K2 PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT

Constr
uction has start
ed on t he K2 Apart
ments compl ex i
n Atthetime,thegovernmentbeli
evedther
ewasaneedt oputthe
Windsor,Melbour
ne,whi chsetsabenchmarkinsustainabl
epubli
c envi
ronmentalagenda out ther
e, and t
o make some posi
ti
ve
housi
ng.Once compl et
ed,t hi
s proj
ectwil
lresul
ti n a medium physi
caldemonstr
ati
onoft hegovernment
’scommi
tmenttoit
densi
tysocialhousi
ngest at
e. -J
eni
ferNi
chol
ls,Pr
ojectManager

Thet enantsofthe96apar t
ments,alsoseem happywi ththeirnew
The 96 unitapartmentcomplex wil
lconsistoff
ourmedi um rise homes. “ Duri
ng t he Premier
’s speech at the of
fi
cialopening,
buil
dingsoff our
,fi
veandeightstoreys,l
inkedbyauni quegreen resi
dents were clappi
ng,and af ter
wards they complimented us
spi
ne t hat r
epresent
sthe functi
onaland socialaspect of t
he andt hankedus,”saysJ ohnMacdonald.“Theyfeelpri
vil
egedt ol
ive
development there,Ithink.
”

Thetenant
swillhaveaccesst
oavari
etyoflandscapet
hrought
he
devel
opment’
sur bancourt
yar
dsandsoci
alspaces.
-KenThor
nton,Of
fi
ceofHousi
ng