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Made by Example
Made by Example

A development without a brand is just a building. The properties that attract the right buyers, tenants, and communities are the ones that worked out what they stand for before they broke ground, the story that gives a precinct a reason to exist beyond its postcode, or a residential development a sense of place beyond its floor plans. Example works with developers, operators, and landowners to build brand-first property and mixed-use projects that earn their value before the first key is handed over.

The brand before the building.

We work with developers at the concept stage, before the architect has been briefed, before the marketing suite is built. The positioning work we do shapes the tenant mix, the naming, the cultural programming, and the community a development attracts. That's not marketing. That's building value into the asset from the start.

Precincts that become places.

There's a difference between a development people move into and one they want to belong to. We shape the cultural identity of mixed-use precincts and urban developments so that community forms around something, not just somewhere.

Interest, investment, and momentum.

Once the positioning is set, we build the marketing and media strategy that generates buyer and investor interest, earns editorial coverage, and builds the kind of pre-launch momentum that makes openings feel inevitable rather than effortful.

  • Place Branding & Naming
  • Master Planning Narrative & Precinct Strategy
  • Development Marketing Strategy
  • Cultural Programming & Community Building
  • PR & Editorial Coverage
  • Buyer & Investor Communications
  • Launch Strategy & Activation
  • Social & Content Direction

Property

Case Studies

Made by Example

A development without a brand is just a building. The properties that attract the right buyers, tenants, and communities are the ones that worked out what they stand for before they broke ground, the story that gives a precinct a reason to exist beyond its postcode, or a residential development a sense of place beyond its floor plans. Example works with developers, operators, and landowners to build brand-first property and mixed-use projects that earn their value before the first key is handed over.

The brand before the building.

We work with developers at the concept stage, before the architect has been briefed, before the marketing suite is built. The positioning work we do shapes the tenant mix, the naming, the cultural programming, and the community a development attracts. That's not marketing. That's building value into the asset from the start.

Precincts that become places.

There's a difference between a development people move into and one they want to belong to. We shape the cultural identity of mixed-use precincts and urban developments so that community forms around something, not just somewhere.

Interest, investment, and momentum.

Once the positioning is set, we build the marketing and media strategy that generates buyer and investor interest, earns editorial coverage, and builds the kind of pre-launch momentum that makes openings feel inevitable rather than effortful.

  • Place Branding & Naming
  • Master Planning Narrative & Precinct Strategy
  • Development Marketing Strategy
  • Cultural Programming & Community Building
  • PR & Editorial Coverage
  • Buyer & Investor Communications
  • Launch Strategy & Activation
  • Social & Content Direction
apt.Residential by EXAMPLE Agency
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apt.Residential by EXAMPLE Agency
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apt.Residential
Build-to-rent is one of the fastest-growing property categories in Australia. Most brands doing it still sound like property developers. We built apt.Residential to sound like Soho House. 2,500+ apartments in pipeline.
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apt.Residential
Build-to-rent is one of the fastest-growing property categories in Australia. Most brands doing it still sound like property developers. We built apt.Residential to sound like Soho House. 2,500+ apartments in pipeline.
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
The Commodore by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Commodore by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Commodore
We’re leading the brand and experience revitalisation of one of North Sydney’s most iconic pubs.
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The Commodore
We’re leading the brand and experience revitalisation of one of North Sydney’s most iconic pubs.
Property
Hospitality
Q Station by EXAMPLE Agency
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Q Station by EXAMPLE Agency
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Q Station
We’re leading the placemaking and brand transformation of Q Station into a world-class coastal destination.
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Q Station
We’re leading the placemaking and brand transformation of Q Station into a world-class coastal destination.
Property
Hotels & Travel
Strategy & Positioning
Placemaking
PR & Communications
The StandardX, Australia by EXAMPLE Agency
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The StandardX, Australia by EXAMPLE Agency
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The StandardX, Australia
We introduced The Standard to Australia and gave Fitzroy a new cultural hotspot.
( 01 )
The StandardX, Australia
We introduced The Standard to Australia and gave Fitzroy a new cultural hotspot.
Hotels & Travel
Property
PR & Communications
Social & Content
Strategy & Positioning
Bombies by EXAMPLE Agency
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Bombies by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Bombies
We led the concept, brand identity and launch PR for Bombies - a 70s inspired rooftop bar that channels surf culture’s golden era.
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Bombies
We led the concept, brand identity and launch PR for Bombies - a 70s inspired rooftop bar that channels surf culture’s golden era.
Hospitality
Property
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
Prefecture48 by EXAMPLE Agency
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Prefecture48 by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Prefecture48
We designed the concept for a layered Japanese dining precinct.
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Prefecture48
We designed the concept for a layered Japanese dining precinct.
Hospitality
Property
Placemaking
Larrie's by EXAMPLE Agency
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Larrie's by EXAMPLE Agency
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Larrie's
A fish and chip shop across from Merewether Beach, designed to feel like it had been there for forty years on the day it opened. We built the brand from naming to neon.
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Larrie's
A fish and chip shop across from Merewether Beach, designed to feel like it had been there for forty years on the day it opened. We built the brand from naming to neon.
Hospitality
Property
Placemaking
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Influencer & Talent
Strategy & Positioning
The Scarborough Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Scarborough Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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The Scarborough Hotel
We’re leading the brand, strategy and transformation of one of Australia’s most iconic coastal pubs.
( 01 )
The Scarborough Hotel
We’re leading the brand, strategy and transformation of one of Australia’s most iconic coastal pubs.
Property
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Hook Island by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hook Island by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Hook Island
We’re leading the placemaking, brand, and guest experience for a new eco-luxury resort on Hook Island, in the heart of the Whitsundays.
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Hook Island
We’re leading the placemaking, brand, and guest experience for a new eco-luxury resort on Hook Island, in the heart of the Whitsundays.
Property
Hotels & Travel
Strategy & Positioning
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Brand & Identity
InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef by EXAMPLE Agency
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InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef
Australia Repositioned as frontier to the Great Barrier Reef. Time Out called it "the next White Lotus resort." 97 press pieces. 109.5M OTS.
( 01 )
InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef
Australia Repositioned as frontier to the Great Barrier Reef. Time Out called it "the next White Lotus resort." 97 press pieces. 109.5M OTS.
Hotels & Travel
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Social & Content
Experiential
Merewether Beach Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Merewether Beach Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Merewether Beach Hotel
We led the transformation of Merewether, honouring its decades of sun, salt, surf and community spirit.
( 01 )
Merewether Beach Hotel
We led the transformation of Merewether, honouring its decades of sun, salt, surf and community spirit.
Property
Hospitality
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Influencer & Talent
Social & Content
Tramsheds by EXAMPLE Agency
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Tramsheds by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Tramsheds
Developer-led placemaking is one of the hardest sells in urban Australia. Tramsheds needed to earn the community's trust before it could earn foot traffic. It became the inner west's most visited food precinct.
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Tramsheds
Developer-led placemaking is one of the hardest sells in urban Australia. Tramsheds needed to earn the community's trust before it could earn foot traffic. It became the inner west's most visited food precinct.
Property
Hospitality
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Social & Content
Beach Hotel Byron Bay by EXAMPLE Agency
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Beach Hotel Byron Bay by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Beach Hotel Byron Bay
A $1B+ pub portfolio with no coherent brand. And Byron Bay’s most loved hotel about to become a corporate acquisition. Same client, two very different briefs, both solved with the same thinking.
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Beach Hotel Byron Bay
A $1B+ pub portfolio with no coherent brand. And Byron Bay’s most loved hotel about to become a corporate acquisition. Same client, two very different briefs, both solved with the same thinking.
Hospitality
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Mya Tiger by EXAMPLE Agency
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Mya Tiger by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Mya Tiger
A Cantonese restaurant inside one of Melbourne's most iconic pubs. We created a brand with enough personality to hold its own above The Espy's stage.
( 01 )
Mya Tiger
A Cantonese restaurant inside one of Melbourne's most iconic pubs. We created a brand with enough personality to hold its own above The Espy's stage.
Hospitality
Property
Brand & Identity
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Hotel Esplanade by EXAMPLE Agency
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Hotel Esplanade by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Hotel Esplanade
140 years of Melbourne history, closed, forgotten, then handed to us. We rebuilt The Espy's identity from the ground up and reopened one of Australia's most important cultural venues.
( 01 )
Hotel Esplanade
140 years of Melbourne history, closed, forgotten, then handed to us. We rebuilt The Espy's identity from the ground up and reopened one of Australia's most important cultural venues.
Property
Hospitality
Brand & Identity
Influencer & Talent
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Strategy & Positioning
Harbord Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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Harbord Hotel by EXAMPLE Agency
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( 01 )
Harbord Hotel
We led the full revival of Harbord Hotel, grounded in surf, story and local spirit.
( 01 )
Harbord Hotel
We led the full revival of Harbord Hotel, grounded in surf, story and local spirit.
Hospitality
Property
Strategy & Positioning
Brand & Identity
Placemaking
PR & Communications
Experiential