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Residential · Staff Writer · Mon 20 Apr 26
Benchmark for Excellence: 2026 Awards Finalists Revealed
Australia's leading property projects, organisations and innovators have been recognised as finalists in the 2026 The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence.
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Finalists
26
Categories
24 Jul
Gala night
Now in its ninth year, the awards spotlight the people and projects shaping the future of the built environment across Australia—from urban regeneration and high-density residential to proptech, community infrastructure and design innovation.
A defining year ahead
The shortlist reflects the ambition, depth and diversity of an industry continuing to deliver.
Taken together, the finalists make a compelling case that the industry's capacity to adapt and deliver has not diminished—even as conditions have become more demanding.
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{ group: "Sustainability, Leadership and Design Innovation", title: "Excellence in Sustainability", finalists: ["33 Alfred Street — Mirvac & Dexus","Canopy at Chifley — Goodman Group","Harbour Shores — Lewis Land","LIV Albert — Mirvac","Norwest Quarter — Mulpha","One Saint Stephens — Countrywide Residences & Experiences By Coopers","Port Phillip EcoCentre — Bourke and Bouteloup Architects","Reddam House Campus — Robert Bird Group & Built","The EcoHome — Future Property Group","Younghusband — Woods Bagot & E-Lab"] },
{ group: "Sustainability, Leadership and Design Innovation", title: "Excellence in Industry Leadership", finalists: ["Adaptive Reuse City Housing Initiative (ARCHI) — City of Adelaide","GPT Sydney Headquarters — The GPT Group","Local: Impact Housing x BTR Model — Local: Residential","Walton Chu — TEAMLINK"] },
{ group: "Sustainability, Leadership and Design Innovation", title: "Excellence in Design Innovation", finalists: ["33 Alfred Street — Mirvac & Dexus","Arc 33 — Tilt Industrial Design","Avoca — Prime Edition","Ballamac Coogee — Central Element","Greenwich Chevron Island — Ferro Chow & Ention Properties","Parkline Place — Investa & Foster + Partners","Norwest Quarter — Mulpha","Solstice Cronulla — EMK Architects","Stella Maris — MONNO","The Archer — Pace Development Group"] },
{ group: "Community, Commercial and Construction Excellence", title: "Excellence in Community Engagement", finalists: ["Arron Isuru Kulasooriya — ucbuild","Better Building Exchange — HIP V. HYPE","Charmhaven Community Engagement — Third.i Group","Monarch Residences — Consolidated Properties Group","Norwest Quarter — Mulpha & Cobalt Engagement","Transforming Strata Communities Through Tertiary Education and Reform — Network Pacific"] },
{ group: "Community, Commercial and Construction Excellence", title: "Excellence in Commercial Innovation", finalists: ["Brisbane Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery — Studio Collective","Estilo on the Park — Gardner Vaughan Group","Spaces X Get Parked — Therefor Group","The Lands by Capella — Built"] },
{ group: "Community, Commercial and Construction Excellence", title: "Excellence in Construction Innovation", finalists: ["Della ROSA — Signature Property Partners","Esplanade Williamston — Mancini Made","GPT Sydney Headquarters — The GPT Group","Principal's Construction Advisor – VMCH St. Clare — Stonebank Group & VMCH Limited","Quay Waterfront Newstead — Mirvac","SIGNEX — SIGNEX","The Lands by Capella — Built","The Queensbridge Building — Hickory & Time&Place"] },
{ group: "PropTech and Marketing Innovation", title: "Best New PropTech", finalists: ["Inertia LandAI — Inertia Engineering","PRiMAX AI — FYVE & Savi Communications","Realspace Digital Twin — The Boundary","Scharp Property Sales Enablement Platform & App — Scharp","Settld — Settld","TEAMLINK — TEAMLINK","Terralytics — Terralytics"] },
{ group: "PropTech and Marketing Innovation", title: "Excellence in Marketing Innovation", finalists: ["20th Century Heritage Promotions Campaign — City of Adelaide","Ballamac — Central Element","Empowering Legacy in Queensland — WT Australia","Lowe Living 10 Year Campaign — Lowe Living"] },
