video here

“Terra Verde”

WHOLE HOUSE – MORE THAN $500,000

“Silverstone”

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Read More at Victoria Home and Living Magazine – Winter 2011 Issue, Page 58

Abstract Developments Inc. – Silverstone:

• Best Interior – Residential 2,500 – 6,000 sq. ft.

Silver

Abstract Developments Inc. – Terra Verde:

• Best Multi-Family / Townhouse Project

Abstract Developments Inc. – Silverstone:

• Best Residential Renovation or Restoration Over $300,000
• Best Master Suite Over 800 sq. ft.

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PHOTO: Aspire Campaign co-chair Bea Holland (left) with Mike Miller (right), champion of the building’s new roof campaign. St John the Divine is surrounded in scaffolding as roofing work is well underway. Builder Mike Miller held a fundraising lunch in support of St. John the Divine new roof, which raised over $13,000 from industry partners.

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