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  • Oran Park Town

    05 Oct 2010

    Oran Park Town is the first stage of development in the South West Growth Corridor, with the potential to house up to 35,000 people over a 20 year development horizon.

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  • One Minto

    05 Oct 2010

    One Minto is a State-significant redevelopment project that is revitalising and completely transforming a former public housing estate at Minto. Over 1,150 dwellings are proposed across the 84 hectare site incorporating a tenure mix of 70% private (approximately 800 dwellings) and 30% public housing (approximately 350 dwellings). Positive outcomes are being achieved within the local community, particularly through the project’s creation and engagement with ‘Working Together in Minto’ as well as through the facilitation of other local employment opportunities. Project stakeholders are also in partnership with the development industry, through the Minto Builder Team & the HIA Youthbuild program.

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  • Garden Gates

    05 Oct 2010

    Garden Gates at Mount Annan, is a strategic development and plays an important role by supply- ing quality housing in the south west growth corridor. Located adjacent to a natural bushland reserve and Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, Garden Gates hosts an array of different housing types with a variety of communal facilities.

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  • The New Rouse Hill

    20 Oct 2010

    Rouse Hill Town Centre

    The New Rouse Hill features Australia’s first regional town centre to demonstrate a comprehensive approach to world class social and environmental sustainability. The New Rouse Hill will become home to up to 1,800 dwellings for around 4,500 new residents. Landcom set the sustainability vision for Rouse Hill, and continues, on behalf of the Department of Planning, to ensure the vision is implemented by the Joint Venture Partners The GPT Group and Lend Lease.

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  • PRECINXTM

    20 Oct 2010

    Bruce Taper, Director of Kinesis, lead developer of PRECINX TM

    PRECINXTM is a mathematical planning and design tool to evaluate the sustainability of a neighbourhood or large urban development project. It can be used to assess key aspects of a project’s social, economic and environmental performance. PRECINXTM is designed to assist land developers, urban planners and regulatory authorities make decisions about new urban development.

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  • Solving problems: Examples of our work

    06 Oct 2010

    Green Square is one of the largest urban renewal projects in Australia

    Land development is complex. We have highly skilled and committed people, with experience in resolving difficult problems. See some examples of how Landcom resolves complex land developments such as Nation Building for Housing NSW, Group Homes for the Department of Ageing, Green Square Town Centre and Riverstone Scheduled Lands.

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  • Leveraging benefits: Examples of our work

    06 Oct 2010

    Prince Henry at Little Bay: the community is a key beneficiary of the redevelopment

    Our business approach is to use a modest level of public funds to leverage and then direct a much larger private sector investment. In the process, we produce significantly larger returns to government, and everything we deliver is done in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable way.

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  • Developing sustainable places: Examples of our work

    06 Oct 2010

    Groundbreaking Water Sensitive Urban Design at Victoria Park

    Sustainability is fundamental to our business. We invest in sustainable development - not because we are required to, but because we believe it is the right thing to do.

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  • Partnering to deliver better projects: Examples of our work

    08 Oct 2010

    Rouse Hill Town Centre: partnerships with Landcom, the Department of Planning, The Hills Shire Council, The GPT Group and Lend Lease

    We believe strongly in collaborating with others. We partner with local government to help us plan for sustainable places; state agencies to make better use of land and financial resources; and the private sector to help us deliver projects on the ground.

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  • Protecting the public interest: Examples of our work

    08 Oct 2010

    Peter Dransfield (left), Chair of Landcom’s Project Review Panel, with Greg South, General Manager Corporate

    Being a government agency, we are subject to the same probity and ethics considerations that apply to local and state government.

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  • Building foundations for stronger communities: Examples of our work

    06 Oct 2010

    We know how land use planning affects social wellbeing, and we are committed to creating places where communities can thrive. We work closely with state agencies, service providers, councils and the local community to make sure we get this right.

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  • Eco-Living Display Homes

    20 Oct 2010

    Landcom has partnered with Clarendon to deliver the Eco-living Display Homes project at The Ponds in Sydney’s north-west. Under this project, three display homes will showcase innovative sustainability concepts and design. The materials and products used will reduce the environmental impact of a project home and integrate best practice design principles.

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