Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce accepting nominations for awards

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the 2011 Building Brooklyn Awards. This year's awards ceremony and cocktail reception is set for Thursday, July 14, at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Nomination forms are due Thursday, March 3, and may be obtained by visiting www.buildingbrooklynawards.com. Projects that were nominated last year and were not recognized with an award may be re-submitted for consideration. Ten construction projects from across the borough were feted at the 2010 reception at Steiner Studios that attracted 400 attendees including real estate, design and construction professionals and government officials, including mayor Michael Bloomberg. The event also honored David Kramer, principal of The Hudson Companies, Inc. and Joe Chan, president of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. For more information, visit www.buildingbrooklynawards.com or contact Lori Raphael, director of real estate and development, at 718-875-1000 ext. 140, or [email protected].