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This award recognises projects that demonstrate revitalisation and appropriate use of land and/or buildings in established suburbs or inner-city areas.

There is no restriction on the type of uses or the inclusion of new elements provided they are integrated with the existing built elements.

Projects entered in the category must either retain some existing built elements on a site and/or demonstrate how the development has integrated within the existing built environment.

• The winner of this award may have the opportunity to represent Victoria in the UDIA National Awards.

• Organisation must maintain a financial UDIA Victoria membership throughout the nomination process, judging, and the Awards for Excellence Ceremony
• It is required that your project must be substantially developed by the time of judging or at least a component or stage of the project is substantially developed.
• If you have a residential component to your project, the judging panel will need to be given access to the interior of at least one dwelling.

Completion Criteria for UDIA Judging

To ensure fair assessment, entrants must provide sufficient evidence demonstrating substantial project completion.

Multi-stage projects must have at least one full stage completed and sold or available for sale, with additional stages under development.

Single-stage projects must have at least 40% completed and either sold or available for sale.

Projects entered into this category should be essentially complete.

Each award category features its own mix of the criteria along with their explanations which can be found below.

Built Form and Architecture	30%
Planning and Integration	30%
Market Acceptance and Success	20%
Innovation	20%