Four Sessions You Do Not Want to Miss at Urbanity-26

JLL head of residential project sales Freya Watson leads one of Australia’s most active residential project sales platforms, with experience spanning Australia, the UK, Asia and the Middle East. Her read on where demand is moving is the kind of intelligence developers pay serious money for in any other context.

Mosaic founder and managing director Brook Monahan has built one of Queensland’s most awarded developer-builder businesses at a time when vertically integrated delivery is proving its value. His perspective on how is worth an hour of anyone’s time.

Urbis chief executive Benjamin Pollack has led one of Australia’s most influential planning and urban advisory firms since 2016, with a front-row seat to every major policy shift, project challenge and market cycle of the past decade.

Three distinct vantage points of the same market. Direct, informed and not the kind of thing you can read in a market update.

From Dubai to Down Under

Sobha Realty is one of the Gulf’s most prolific luxury residential developers. It was built at scale across Dubai. It is now entering Australia.

Sobha Realty Australia chief executive Rajeev Ramprakash [pictured top] brings more than 20 years of experience across development, design and delivery, with qualifications spanning business, architecture and engineering and a track record across the USA, India and Dubai.

This session is about a specific, well-capitalised developer choosing this market at this moment, and what that decision says about where Australia sits in the global development landscape. For local developers, it is a session about competition, capital flows and what global operators see here that domestic players may be taking for granted.

The rise of institutional residential living

Housing affordability is reshaping cities worldwide. The question is whether the pressure has created an opportunity, and who is positioned to capture it.

Pro-invest Group chief executive Tim Sherlock is leading the answer. With more than 27 years spanning acquisitions, development, funds and asset management, he is driving the group’s expansion across flex-living and build-to-rent, backed by a hospitality operating model that most institutional players simply do not have.

This session covers what it takes to build, operate and scale co-living assets at institutional scale, including capital sources, return profiles and operating structures. One of the most discussed transitions in global real estate, grounded in the numbers.

AI and robotics in real estate and construction

The most important shift in construction right now is not cyclical, it is structural.

Kapitol head of modular Andrew Morrison leads modular strategy for Australia’s largest builder by workbook, with 20-plus years applying digital tools and off-site construction to improve productivity at scale.

McNab head of robotics, automation and data Georgina North is a chemical engineer who has spent more than 15 years deploying technology across construction, resources and manufacturing. She is one of the most practically experienced voices on what automation on a real site actually looks like.

Building 4.0 CRC research director Chris Knapp leads research focused on transforming the sector through Modern Methods of Construction, circular economy and the regulatory reform needed to accelerate off-site delivery.

Three people not talking about the future of construction in theory. They are building it.

Urbanity-26 takes place from July 22 to 24 2026 at The Star Gold Coast. Tickets are on sale now—Second Release pricing will not last long.

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