Developer PAYCE and construction partner DASCO Australia have reached a new milestone at the 19 Hope Street Melrose Park urban renewal mixed-use co-living scheme in Sydney.
The NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces has turned the first sod at the development, which will provide 154 co-living units and 197 affordable housing apartments in one of the city’s fastest-growing urban renewal precincts.
The ceremony was attended by NSW Minister for Planning Paul Scully MP, Member for Parramatta Donna Davis MP, Housing Australia Director, Investments Rohan Gibbs, Evolve Housing Group CEO Lyall Gorman, and PAYCE Chairman Brian Boyd.
Evolve Housing will own and manage all 197 affordable housing apartments under the Australian Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), representing a significant contribution to NSW’s housing targets under the National Housing Accord.
They will provide long-term affordable rental accommodation for essential workers and other eligible tenants. Construction is due for completion in late 2028.
