Wadaag Commons’ ULI America’s Award Celebration!
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
In recognition of Wadaag Commons receiving ULI America’s Award for Excellence, Pope Design Group invites you to celebrate with us!
ULI Americas Designing with Memory Webinar
This week Project Manager, Kate Blum-Wise joined Nawal Noor, CEO & Founder of Noor Companies, on a webinar hosted by ULI Americas.
Kate and Nawal were part of discussion with the team behind another ULI Americas’ winner, Parrott Creek, and moderated by Eduaro Ramos, a member of the 2026 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence jury. The panelists shared insights of each project including the design decisions, development challenges, and cross-sector collaboration that turned these ideas into award-winning realities.
Second, we invite you to join us at a special event with panel discussion in a celebration of Wadaag Commons recognition by ULI.
ULI Award – Wadaag
October 20 – ULI Minnesota Panel & Networking Event at the Case Building
ULI Minnesota, Noor Companies, Pope Design Group, Frana Companies, ERA Structural Engineering and Emanuelson-Podas are hosting an event to celebrate ULI Americas Award for Excellence for Wadaag Commons.
The event will take place in the atrium at the Case Building on Thursday, October 20, 2026, from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. This was rescheduled from 9/22.
You can register for this FREE event on ULI Minnesota’s website, linked here ULI Minnesota: Celebrating Wadaag Commons, ULI Award for Excellence Winner.
This event will feature a panel discussion featuring:
- Nawal Noor, Owner & Founder of Noor Companies
- Jackie Knight, President of Ackerberg and ULI Americas Jury
- Kate Blum-Wise, Project Manager at Pope Design Group
- Moderated by Nichole Klonowski, Associate & Director of Market Strategy at Pope Design Group