We transform property opportunities into clear strategies and deliverable outcomes.
For 10 years, we have helped universities, industrial organisations and landowners realise the potential of their places and property. Our work spans strategy, placemaking, masterplanning and stakeholder engagement, bringing together the people, ideas and opportunities needed to create meaningful change. We combine strategic thinking with practical delivery expertise to help clients navigate complexity, unlock opportunity and create lasting value.
Australian National University
Kambri Precinct and Campus Master Plan
The redevelopment of Union Court, now known as Kambri, was one of the most ambitious university transformation projects undertaken in Australia. Delivered at the heart of ANU’s Acton campus, the project repositioned the fragmented and inward-looking precinct as a vibrant destination for learning, culture, wellbeing, retail, and community life.
Over a six-year period, ColonySix worked alongside ANU to develop the vision, establish a delivery pathway, and realise the first stage of a $600 million master plan. The result was a $300 million mixed-use precinct that delivered six new buildings, redefined the campus experience, strengthened connections with the city, and established a new benchmark for university development, activation, and sustainability.
BlueScope
Port Kembla Master Plan
ColonySix acted as Strategic Development Manager for the long-term transformation of BlueScope’s surplus industrial landholdings at Port Kembla, leading the preparation of a master plan and rezoning strategy across 200 hectares of industrial and greenfield land adjacent to Australia’s largest steelmaking facility.
The project focused on transforming underutilised industrial land into a potential $10 billion future-facing mixed-use precinct within an active operational environment shaped by industrial constraints, complex planning conditions and major infrastructure requirements. Working closely with BlueScope, ColonySix coordinated a multidisciplinary consultant team to establish a long-term framework for more than 800,000m² of future employment, education, research, cultural and public realm space.
Sydney Swans
Place-led Growth Strategy
The Sydney Swans has been exploring opportunities to expand and strengthen the Club’s Central Coast and Hunter Academy program. As part of this engagement, ColonySix established a partnership between the Sydney Swans and the University of Newcastle, to relocate the Academy to the University’s Callaghan campus in 2026, establishing a stronger foundation for the program’s future growth.
Building on this success, ColonySix is now helping the Swans investigate a long-term property and infrastructure strategy for a dedicated Academy facility. The work is focused on creating a high-quality home for the program that can support talent identification and development, increase participation across the region, strengthen pathways for elite junior athletes, and provide a sustainable platform for the Academy’s long-term success.
Carriageworks
Precinct Transformation Strategy
ColonySix prepared Carriageworks’ application to the Australian Government’s Urban Precincts and Partnerships Program, contemplating the preparation of a proposed 20-year master plan for Carriageworks and the broader Redfern North Eveleigh precinct in Sydney. The application was grounded in a partnership model, and included a phased delivery program from governance and base case through to place strategy, urban design brief and final master plan. Additionally, a First Nations Framework was designed to embed Gadigal perspectives and Country-centred design throughout.
The application described Carriageworks’ ambition to evolve from an arts venue into a multi-purpose creative and civic precinct, providing a master planning pathway for one of Sydney’s most significant cultural sites.
University of Wollongong
Place and Property Strategy
ColonySix to developed a long-term strategy for the University’s place and property portfolio across a multi-campus network. The project explored how UOW’s physical assets could better support institutional growth, student experience, research, partnerships and future investment opportunities.
At the centre of the work was the development of the UOW Place Book, a framework aligning campuses, places and property decisions with the University’s strategic ambitions. ColonySix also delivered the Innovation Campus Place & Property Strategy, identifying opportunities for investment, partnerships and future growth while establishing a roadmap for implementation. Together, those initiatives served to reposition UOW’s property portfolio from operational infrastructure to strategic assets capable of actively contributing to the University’s future success.
WIN Corporation
WIN Grand Mixed-Use Master Plan
A major city-centre block in the heart of Wollongong was reimagined as a mixed-use development opportunity, bringing together residential, commercial and public realm outcomes within a single integrated vision. Extensive research into community needs, local identity, cultural life and city-centre activation informed a proposition that balanced commercial objectives with a strong sense of place and connection to the city.
ColonySix led the project from inception through to Development Approval, including market research, financial modelling, scenario testing, master planning, urban design, design competition management and development application lodgement. Approved in December 2022, the scheme comprised more than 400 apartments, over 22,000 sqm of commercial floor space and a total development value exceeding $500 million. The subsequent $70 million site sale established a new record land value for the Wollongong CBD, reflecting the strength of the planning outcome and the site’s future potential.
University of Canberra
Ascott House Site Property and Investment Strategy
Undertaking a strategic review of the former Arscott House site, a prominent gateway parcel between the Bruce Campus and Belconnen Town Centre. Drawing on planning analysis, market assessment, stakeholder engagement and highest-and-best-use testing, ColonySix evaluated the site’s strategic role, development potential and planning pathways.
The review considered opportunities including community, health, residential, commercial and partnership-led uses, while assessing planning constraints, market conditions and alignment with the University’s long-term master plan and financial objectives. The outcome provided UC with a clear, evidence-based framework for decision-making, and a phased approach that balanced immediate opportunities with long-term value creation, positioning the site as a strategic asset capable of strengthening connections, supporting future partnerships and creating lasting economic, social and institutional value.
BlueScope
Kembla Grange Land Use Strategy
BlueScope engaged ColonySix to explore the development potential of its Kembla Grange landholding and identify opportunities to maximise long-term value. Working across master planning, planning strategy and feasibility, the project challenged the conventional greenfield subdivision model, exploring how the site could support a more distinctive residential community that better integrated housing, landscape and open space through a clustered development approach.
Through development scenario testing, feasibility analysis and planning investigations, ColonySix assessed opportunities for a broader mix of housing, improved residential outcomes and enhanced land value. The work provided BlueScope with an understanding of the site’s development potential, planning pathways and strategic options, ultimately informing the decision to divest the asset.
Obi Co-Living
Housing and Investment Proposition
ColonySix designed OBI, a co-living proposition devised to foster interaction and connection between people and provide more than just a solution to housing needs. ColonySix worked with private landowners, community clubs and government owned sites to test how complex urban landholdings could support commercially viable mixed-use opportunities, including co-living and short-stay accommodation. The project need was both social and commercial: responding to housing and community needs while exploring how clubs, landowners and underutilised land uses could evolve for long-term relevance.
ColonySix explored design opportunities and prepared investment proposals across diverse landholdings and development typologies. The work involved commercial feasibility and long-term investment modelling to assess different development mixes, densities and operating models. Commercially, the opportunity, while also providing housing, was about unlocking the potential of underutilised assets, and repositioning them for sustainable future growth.
Vikings Rugby Club
Erindale Property Strategy
ColonySix partnered with the Vikings Group to explore opportunities to unlock greater value from its Erindale property holdings through an integrated mixed-use development strategy. The engagement focused on assessing the feasibility and business case for redevelopment, with particular emphasis on creating diversified and sustainable annuity income streams to support the long-term objectives of the organisation.
As part of the process, ColonySix prepared a preliminary Concept master plan to test development yield, explore future site potential and support early engagement with key authorities.