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Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:30 am

Nightingale Housing has announced Bowden as their first project outside of Victoria. They've won a slew of awards for their sustainable and community-focused housing in Melbourne. Not sure which site they'll be taking on, but the ballot for involvement (as an 'ethical' social/environmental builder, there are eligibility criteria) is open: https://nightingalehousing.org

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Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:46 am

SRW wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:30 am

Nightingale Housing has announced Bowden as their first project outside of Victoria. They've won a slew of awards for their sustainable and community-focused housing in Melbourne. Not sure which site they'll be taking on, but the ballot for involvement (as an 'ethical' social/environmental builder, there are eligibility criteria) is open: https://nightingalehousing.org

That's excellent! I saw they were teasing an Adelaide project, and have always thought they would be a great fit for Bowden. Their model and developments to date have been very interesting. If we didn't already have an apartment, we'd be all in on that ballot.

Nightingale Housing to build carbon neutral Bowden apartment project without carparking
Renato Castello, The Messenger
October 22, 2020 4:16pm
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Investors will be unable to buy apartments in a new housing project, with priority instead given to essential workers, Indigenous Australians and people with disabilities wanting to own their first home.

Melbourne-based Nightingale Housing is undertaking its first “sustainable” SA project at Bowden, which will have no carparking and feature up to 30 per cent affordable housing and 15 per cent disability- accessible housing.

Costs will be further reduced, Nightingale says, through the absence of a marketing campaign or sales suite.

Nightingale has not revealed the precise location of the project, or number of apartments, citing ongoing negotiations with development partners.

Charles Sturt Council is still assessing the development application. Nightingale has built, or is building, 14 similar projects across Australia and has been looking for an Adelaide location since late 2018.

Head of operations Dan McKenna said the city was a “logical step”.

“We have a great site close to the city and parklands, and we have really dedicated partners in South Australia who are keen to facilitate the process,” he said.

All apartments will be sold to owner-occupiers, with a portion of apartments allocated, with priority, to essential workers, such as nurses, Indigenous Australians, people living with disabilities and people working in the arts. An initial 20 per cent of units will be sold by a priority ballot.

The building will be carbon-neutral, featuring high thermal ratings and rooftop solar.

The building will be designed by Melbourne firm Breathe Architecture, whose director Jeremy McCleod is also founding director of Nightingale.

Construction is expected to start early next year and take 12 to 18 months to complete.

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Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:41 pm

31/10/2020 Update for buildings on the corner along Gibson and Fourth Street. Development is continuing at this corner. only 1 more level to go. Please click on picture for bigger,

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Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:22 pm

28/12/2020 Update for project on the corner along Gibson and Fourth Street and is now at full height (apart from roof). (Correction to my last report on 31/10/2020 - this project is 8 stories not 6). Please click on pictures for bigger,

how good is he wrote:Someone speculated to me the big former Gas works site on Chief St could suit a shopping centre/village.. anyone know if the master plan allows for it?

Developer wants to build 59 new townhouses and apartments, and a cafe, on a large block in Bowden



Another housing estate is proposed for Bowden, in Adelaide’s hip inner west.

West Bowden Developments has lodged plans with the State Planning Commission for 43 two and three-storey townhouses, and 16 apartments, on a 7500sqm block at 78 Gibson Street.

A local heritage-listed former shop and home will be incorporated into the development, partially restored and turned into a cafe.

Some of the building would need to be demolished due to its condition, according to the development’s application.





Ekistics Planning and Design’s report states that the plan – which proposes buildings up to five storeys tall – “represents appropriate and orderly development”.

“The diversity in accommodation types and housing options will cater for differing needs and price points within the housing market,” it says.

Consultation on the $16m proposal – which supersedes an earlier 12-storey design – closes on April 19.

West Bowden Developments is registered to Sydney-based director Hamidoula Popal.

The Bowden redevelopment began in 2008 and is the State Government’s first infill project.