[PRO] 8 HOCKING PL ADELAIDE | 46m | 14 Levels | Social housing

[Ben]

What was earmarked as a “luxury apartment project” is now social/affordable housing. It’s a filler I guess except the massive northern blank concrete wall.

https://plan.sa.gov.au/have_your_say/no ... ?aid=10548

[Will]

Cheap and cheerless.

[Dvious]

That is fucking horrible. Seriously, blue glazed bricks? Tectvs should be ashamed of such a junk proposal.

[Bobski]

What was earmarked as a “luxury apartment project” is now social/affordable housing. It’s an ok filler except the massive northern blank concrete wall.

Wrong corner of the square for any kind of "luxury" project, so close to the sobering up unit, homeless drop-in centres etc. Makes me wonder if the owners had any clue about the demographics and vibe of the area when they purchased it?

[Norman]

Story about this development on InDaily: https://www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/de ... ore-square

[A-Town]

What was earmarked as a “luxury apartment project” is now social/affordable housing. It’s an ok filler except the massive northern blank concrete wall.

Wrong corner of the square for any kind of "luxury" project, so close to the sobering up unit, homeless drop-in centres etc. Makes me wonder if the owners had any clue about the demographics and vibe of the area when they purchased it?

Exactly right. This part of Whitmore Square has a lot of issues, especially after dark.

[Prodical]

It will be shocking on Hocking - this does nothing for that part of town.

[Ben]

What was earmarked as a “luxury apartment project” is now social/affordable housing. It’s an ok filler except the massive northern blank concrete wall.

Wrong corner of the square for any kind of "luxury" project, so close to the sobering up unit, homeless drop-in centres etc. Makes me wonder if the owners had any clue about the demographics and vibe of the area when they purchased it?

Yes hence why it fell through. No idea who would propose a luxury development in the middle of social housing, an alcoholics rehabilitation centre and a salvos store....

[Algernon]

Perfect for a Goulburn supermax concrete wall job, finally they woke up and realised what they bought.

[Bobski]

Ha haa I just watched the video that accompanied the property ad when it sold in 2023. Very creative/selective framing. I'm guessing the buyer must have been from overseas or interstate? Can't see a native Adelaidian falling for this. Everyone here knows what Whitmore Square is renowned for, and it's not "luxury".



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[shaun]

Ha haa I just watched the video that accompanied the property ad when it sold in 2023. Very creative/selective framing. I'm guessing the buyer must have been from overseas or interstate? Can't see a native Adelaidian falling for this. Everyone here knows what Whitmore Square is renowned for, and it's not "luxury".

Which is a shame because Whitmore Square itself is actually quite nice.

This proposal is horrid btw.

[bigdog69]

Boooooo

[Bobski]

I saw signs up around the square this morning saying "Save Whitmore Square" so maybe a bit of NIMBYism going on with the residents on the more polished western corner of the square? This article also mentions a second "affordable housing" development planned for Carrington St. Do we have a thread for that?

‘Affordable private rents disappearing’: Social housing in two new Adelaide CBD residential towers

Two new residential towers - one comprised entirely of affordable housing - are planned for Adelaide’s CBD.

Natalie Vikhrov

2 min read

April 9, 2025 - 6:00PM

The Messenger

A social housing development designed to provide affordable apartments with sustainable living conditions is one of two Adelaide CBD residential towers submitted for development approval.

Superfund Obenox has proposed a 14-storey development at 8 Hocking Place, just off Whitmore Square, with 36 affordable housing apartments offered “exclusively as social housing” in a bid to help alleviate the housing crisis.

Documents state social housing stock has declined by 11 per cent in the period from 2006 to 2020 while demand “soared”.

“In the same period, we have seen an 11 per cent increase in homelessness and a 99 per cent increase in rental stress,” documents state.

Furthermore, they state despite South Australia’s rental reforms, many “are struggling to access safe, stable and affordable homes to live in”.

“The scale of the problem extends beyond unemployed households or single, young renters unable to save for their bond; even working couples are finding themselves priced out of South Australia’s rental market,” documents state.

“Affordable private rents are disappearing at a rapid rate.”

The apartments will be offered through an eligible rental provider, such as South Australian Housing Trust, a community housing provider or another suitable entity.

The 46.3m building will face Whitmore Square and feature 30 one-bedroom apartments, six two-bedroom apartments as well as a lobby, resident consult room, and bicycle storage on the ground floor.

The project has been pitched as an “affordable living” development, meaning it would not only offer affordable apartments but also “sustained costs of living” through all-electric systems, an embedded solar panel network on the roof and water efficient tap fittings, among other means.

The development exceeds the local maximum building height of 29m, meaning its height will be considered as part of the application.

Minutes walk from Hocking Place, a six-storey development with a cafe and 11 apartments has been proposed for Carrington Street.

Planning documents state the development will feature a mixture of one, two and three-bedroom apartments.

“The ground-floor presentation to Carrington Street is characterised by an open ‘shop front’ to the cafe, with a separate entry to the lobby providing lift and stair access to the residential apartments above,” planning documents state.

Applicant Carrington Collective is seeking approval for the project, which will also include a stacked parking system for 15 vehicles for residents.

Consulting firm Phillip Brunning and Associates, on behalf of Carrington Collective, stated the design of the proposal draws form a previously approved scheme “with some simplification in the structure”.

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[Ben]

Carrington street proposal is too small for its own thread. I think it’s also standard apartments. That site has had the same “carrington consortium” propose many things over the years. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[Bobski]

Gotcha