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City Edge was a joint venture with Community Housing Canberra Limited (CHC). It saw a former public housing site converted into a modern inner-city mixed density community.

This project contains 86 apartments, 12 terrace houses, 25 town houses and one commercial suite, and is conveniently located adjacent to the O’Connor shops. Several dwellings were purpose-designed and built for physically disabled clients of Community Housing Canberra, and a number of innovative sustainability measures were incorporated. The Joint Venture contributed to the construction of a landscaped wetland on the existing Sullivan’s Creek stormwater channel adjacent to the site, while the project itself employed solar-powered street lighting, heat pump heating and cooling and solar-boosted hot water systems.

City Edge is an excellent example of a private/public company partnership, delivering seamlessly integrated public, private and community owned dwellings of various types, on a previously degraded site. It is a strong testament to the willingness of CIC to work with government in addressing the triple bottom line of social, economic and environmental responsibility. The development won many awards including the national 2003 HIA Housing Award for Special Accommodation of the Year.