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The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence

Celebrating the best of urban development from across Australia and New Zealand.

2026 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

THE AWARDS

The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence, presented in partnership with Trilogy Funds, are back for 2026.

In 2025, the awards program attracted the highest number of submissions to date, resulting in more than 200 finalists across 28 categories. This year, we return for our ninth year, hosting the gala awards dinner on the Gold Coast on Friday, July 24, 2026.

We will be recognising excellence across 26 categories, covering Development of the year and Industry Excellence, and are eager to witness the exceptional projects and organisations stepping into the spotlight.

WHY ENTER

The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence are an opportunity to be recognised for excellence through the only true independent awards programming the Asia-Pacific region.

The awards bring together an extensive group of independent judges to select and assess the finalist, in association with a team of journalist, editors and executives from The Urban Developer.

Benefits:

National publicity via The Urban Developer
Industry recognised by a jury of 30+ judges
Collaboration and networking opportunities
Benchmarking your projects against peers

Development of the Year

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Retirement, Aged Care and Seniors Living

Mixed Use

Commercial

Industrial

Urban Regeneration

Hotels and Accommodation

New Communities

Social Infrastructure

Retail

Build-to-Rent and PBSA

Small-Scale Residential*

Medium-Density Residential*

High-Density Residential*

Industry Excellence

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Sustainability

Industry Leadership

Design Innovation

Best New Proptech

Project Marketing

Marketing Innovation

Commercial Innovation

Construction Innovation

Community Engagement

ULI Award for Decarbonisation in Real Estate

Lachlan Webb Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lachlan Webb Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual who has achieved extraordinary success in creating both the built environment and thriving communities over the course of their life and career.

The award is named in honour of Lachlan Webb, who along with Adam Di Marco, co-founded The Urban Developer in 2014.

Lachlan was instrumental in the formative years of The Urban Developer, designing and building the digital and human ecosystem that it is renowned for today.

Sadly, Lachlan passed away in 2024 after a courageous battle with Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), an incurable neurological disease passed from generation to generation.

Lachlan’s legacy is one defined by vision, creativity, kindness and strength – qualities that the team at The Urban Developer assess all future recipients of his eponymous award against.

Previous recipients include: