In June 2025 we submitted a Planning Proposal to rezone the Annandale site and a State Significant Development Application for the build-to-rent housing for essential workers with the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

We carefully considered community and stakeholder feedback alongside planning requirements such as site constraints, housing and sustainability targets, and project feasibility, to finalise our plans. During planning, we also identified the opportunity to accommodate 20 more build-to-rent homes onsite, enabling 220 build-to-rent units to be offered to essential workers like nurses, paramedics, teachers, police officers and firefighters at a discount to market rent, through a separate subsidy.

The Department is publicly exhibiting the applications between 12 August and 8 September 2025. To learn more about our plans and how to submit feedback to the Department during public exhibition, visit our Join In page.

Pending approvals, construction of the build-to-rent essential worker housing is expected to start in 2026, with the first residents expected to move in around 2028.

Once the site is rezoned, we will sell parts of the site planned for market sale and affordable rental housing. The future landowner/s will need to seek approval of separate development applications before any construction can begin.