Our vision was to rejuvenate the former Prince Henry Hospital site with a new residential and community precinct, balancing the old and the new while retaining much of the site in public ownership and creating a showcase of coastal urban renewal and diverse housing.

The former hospital site is known for its therapeutic winds and as a special place of healing.

Connecting to this special sense of place, we fulfilled our promises to the community to provide for health and aged care services, to maintain and improve access to the beach, to preserve bushland and maintain the open landscape setting, and to rehouse seven community groups as part of the project.

We retained and conserved 19 heritage buildings and landscape items within the 11ha core historic precinct and constructed a $5.2 million Community Centre for Randwick City Council.

The community groups and facilities keep people connected while heritage interpretation and public art connects the past to the present.

With more than 80% of the site retained as public open space, we improved access to the beach and protected important Aboriginal sites under the supervision of the La Perouse Aboriginal Land Council.

We conserved 4.2ha of threatened Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub and established a Geological Reserve for the nationally listed Little Bay Geological site.

Water sensitive urban design measures reduce demand on potable water. Natural swales and ponds provide 95% of irrigation for public open space and 70% of the golf course’s irrigation.

Other environmental achievements include recycling 90% of demolition material, setting requirements for energy efficiency in buildings and creating additional local parks and pathways.

Built in 1881, Prince Henry Hospital was the oldest public hospital in NSW and contained many historically significant buildings and landscape items.

We led the nomination of the site to be listed on the NSW Heritage Register to protect its history.  Following Conservation and Archaeological Management Plans we retained and restored 19 heritage buildings and landscape items, including throughout the core heritage precinct.

Our masterplan achieved a diverse and connected coastal community. We provided diverse housing types, rehoused seven community groups, built a Community Centre, parks and interpretation.

It is the connection of community and heritage and landscape that continue to make Prince Henry such a special place today.