Since 1982 the Property Council of Australia (originally under our former name of BOMA) has been recognising excellence in the built environment through our awards programs.
                                    
Throughout this time our awards program has been proudly supported by Rider Levett Bucknall (formally Rider Hunt).

In 1991 the Property Council’s then state-based award programs were augmented by the launch of a national award to recognise national excellence in the efficient use of capital in a new or refurbished development.

In 2006 our awards program was relaunched as the Innovation and Excellence Awards to more effectively promote and celebrate innovation and leading practice within the property development and investment industries.

This expanded on our pre-existing awards to recognise excellence across 12 categories:

•   Office Developments
•   Shopping Centre Developments
•   Emerging Assets
•   Tourism and Leisure Developments
•   Business or Industrial Parks
•   Residential Developments
•   Government Leadership
•   Heritage & Adaptive Reuse
•   Master Planned Communities
•   Mixed Use Developments
•   Public Buildings
•   Sustainable Developments.

An overall winner – the Australian Development of the Year – is also awarded.

To reflect trends in the industry: in 2010 the Retirement Living and Office Fit Out categories were introduced; in 2011 the Sustainable Development category was expanded into two categories which included New Buildings and Existing Buildings; and the Emerging Assets category was discontinued. In 2012 the Award for Innovation was introduced and in 2015 the Award for Best Affordable Housing Development has been established within the current program.