Previous Winners: The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence

As the countdown continues, the buzz across the development community in Australia and New Zealand is growing in anticipation for the 2025 edition of The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence.

Join us for a look back on the projects that topped the awards in previous years—and get your entry for this year under way now.

Submit your nomination now

Past Winners

Excellence in Sustainability

• 2022: Midtown Centre—AsheMorgan & DMann Corporation

• 2023: Nightingale Village— Nightingale Housing, Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan

• 2024: Western Sydney University Bankstown City Campus—Walker Corporation and Western Sydney University (pictured above)

Excellence in Industry Leadership

• 2022: The Cornelia Program for pregnant women experiencing homelessness—HousingFirst, Launch Housing & The Royal Women's Hospital

• 2023: The Central Project—TOGA Group

• 2024: The Make Room Project, Unison Housing and City of Melbourne—Unison Housing

Excellence in Design Innovation

• 2022: Midtown Centre—AsheMorgan & DMann Corporation

• 2023: Nightingale Village— Nightingale Housing, Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan

• 2024: Total Fusion Platinum—Cavcorp

Excellence in Community Engagement

• 2022: MPavilion 2021—The Lightcatcher- MPavilion

• 2023: ReLove Crate of Kindness—480 Swan Street—Built and Charter Hall

• 2024: Liverpool Civic Place—Built Development

▲ Excellence in Construction Innovation 2024: 8 Phillip St, nominated by Coronation Property.

Excellence in Commercial Innovation

• 2022: Project 5: A Weekend for Every Worker—Roberts Co, NSW

• 2023: Wurriki Nyal—by Quintessential

• 2024: Flexie™- Ledlin

Excellence in Construction Innovation

• 2022: Erin Living—Erin Living

• 2023: Sunshine Private Hospital—Built

• 2024: 8 Phillip St—Coronation Property

Best New Proptech

• 2022: Earlytrade Build—Earlytrade

• 2023: The Neighbourlytics Platform—Neighbourlytics

• 2024: IPEX—IPEX

Excellence in Marketing Innovation

• 2022: Mason & Main, Merrylands—Coronation Property

• 2023: West End Revitalisation Project—Retail Kickstarter Grant -Studio Perspective, To Good Use and Trenerry Property

• 2024: Hume Place, Crows Nest—Third.i Group

Excellence in Project Marketing

• 2022: Market Square—ICD Property

• 2023: Louise Melbourne—Samuel Property, Studio White Noise, Blair Property Group

• 2024: New Epping—Hoyne & Riverlee

The Urban Developer & Urban Land Institute (ULI) Award for Decarbonisation in Real Estate

• 2023: Nightingale Village—Nightingale Housing, Architecture architecture, Austin Maynard Architects, Breathe, Clare Cousins Architects, Hayball and Kennedy Nolan

• 2024: Carseldine Village—Economic Development Queensland

Development of the Year—Social Infrastructure

• 2022: North Shore Health Hub—Dexus & DHPF

• 2023: The Victorian Heart Hospital—John Holland and AECOM

• 2024: Aboriginal Housing Victoria Dandenong—ClarkeHopkinsClarke

Development of the Year—Retirement, Aged Care and Seniors Living

• 2022: Uniting Bowden Brae—PTW Architects and Uniting

• 2023: Pavilions Blackburn Lake—VIA Pty Ltd

• 2024: Akoya Greenwich—Alceon

Development of the Year—Mixed-Use

• 2022: Rhodes Central—Billbergia Group

• 2023: Jonson Lane—JD Property Group

• 2024: 88 Walker—Billbergia

▲ The 2024 gala awards event at The Star, Gold Coast.

Development of the Year—Commercial

• 2022: Queen & Collins—The GPT Group

• 2023: Quay Quarter Tower—Dexus Wholesale Property Fund, Mirvac Wholesale Office Fund and Rest Super

• 2024: One The Esplanade—Brookfield Properties

Development of the Year—Industrial

• 2022: Williams Sonoma—Frasers Property Industrial

• 2024: Switchyard—Mirvac

Development of the Year—Urban Regeneration

• 2022: Quay Quarter Sydney—AMP Capital

• 2023: Walyalup Koort—Sirona Urban & City of Fremantle

• 2024: Yarraville Place—ID_Corporation

Development of the Year—New Communities

• 2023: The Fabric—Mirvac

• 2024: Fairwater—Frasers Property Australia

Development of the Year—Retail

• 2023: Ed.Square Town Centre—Frasers Property Australia

• 2024: YG Riverside Village—Consolidated Properties Group
  

▲ Development of the Year—Commercial 2024: One The Esplanade, Brookfield Properties.

Development of the Year—Build-to-Rent, Hotels and Accommodation

• 2023: InterContinental Hotel Sydney—Built

• 2024: Capella Sydney—Essence Project Management, Make Architects, Built

Development of the Year—Small-Scale Residential (1-3 Dwellings)

• 2022: Gipps Residences—CADRE

• 2023: Asana—Omira Property Group

• 2024: La Grande—EMK Architects

Development of the Year—Small-Scale Residential (4-20 Dwellings)

• 2022: Fawkner House—BEULAH

• 2023: Maison New Farm—GRAYA

• 2024: Osprey—Figurehead Group

Development of the Year—Medium-Density Residential

• 2022: Norfolk—FORME

• 2023: Ferrars & York—HIP V. HYPE

• 2024: Kurraba Residences—Thirdi Group

Development of the Year—High-Density Residential

• 2022: The Standard—Aria Property Group

• 2023: Luminare—Cavcorp

• 2024: Upper House—Aria Property Group
  
  

Last call for early-bird entries

Early-bird pricing ends next week! Submit your projects for national recognition and industry credibility at our prestigious gala. Join 500+ leaders on July 30, 2025, at The Star, Gold Coast. Celebrate success, connect with trailblazers and shape urban development’s future. 

Early-Bird pricing ends Friday, March 14, 2024.