{ group: "PropTech and Marketing Innovation", title: "Excellence in Project Marketing", finalists: ["An Icon Takes Flight — Theola","EADE, Byron Bay — Metropolis","Enclave Broadbeach — GRAYA and WHITEFOX Projects","Fortezza Group: The Belvedere — iCreate Agency","Heirloom — Molti","Macquarie Rise: Designed to Evolve — Extrablack","ParkLife 2 — HIP V. HYPE","Putney Wharf — Abadeen & PERIFA","The Rushcutters Launch Period Marketing — Third.i Group","Thornbury House — Austin Maynard Architects","Watts & Wright — Studio Caviar & Spyre Group"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Social Infrastructure", finalists: ["Bumble Bee Glen Huntly — Panplan Properties","Futuro Heath Road Childcare — Jeckra","GemLife Gold Coast Country Club — GemLife","Green Square Public School and Community Spaces — BVN","Hawthorn Football Club Kennedy Community Centre — Peddle Thorp Architects","Leura Aged Care Camperdown — ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects","New Footscray Hospital — Billard Leece Partnership & COX Architecture","Rhodes Recreation Centre — Billbergia & City of Canada Bay","Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 + Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre — Billard Leece Partnership","The Lang Walker AO Medical Research Building, Macarthur — Walker Corporation & Western Sydney University"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Retirement, Aged Care and Seniors Living", finalists: ["Bella Vista Haven Stage 1B + Pool Pavilion — Aveo","GemLife Palmwoods — GemLife","Hyegrove and HyeCare Willoughby — Hyecorp","Infin8 Aged Care Knoxfield — Infinity Constructions Group Melbourne","Leura Aged Care Camperdown — ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects","Palm Lake Resort Pelican Waters — VIA Architects","Pathways Longueville — Pathways Residences","The Bellevue, Greenwich — Decode Group & Platino Properties","The Trentham Sandringham — OneToAnother & Buxton Group","Watermark Residences at Newgreens Chatswood Golf Club — Marchese Partners | Life3A"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Mixed-Use", finalists: ["Heart of Willoughby — Hyecorp","Macquarie Tower — GWH","Melbourne Walk — Steadfast Capital & Buchan","New Sydney Fish Market — 3XN, BVN & ASPECT Studios","Pier 103, Port Melbourne — Luxcon Group","Queens Wharf Brisbane — Cottee Parker","Rhodes Central Town Centre — Billbergia & SJB","Surry Hills Village — TOGA Group","The Lands by Capella — Built","The Queensbridge Building — Hickory & Time&Place"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Commercial", finalists: ["33 Alfred Street — Mirvac & Dexus","50 First Avenue — Walker Corporation","130 Little Collins — Golden Age Group & Cox Architecture","Fairfax Village — Devcon Property Group","Forum, Double Bay — Fortis","Parkline Place — Investa, Oxford Properties Group, Mitsubishi Estate Asia"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Industrial", finalists: ["Cade Park Stage 2 — Forte Group","Canopy at Chifley — Goodman Group","Helix Heathwood — Carmdev","Infinity Industrial — Devcon Property Group","Karthina Lane — Frank Developments","Neue Space Heidelberg — Neue Space","Vermont Inc. — Ledlin Group","Walkinshaw — Salta Properties"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Urban Regeneration", finalists: ["25Hours Hotel The Olympia, Paddington — Central Element","Rhodes Station Precinct — Billbergia, SJB","Seafarers, 1 Hotel & Homes — Riverlee","Seychelles — Abadeen","The Lands by Capella — Built","The Trentham Sandringham — OneToAnother","The Waterside Hotel — Kapitol, Sand Hill Road"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "New Communities", finalists: ["Mayfair Joyner — McAndrew Group","Queens Wharf Brisbane — Cottee Parker","Spindrift — Goldfields Group","The Mill Residences — BOS Property","Woodlea Estate — Woodlea, Mirvac, Victoria Investments & Properties"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Retail", finalists: ["Burnside Village Stage 6 — Cohen Group, Buchan","Home Focus Pimpama — Baycrown Property Group","New Sydney Fish Market — Placemaking NSW","Sydney Outlet Village — Gazcorp","Total Tools Ballina — CADRE"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Hotels and Accommodation", finalists: ["25Hours Hotel Sydney The Olympia — Central Element","Mercure Melbourne La Trobe Street — Hamilton Marino","Mondrian Gold Coast — Mondrian","Seafarers, 1 Hotel & Homes — Riverlee","The Queensbridge Building — Hickory, Time & Place"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Build-to-Rent and PBSA", finalists: ["Brunswick & Co. — Frasers Property Australia","Cordelia — Arklife","HOME Parramatta — DKO","Indi Southbank — DKO, Investa, Hamilton Marino","LIV Albert — Mirvac","Local: Box Hill — Local: Residential, Golden Age","Scape Lachlan — The Living Company","The Archive, Melbourne — CDL Australia","Wellington Street — Sirona Urban","Y Suites on Margaret — Antoniades Architects"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Small-Scale Residential (1\u20133 Homes)", finalists: ["Aqua Arc — Virtus","Arbour — Oviss","AYA Constructions — AYA Constructions","Cameron Residence, Earlwood — Endeavour Constructions","Casa Kalliste — Virtus","Corazon — Smout Property","Drake — Concept Build","Hampden Mosman — Abadeen","Rocabella Mermaid Beach — GRAYA"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Small-Scale Residential (4\u201310 Homes)", finalists: ["Avoca — Prime Edition","Ballamac — Central Element","ENSO — Abadeen","Lagune Moffat Beach — Joe Adsett Group","Malea — Abadeen","Princeton Financial Services — Craig Anderson","Prominence — MAYD","Royale Randwick Terraces — Lanevick","The Warnham — GreenbuiltWA","York New Farm — GRAYA"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Small-Scale Residential (11\u201320+ Homes)", finalists: ["Adamson No.5 — HLA","Amani, Main Beach — 5Point Projects","Della ROSA — Frank Developments & Signature Property Partners","Haven Northbridge — BLANC BLACK, 3EM Architects, Buildex Develop, Construct","Lakeside Serenity 4212 Waterfront Villas — Keylin, Kinstone Group","Park Residences — Abadeen","Pier 103, Port Melbourne — Luxcon Group","Sana — Plus Studio","Solstice Cronulla — EMK Architects, GNK Developments","The Address, East Melbourne — Luxcon Group"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Medium-Density Residential (Under 40 Homes)", finalists: ["Belmont House — Benson McCormack & Astute Property","Broadway on the Bay, Crawley — Edge Visionary Living","Kloud Palm Beach — GRAYA","Luxe Broadbeach — Core Property Partners","Oakman Residences — HAL Architects, Feltham Property Group","One Saint Stephens — Countrywide Residences, Experiences By Coopers","Perspective Nexus — Sherpa Group","Pienza, Neutral Bay — Central Element","Rockpool Rainbow Bay — Joe Adsett Group","The Watson — Kincrest"] },
{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "Medium-Density Residential (40+ Homes)", finalists: ["CAPRI Villas — Monaco Property Group","Chapter Place, Site 1, Edmonson Park — Urban Property Group","Claytons Mindarie Beachfront — Edge Visionary Living","Cotton Tree — Mosaic Property Group","Delano Crows Nest — Lindsay Bennelong, ULTRA Building Co","Gore Street, Fitzroy — Piccolo House","Floret — Golden Age Group","Louise — Samuel Property & Hamilton Marino","Nexus Apartments — te Group","Stella Maris — MONNO"] },
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{ group: "Development of the Year Finalists", title: "High-Density Residential (200+ Homes)", finalists: ["Caringbah Greens — Landmark","Hills Showground Village — Deicorp","LIV Albert — Mirvac","Monarch Residences — Consolidated Properties Group","One Sydney Harbour — Robert Bird Group, Lendlease, PTW","Rhodes Central Peake and Oasis — Billbergia & SJB","Riviere Residences, Applecross — Edge Visionary Living","The Queensbridge Building — Hickory, Time & Place","Trackside House & Stonepine House — Hamton"] },
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