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Community housing in the heart of Preston

The Harbour

  • Location: Preston
  • Client: Housing Choices Australia
  • Category: Multi Residential
  • Year: 2023
  • Photography: Tom Roe
  • Country:

    Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung

  • Scale:

    39 dwellings, 6 storeys

  • Construction Value:

    $11m

  • Builder:

    Manresa

  • Landscape:

    Simon Ellis Landscape Architect

  • Awards:

    2025
    AHI: Brighter Future Awards
    Leading Housing Development Project
    VIC/TAS Winner

Our Preston residential development provides 39 spacious, environmentally sustainable affordable homes, while maintaining crucial public parking spaces. Prioritising community benefits, the collaboration focuses on delivering essential low-cost housing with a keen eye on maintenance and life cycle costs.

Emphasising the significance of natural light and green spaces, the project includes generous balconies and the preservation of significant trees within a charming pocket park.

The project was developed by Housing Choices Australia in partnership with Homes Victoria under the Victorian Government’s $5.3 billion Big Housing Build, and in association with the City of Darebin and the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation.

'Designed by award-winning architects, Six Degrees, the development is the product of a unique cross-sectoral partnership with Homes Victoria, Darebin City Council, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and service provider, Thorne Harbour Health.' - Housing Choices Australia