A waterfront renewal, delivered at scale.
Before founding Kaizen, Sudi consulted to an ASX-listed developer on a major residential renewal of a former industrial waterfront in Adelaide.
The project
- Client
- An ASX-listed national property developer
- Setting
- A former industrial waterfront in Adelaide’s north-west
- Site
- About 12 hectares
- Homes
- Up to 500 townhomes and apartments
- Reported value
- About $160 million
- Delivery
- Construction from 2021; first residents in 2022
Figures are from the developer’s public announcements. The project is not a Kaizen project; it is shown as experience our director brings to Kaizen.
What it included
- Two- and three-bedroom townhomes over two and three storeys, released in stages
- Apartment buildings facing the water
- State heritage-listed maritime buildings restored and adapted for new uses
- A continuous public promenade along the waterfront, with new parks and gardens
- Homes within walking distance of a suburban train station
From the air, during construction
Drone footage during construction. No sound.
Skills applied
Delivering hundreds of homes on a heritage waterfront called on every stage of development management at once.
- 01Feasibility and staging
Sequencing releases so each stage funded and de-risked the next, and the numbers held as costs moved.
- 02Approvals and heritage
Coordinating planning, heritage and engineering inputs so approvals kept pace with the program.
- 03Design management
Keeping architects, engineers and landscape designers working to one brief, one budget and one program.
- 04Procurement and builders
Tendering and managing builders and trades across concurrent stages.
- 05Program and cost control
Tracking time, cost and risk across hundreds of homes at different stages of completion.
- 06Sales and settlement
Aligning off-the-plan releases with construction, so buyers settled on time.
Many stakeholders, one program
The site had stalled for years before this renewal. Getting it moving meant keeping six groups aligned, each with its own priorities, approvals and timing.
The land partner. The development agreement set milestones the project had to meet.
Planning approvals, and the public spaces and streets handed over to council.
State-listed buildings to retain and reuse, under close community scrutiny.
A waterfront with a long history of stalled renewal, and strong views on what should be kept.
Off-the-plan purchasers waiting on staged completions and settlement dates.
Several teams working at once, next to homes that were already occupied.