Progress | Winter 2018 edition

Discover the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site
As we move towards the realisation of the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site as Adelaide’s new creation and innovation neighbourhood, we’re undertaking works to adaptively reuse a number of heritage buildings to accommodate Australia’s largest innovation, incubator, start-up and growth hub while still focusing on bringing visitors to the site.
‘Jungle Queen’ Fiona O’Loughlin to star in Winterfest at the Port
One of Australia’s most popular comedians will headline the entertainment at this year’s Winterfest, based in the historic Hart’s Mill precinct in Port Adelaide. The festival will be held across the July school holidays and has been expanded to a 17-day program, following the success of the 2017 event, which attracted 57,000 people over 10 days.
UDIA Innovation Summit at Tonsley
The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) is holding its inaugural Innovation Summit on 21 June at Tonsley featuring talks and forums hosted by some of our most compelling thought-leaders, including Meshed’s Catherine Caruana McManus, Property Collectives’ Tim Riley and Solara Australia’s Leon Gerard-Vandenberg.
Tonsley follows state win with national award
Following on from winning South Australian Development of the Year at the state awards, Tonsley has demonstrated why it is Australia’s leading innovation district by winning the KONE Award for Best Development Innovation at the 2018 national Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards.
Residents champion Playford Alive in its tenth anniversary year
Plus: more local heroes sought
After a decade of milestones, local residents tell us in their own words what’s so great about life at Playford Alive – check out the video testimonials.
And nominations are now open for the 2018 Playford Alive Local Heroes Awards.
New Affordable Homes website offers first home buyers a better experience
The new Affordable Homes platform offers subscribers the ability to search listings, customise property alerts and learn more about the buying process, all on a mobile- and tablet-friendly website.