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.
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 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
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—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.
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