In addition to this prestigious accolade, Waterfall City also received a nomination for Best Masterplan Africa 2024-2025 award from the International Property Awards – Africa chapter.
The African Property Awards are the largest, most prestigious, and widely recognised programme in the region. Now in their 31st year, the African Awards are judged by an independent panel of over 100 industry experts. The judging panel is chaired by Lord Best, Lord Waverley, Lord Thurso and The Earl of Lytton, members of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. The awards cover over 50 different residential and commercial categories. Regional heats are staged for Arabia, Europe, Africa, Canada, Central & South America, the Caribbean, USA, UK and Asia Pacific. Judging focuses on design, quality, service, innovation, originality, and commitment to sustainability.
The highest scoring, five-star winners from each category in Africa will be automatically put forward for re-judging against the five-star winners in the other regions of the world. Following this re-assessment, the 2024 International winners in each category will be identified as the ‘World’s Best’. These winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony at the end of the year.
After having won Best International Mixed-use Development five times in six years, this is the first time that Waterfall City has entered the Masterplan category, specially created in 2024 by the International Property Awards association for large-scale developments covering a minimum of 20,000m2 and including at least five of the following uses: residential, retail, commercial, leisure, cultural, institutional, public service and industrial. Property types within this category can range from a single building, complex of buildings or district within a town/city.
Willie Vos, CEO of Waterfall City Management Company, said; “The new Masterplan award category provided us the opportunity to detail the key urban design aspects that make up Waterfall City’s blueprint and demonstrate the forethought that has gone into planning the growth of this smart city. Winning Best Masterplan South Africa, judged by an esteemed panel of experienced experts, not only recognises the efforts of our team in this regard, but certainly showcases the success of our innovative thinking, design and implementation. Despite the significant strides already made in our mission of creating a place where people love to be, we still have some great plans for Waterfall City and this award reassures us that our aspirations for the precinct are worthwhile and that we are making a difference to the wider property development landscape. A massive congrats to my team and to all our partners and stakeholders on another remarkable achievement.”