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Waterloo South Stage 1
On 27 February 2025 tenants in the first stage of the Waterloo South Public Housing Estate Redevelopment received their relocation notices. On 10 April 2025, Homes NSW announced that they had finalised contracts with the Stockland Consortium to undertake the redevelopment. These events marked the the introduction of the consortium to the community and the commencement the next stage in the planning of the redevelopment. This section of the site covers events since February 2025. For information covering Waterloo Estate from 2022 to this point see http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23
- Waterloo Estate From Rezoning to Consortium appointment 2022-2025
- For information about the 2022-2025 period preceding the commencement of relocations for Stage 1 and the appointment of the Consortium see LAHC / Waterloo Estate post zoning planning.
- REDWatch Refresher on the Waterloo South Planning Proposal - 18 June 2025
- At the 5 June 2025 REDWatch meeting with Homes NSW and Stockland, REDWatch provided a quick presentation on "Waterloo South Redevelopment: What is already in place". This presentation was updated for the 18 June Waterloo Redevelopment Group. This is a PDF of that presentation that reminds people of what was put in place in November 2022 when the Planning Proposal was approved as well as what has changed since that time. This is a starting point for assessing what happens next with Homes NSW and Stockland.
- Waterloo Relocations start in south west of estate
- Waterloo South tenants living in the two block surrounded by John, Cope, McEvoy, and Mead Street to the South of the estate were hand delivered relocation notices on 27 February advising them that they will be relocated within the next six months.
- Waterloo renewal reaches new milestone to deliver Australia’s largest social housing project - Media Release
- The following media statement was released to announce the signing of the of contracts for the redevelopment of Waterloo South on 10 April 2025
- Retain Repair Reinvest Waterloo high-rise refurbishment and infill draft proposal
- This is a draft proposal from OFFICE that was shown to people on 5th April at the BBQ held by OFFICE of how the Waterloo high-rises could be refurbished and in-fill buildings included around them to meet the Waterloo redevelopment goals stated for Central and Northern areas of Waterloo Estate. You can provide feedback on this proposal to hello@OFFICE.org.au - The RRR project is independent from Homes NSW and separate to the redevelopment plans for Waterloo South. Homes NSW say that it will be many years before they develop this area and 10 years before people have to relocate.
- Confirmed Waterloo South Consortium delivers homes from 2031
- The article below was produced for the South Sydney Herald and it sets out what has been learnt about the Waterloo South Redevelopment now that the Consortium and Homes NSW have finalised their redevelopment agreement. On 3rd June 2025 it is hoped that more information will become available when the Consortium presents to a REDWatch public meeting.
- What should planners, architects and development professionals learn from Redfern-Waterloo?
- REDWatch Spokesperson, Geoff Turnbull, was asked to join a panel for the Australian Architecture Conference 2025 in May. The panel was titled “Shaping Perspectives: How Architects Lead Public Opinion” and included Emma Williamson, Government Architect Western Australia; UTS A/Prof H.Y. William Chan ex City of Sydney Councillor; Jocelyn Chiew former Director City Design at City of Melbourne; and Michelle Tabet from Left Bankj Co. Below is Geoff’s 5 minute input to the panel based on his experience in Redfern-Waterloo.
- Initial Questions for Homes NSW Portfolio and Consortium Partners – Waterloo South Redevelopment May 2025
- These questions were prepared by REDWatch following a call out for what people wanted to know now the Consortium agreement has been finalised with Homes NSW. These questions are being circulated prior to the proposed REDWatch Meeting on June 5th 2025 where Homes NSW and the Consortium partners have been invited to brief the community on the proposal and the approach agreed between Homes NSW and the Consortium.
- Some background for the community and the consortium on the Waterloo Redevelopment
- On 5th June 2025 REDWatch organised a meeting around the next steps in the Waterloo redevelopment. We invited the consortium to brief the community and encouraged the community to bring their questions. The material below was circulated in the REDWatch email update before the meeting to provide the local community and the Consortium with some background prior to the meeting.
- Homes NSW and Stockland Presentation to REDWatch 5 June 2025
- This is a PDF of the presentation made by Homes NSW and Stockland to the REDWatch meeting on 5th June 2025. While 8 weeks had lapsed since the signing of the agreement, many logistics remained to be worked out between Stockland and Homes NSW. As a result the presentation lacked the detail REDWatch had hoped for but it did enable initial conversations to occur between Stockland and informed Waterloo community members.
