Housing Developments
AE2, Ermington NSW
Purchased from Defence in June 2011, Ermington is a prime 16.3 hectare riverfront property, fronting the northern shore of the Parramatta River and bounded on the western side by Silverwater Road. The site is 15 kilometres from Central Sydney and 5 kilometres from the Parramatta CBD. The project has an approved master plan that allows for the development of up to 574 dwellings on the site, comprising townhouses and apartments. DHA expects to utilise approximately 30 per cent of the dwellings for Defence housing. Referral to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works is expected in late 2011. Ermington will provide high-quality Defence housing in a well-serviced central location of Sydney.
Edgelea, Lindfield, Sydney
Edgelea is a 13 hectare development, 15 kilometres from the Sydney CBD, bounded by the Lane Cove National Park on three sides and adjacent to the historic University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Ku-ring-gai campus. The site was purchased from UTS in December 2010 and will produce 345 dwellings across 5 precincts. DHA expects to utilise more than half for Defence housing. Initial stages will be delivered in 2014 with project completion planned in 2017, subject to the necessary approvals from the PWC. Edgelea will provide high quality, predominantly apartment style housing for Defence members in the highly sought after North Shore area of Sydney. Visit the Edgelea website.
Muirhead, Darwin
Muirhead will be a new suburb of Darwin located about 15 kilometres from the CBD. The land was bought from Defence in June 2006 with a further 15 hectares added in January 2010. The suburb is master planned and will provide over 1,000 homes designed for Darwin's tropical climate. Under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Northern Territory Government, DHA will take 30 per cent of lots for Defence housing. A further 15 per cent will be designated for affordable housing initiatives and the balance sold on the open market. Stage one was approved by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in June 2010 and civil works were contracted in May 2011. Delivery of 166 houses in this first stage is scheduled for 2012–13. Stages two to seven were the subject of a public hearing of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in Darwin on 3 May 2011.
Rasmussen, Townsville Queensland
Purchased in December 2010, the 100 hectare Rasmussen property is a large residential development site in the Thuringowa corridor and suburb of Rasmussen. The site is 17 kilometres southwest from Townsville and 11 kilometres to Lavarack Barracks. An updated master plan has been drafted that is informed by experience with development planning for Muirhead in a similar climate zone. The project is expected to be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in late 2011.
Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin
This project required the removal of 59 existing residences and the demolition of two others. They will be replaced by 97 new homes. The project was approved by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on 24 November 2009 at a cost of $58 million with an increase to $64 million approved on 21 March 2011. Civil works have been completed and initial construction started. Final deliveries are scheduled for 2012–13.
Betty Cuthbert Estate, Sydney
This project involves the construction of 47 townhouses on the site of the former Riverview Nursery on Victoria Road in the Sydney suburb of Ermington. The constructions, which will comprise 42 three-bedroom and five two-bedroom dwellings, will complement the much larger development on the former Naval stores depot site on the Parramatta River. Together these two projects will provide very well located housing for Defence members posted to the Sydney central business district.
Voyager Point, Sydney
Voyager Point is a 16 hectare site that was purchased from Defence in 2003. Development and construction of housing for Defence was approved by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in June 2010 and a Final Development Approval provided by the Liverpool City Council in May 2011. DHA expects to take 59 lots for Defence housing with the balance of the 120 lot development sold on the open market. The total project cost is around $45 million. The DHA homes are scheduled for completion by mid-2014 and will mainly service ADF members at the nearby Holsworthy Army Base.
Weston Creek, Australian Capital Territory
In 2009–10, DHA acquired an 8.2 hectare site in Weston Creek from the ACT Government in return for the transfer of another land parcel. The site is zoned for residential use and will be developed over four years. In addition to being very attractive and well located, the site is very close to the Australian Defence College site at Weston.
Bayriver Estate, Adelaide South Australia
DHA has acquired the development rights for a well located 9 hectare land parcel in the Port Adelaide suburb of Largs North. Owned by the Land Management Corporation of South Australia, the land is expected to yield a total of 123 allotments including 11 for medium density development. Costing $38 million, the project was approved by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in November 2010. The construction is expected to be complete by late 2013.