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Villawood Properties’ The Arbour at Burleigh has won the prestigious 2026 Residential Subdivision Award for Excellence.

This stunning community features 101 lots between 400sqm and 1.36ha in an elevated, secluded enclave near Tallebudgera Creek amid local parklands, bushland and conservation areas.

Villawood’s vision was to create an owner/occupier-focused community that reflected the character, lifestyle and natural setting of one of Queensland’s most sought-after coastal suburbs.

The Arbour faced significant planning, engineering and construction challenges with its steep topography, mature vegetation and habitat areas but the Villawood team was able to integrate community, landscape and infrastructure as a defining feature of the project.

 

More than 25 per cent of The Arbour site is parkland, conservation and wetland areas with drainage land serving as landscape features and recreational spaces. A 1.5 km path network connects to the wider Old Burleigh Town open space system.

Villawood deliberately positioned the project toward owner-occupiers through larger homesites, quality public realm outcomes, strong architectural controls and a focus on long-term community creation.

All 101 homesites were sold prior to civil completion and completed home resales regularly exceeding $2 million highlight the enduring value and market acceptance of The Arbour.

The Arbour’s recognition follows a UDIA National Award for Residential Development Excellence / Best Residential Development for Villawood’s Montego Hills community at Queensland’s Kingsholme in 2020.

It complements Villawood’s enviable 30-plus catalogue of industry awards across masterplanning, urban design, community engagement, environment, sustainability, great place and more.