The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence
Celebrating the best of urban development from across Australia and New Zealand.
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About the awards
The highly anticipated 2025 edition of The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence presented by Trilogy Funds is here!
After seven successful years of recognising excellence in urban development, our esteemed panel of independent judges is excited to assess the latest industry submissions.
Having acknowledged over 170 winners and received 1700 submissions since our inception, the 2025 awards will continue to celebrate outstanding achievement in 24 categories across Industry Excellence and Development of the Year.
2025 Categories
Development of the Year
New Communities
High-Density Residential
Medium-Density Residential
Small-Scale Residential (1-3)
Small-Scale Residential (4-20)
Urban Regeneration
Retail
Commercial
Mixed Use
Build-to-Rent and PBSA (new)
Hotels and Accommodation (new)
Retirement, Aged Care and Seniors Living
Social Infrastructure
Industrial
Industry Excellence
Community Engagement
Sustainability
Industry Leadership
Design Innovation
Construction Innovation
Commercial Innovation
Project Marketing
Marketing Innovation
Best New PropTech
The ULI Award for Decarbonisation in Real Estate
Lachlan Webb Lifetime Achievement Award
Why enter?
The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence are an opportunity to be recognised for excellence through the only truly independent awards program in the Asia-Pacific region.
The awards brings together an extensive group of independent judges to select and assess the finalists, in association with a team of journalists, editors and executives from The Urban Developer.
Benefits:
- National publicity via The Urban Developer platform
- Industry recognition by a jury of 30+ judges
- Collaboration and networking opportunities
- Benchmarking your project against peers
- Boosting team morale and sense of achievement
Previous winners (2024)
HIGH DENSITY
Upper House
ARIA PROPERTY GROUP
MEDIUM DENSITY
Kurraba Residences
THIRD.I
HOTELS & ACCOMMODATION
Capella Sydney
ESSENCE, MAKE ARCHITECTS, BUILT
DESIGN INNOVATION
Total Fusion Platinum
CAVCORP
SMALL-SCALE RESIDENTIAL (4-20)
Osprey
FIGUREHEAD GROUP
COMMERCIAL INNOVATION
Flexie™
LEDLIN DEVELOPMENTS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Liverpool Civic Place
BUILT
INDUSTRIAL
Switchyard
MIRVAC
SUSTAINABILITY
Western Sydney University Bankstown City Campus
WALKER CORPORATION
Key dates
Previous judges
KATE MEYRICK
Director
URBIS
BEN MARTIN-HENRY
Head of Private Assets Research, Pacific
MSCI
NERIDA CONISBEE
Chief Economist
RAY WHITE
CATHY HOUSTON
Managing Director
MA FINANCIAL
GAVIN DUANE
Director
LOCATION IQ
ANDREW COWARD
Founder and Managing Director
POLYMER STUDIOS
CARLY COTTAM
Founder and Managing Director
MOTIV
ANDREW HOGAN
Founder and Managing Director
POINT POLARIS
ARNAUD MILLECAMPS
Managing Director
MINETT PRIME SQUARE
CHRIS WILSON
Managing Director
WILLOWTREE
CAITLIN SHIELDS
Partner
MITCHELL BRANDTMAN
2025 JUDGES TO BE ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 17
Meet our partners
PRESENTING PARTNER
CHARITY PARTNER
AWARDS SPONSORS
About the gala
Winners will be announced during our Awards Gala Night, which takes place at the same time as our flagship conference, Urbanity.
- Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025
- Time: 6.30pm—11.30pm
- Location: The Star Event Centre, Gold Coast
- Dress Code: Black Tie
*All finalists must attend the gala event to be eligible for acceptance of their award, should they win.
