The Urban Taskforce represents the developers, financiers and associated disciplines that deliver the new built environment. We are at the front line of change but only deliver what the market wants. Over the last decade there has been a big swing in Sydney to more urban living generally in apartments. This trend is changing the very form and structure of Sydney as a city. The previous model for living in Sydney had been the detached house in a suburban setting but current development approvals are running at 70% for apartments and the balance of the city is changing. If the current trends continue Sydney will be half suburban dwellers in detached houses and half urban dwellers in apartments in a few decades.