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Best Affordable Housing Development

This award category seeks to award organisations that are committed to meeting an ever-increasing market demand for affordable housing.

Best Business or Industrial Park

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and efficient use of capital, in a high quality new or refurbished Business or Industrial Park development.

Procore Award for Development Innovation

This award recognises innovation that creates significant advancement and improvement within a development.

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Grosvenor Place Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

This award recognises and promotes the positive contribution made by organisations that demonstrate a holistic and long-term commitment to diversity within the property industry in the past 12 months as at 31 December 2023.

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The APP Group Award for Future Leader of the Year

The purpose of this award is to acknowledge, encourage and, most importantly, promote the positive contribution made to the industry by young property professionals.

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Government Leadership

This award recognises significant innovation and excellence of a local, state or federal government department or authority in its dealings with the property investment and development industries.

Best Heritage Development

This award recognises innovation excellence in heritage related development or adaptive reuse projects. The award recognises outstanding conservation projects, adaptive reuse of existing buildings/sites or high-quality infill development within a historic context.

Best Master Planned Community

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and efficient use of capital, in a high-quality master planned community

Hames Sharley Award for Best Mixed Use Development

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and efficient use of capital, in a high quality new or refurbished mixed use building.

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Best Office Development

This award recognises and publicly rewards the efficient use of capital in a new or refurbished office development.

NBN Award for Product, Program or Service Innovation

This Award recognises innovation that creates significant advancement and improvement within the property industry.

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Rider Levett Bucknall Award for Best Public Art Project

This award recognises the use of Public Art within projects/developments to create brilliant spaces and in turn enriching and enlivening our cities and suburbs. 

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Woods Bagot Award for Best Public Building

This award recognises excellence in a new or refurbished public building.

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Aqualand Award for Best Residential Development

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and efficient use of capital, in a high quality new or refurbished residential building.

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Best Shopping Centre Development

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and the efficient use of capital, in a high quality new or refurbished shopping centre asset.

GHD Design Award for Best Sustainable Development

This award recognises and rewards innovation and encourages the demonstrated application of sustainability practices that reduce a project or existing building’s eco footprint.

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Best Tourism & Leisure Development

This award recognises and publicly rewards excellence in the development of, and the efficient use of capital, in a high quality new or refurbished Tourism and/or Leisure asset.

Best Workplace Project

This Award recognises and publicly rewards excellence for a new or refreshed workplace project with a minimum net lettable area of 2,000 square metres.

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