The Urban Developer
AdvertiseEventsWebinarsUrbanity
Industry Excellence
Urban Leader
Sign In
Membership
Latest
Menu
Location
Sector
Category
Content
Type
Newsletters
FROM SITE SELECTION TO DELIVERY PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT MASTERCLASS
PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT MASTERCLASS
LEARN MOREDETAILS
On Demand

Fireside Chat | Inside GemLife With Adrian Puljich

Building Australia's Newest Airport: Multiplex

The Makers Of The Mondrian | Design, Vision And Delivery Behind One Of Australia’s Most Anticipated Luxury Hotels

Next Gen Now | How Emerging Developers Are Redefining The Game

View All >
Latest News
ASX-listed Eureka Group Holdings is expanding its rental offering to all ages, picking up a community in Perth for $22.15 million. The 200-site all-ages Hillside Garden Village in Mount Richon.
Land Lease Communities

Eureka Expands All-Ages Assets with $22m Perth Deal

Renee McKeown
2 Min
The Spit Ignite Projects hero
Placemaking

Luxury Gateway to Unlock The Spit’s New Superyacht Era

Phil Bartsch
5 Min
Dexus 636 St Kilda Road HERO
Planning

Dexus Reveals Apartment Tower for St Kilda Office Site

Leon Della Bosca
3 Min
Toll is among logistics tenants to have previously contracted Westlink sites.
Industrial

ESR Greenlit for Second Stage of Westlink Industry Park

Patrick Lau
2 Min
View All >
Events
One-Day Course

Property Development Masterclass | Brisbane

One-Day Course

Property Development Masterclass | Melbourne

Breakfast

2025 Property and Economic Outlook | Greater Melbourne

Breakfast

2025 Property and Economic Outlook | Greater Sydney

View All >
TheUrbanDeveloper
Follow
About
About Us
Membership
Awards
Events
Webinars
Listings
Resources
Terms & Conditions
Commenting Policy
Privacy Policy
Republishing Guidelines
Editorial Charter
Complaints Handling Policy
Contact
General Enquiries
Advertise
Contribution Enquiry
Project Submission
Membership Enquiry
Newsletter
Stay up to date and with the latest news, projects, deals and features.
Subscribe
SHARE
print
Print
PlacemakingRenee McKeownThu 18 Sep 25

Adelaide Consortium Tweaks $250m Forestville Plans

Forestville Adelaide by Commercial Retail Group, Peet Limited and Buildtec

Plans comprising a rooftop farm, urban green school, market square and hotel surrounded by more than 300 new homes are expected to become a focal point for Adelaide’s fringe.

The consortium of Commercial Retail Group, Peet Limited and Buildtec is making final variations to the 2024-approved plans for Forestville in the city’s inner south-west.

The SA Government acquired the 3.6ha site, a former Le Cornu furniture store, Chrysler factory and World War II-era weapons factory, in 2020. It took it to market the following year, which is when the consortium picked it up.

The revisions split the site into three precincts, shift the farm location to access better sunlight, reduce the apartment yield by nine units, halve the parking to 362 spaces and make architectural changes. 

Precinct one would be residential, offering 71 townhouses and an apartment building of 152 units plus open space.

The mixed-use precinct, dubbed The Agora, would be in the middle of the site and comprise a market square, large supermarket, farm for education and hospitality, a six-level hotel and shops.

The final precinct includes an apartment building up to 10 storeys that would include a four-level podium and 93 apartments with access to the roof terrace of the middle precinct.

rendering of a mixed use precinct in Adelaide showing apartments on flanking an urban farm
▲ An overview of the $250 million Forestville Adelaide project.

The Future Urban planning report for the proposal said these changes were a purposeful design evolution.

“The refined vision offers an enhanced response to real-world commercial conditions, stakeholder input and market feedback while still holding firm to the original, approved vision,” the report said.

The latest plans for Lot 501 Maple Avenue at Forestville, formerly 10 Anzac Highway, about 3.5km from the CBD, are on notification with Plan SA until October 9. 

Construction has begun on the Forestville project and 65 per cent of the terrace homes have been sold. Work on the apartments is expected to start in mid to late 2026.

Commercial Retail Group director Spero Chapley said the key elements of the project were unchanged and made the urban green school, farm and accommodation more cohesive.

1 of 3


“There’s already strong demand for apartment living at Forestville and we are confident that the reconfigured plans will deliver a much-improved project for our residents by bringing them together into the heart of the masterplan,” Chapley said.

“They will also help better activate public space by bringing the community together into a vibrant central hub.  

“As a family, it’s important for us to ensure we deliver on our vision and create a ... project unlike any other in South Australia, and where opportunities exist to enhance the project, we will continue to do so.”

The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2028. It has been designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects, Nelson + Koo, and Studio Gram.

ResidentialAdelaideCommunityConstructionProject
AUTHOR
Renee McKeown
More articles by this author
TOP STORIES
Hotel Indigo Adelaide hero
Exclusive

Neighbourhood Hotels Reinvent Urban Hospitality

Clare Burnett
5 Min
Melbourne CBD empty site
Exclusive

Melbourne Developers Hit Back at Mayor’s ‘Lazy Landlord’ Plans

Leon Della Bosca
7 Min
The land value of many fuel retailing sites is outweighing their operational value.
Exclusive

Shrinking Servo Network Heralds Development Prospects

Patrick Lau
7 Min
Sydney airspace
Exclusive

Money Out of Thin Air: The Multibillion-Dollar Rooftop Housing Play

Vanessa Croll
8 Min
Construction

Surgical Precision: Robots Rise in Complex Demolition Job

Taryn Paris
6 Min
View All >
Article originally posted at: https://uat.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/adelaide-consortium-tweaks-forestville-plans-sa