The Urban Developer

20/02/2025

Great hospitality doesn’t just exist within developments—it defines them.The right restaurants and bars turn buildings into destinations, and precincts into thriving urban hubs.

Leading restaurateur Chris Lucas, founder of Lucas Restaurants, knows this firsthand. From Melbourne to Sydney, his venues bring life to spaces and shape communities

Join us on Thursday, 27 March 2025, for an in-depth exploration of Australia’s hotel sector. From investment trends to supply pipelines, top developers, investors, and operators will share exclusive insights. Secure your spot today!

📅 The Urban Developer Hotel Summit – 27 March 2025 > https://zurl.co/ztKCf

20/02/2025

19/02/2025

Each year, The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence celebrate outstanding achievements across more than 20 categories, including Medium-Density Residential, Mixed-Use, High-Density Residential, and Commercial development. And your project could be next.

This is your opportunity to showcase your work in front of an esteemed panel of judges and gain industry-wide recognition.

Download the entry guidelines to see which categories your project is eligible for > https://zurl.co/UVfOr

12/02/2025

Join us on Thursday, 27 March 2025, for an in-depth exploration of Australia’s hotel sector. From investment trends to supply pipelines, top developers, investors, and operators will share exclusive insights. Secure your spot today!

📅 The Urban Developer Hotel Summit – 27 March 2025 > https://zurl.co/83ulc

10/02/2025

The Urban Developer’s Hotel Summit is back!

Now in its seventh year, our flagship event for the hotel sector returns to W Melbourne on March 27—bringing together industry heavyweights including Chris Lucas, Paige Walker, Tim Sherlock, Matthew Burke and more to unpack the latest trends, development models, opportunities and challenges shaping Australia's hotel industry.

This event sells out every year, so don’t miss your chance to be in the room. Secure your spot today!

For program and speaker details, visit our website https://zurl.co/FLNDF

This event is proudly presented by Hospitality

10/02/2025

Context is crucial, says the Melbourne developer, as its 10-storey Camberwell project moves towards realisation…

“It’s not hard to come up with a nice-looking building, but to design a building that is beautiful and respectful of its context, that is a bit more difficult.” Melbourne-based architect Tristan Wong said.

Get the inside scoop here | https://zurl.co/gQz8b

07/02/2025

After flying somewhat under the radar despite the size and impact of its projects, Celestino Property Development’s latest city-creating project will be hard to miss...

Get the inside scoop here | https://zurl.co/6N6Ok

05/02/2025

With 20 years in the property game, Ron Bakir talks Toyota, deals—and why affordable housing is the future…

In 2004, as his Crazy Ron’s mobile phone retail empire was crumbling around him following the loss of a bitter legal stoush against rival Crazy John’s, he took a fortuitous detour into property development and founded Homecorp.

Get the inside scoop here | https://zurl.co/gtvCy

05/02/2025

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

The Urban Developer Awards for Industry Excellence is back.

Recognised as the benchmark for excellence in property development, the awards celebrate the best in urban outcomes across Australia and New Zealand.

Join the ranks with past winners including Aria Property Group, Gurner Group, Cavcorp and Built.

Download our entry guidelines to learn more | https://zurl.co/tLAlj

04/02/2025

"We're working between the 10 and 30 storey apartments," says Andrew Gray - Director of GRAYA.

Andrew shares insight on GRAYA's 'ideal' development during a conversation at our Brisbane Long Lunch last year.

03/02/2025

A Manhattan asset may well be his first and last deal in the US, but the Sydney-based agent is not ruling out more international deals…

https://zurl.co/A91n2

31/01/2025

The deal to acquire Dennis Family Homes creates the sixth biggest home builder in Australia…

The transaction is scheduled for completion in March, 2025. Get the inside scoop here | https://zurl.co/KqwA6

31/01/2025

Frank Licastro - managing director of Frank Developments shares how they're "pulling months out of the whole design program" for each project.

30/01/2025

Kapitol says it’s made more time for what matters, slashing timelines and boosting productivity with tech the industry can have...

Get the inside scoop here | https://zurl.co/FYgEV

29/01/2025

Drivas Property Group’s plans for a cantilevered commercial tower over the Murrays’ Building at Parramatta has been squashed by the NSW Land and Environment Court...

Find out more via the link in our bio.

29/01/2025

The development industry copped flak last year after a Cladding Safety Victoria (CSV) review found in the detailed building plans of 804 privately owned apartment buildings that 75 per cent (603) had ACP or EPS cladding.

To date, CSV has resolved the cladding risk on about 1200 buildings, it told The Urban Developer, including 1067 private residential Class 2 buildings and 130 government-owned buildings.

Find out more via the link in our bio.

29/01/2025

A 50-year plan to turn a Perth port into “one of the world’s greatest waterfront cities” has been endorsed by the Western Australian Government.

The Future for Fremantle project to revitalise the Fremantle Inner Harbour was launched off the back of the state’s decision to make Kwinana, to Perth’s south, the preferred location for a new container port for long-term freight activities, to be called Westport.

The Government has allocated $273 million to the Westport project to transition container trade to the area by the late 2030s.

Find out more via the link in our bio.