Tapangka on Franklin

The multi-million-dollar development of the former Adelaide Bus Station on Franklin Street will be known as Tapangka and is envisaged to be delivered as Adelaide’s first carbon neutral precinct.

Renewal SA will act as master developer of the site after being chosen as the successful proponent by the City of Adelaide in 2023.

Tapangka will deliver a new standard of inner-city living with two mixed-use towers and a central signature building. The signature building will be carbon neutral in operation and achieve a 6 Star Green Star certified rating. It will deliver commercial floor space combined with a place of learning, entertainment, culture, and community.

The project will provide accommodation for about 1,000 people, with 392 apartments being delivered alongside a 200 plus-key hotel. Tapangka will also introduce institutional build-to-rent apartments into the city’s CBD. Across the two towers, a minimum of 35% will be offered as affordable housing, including apartments for rent and purchase.

At completion the site will include over 5,500m² of commercial floor space and over 1,200m² of retail space.

This development will be a significant contributor to the city and state economy. During the construction period, Tapangka is expected to generate 1,300-plus jobs and contribute more than $161 million of Gross Value Add to the state.

Renewal SA settled on the site in February 2024 and immediately released a Request for Offer to the market for a consultant to lead the critical development of a sustainability strategy for the project, expected to be completed by August 2024. It will be developed simultaneously with the project initial Master Plan ahead of community engagement occurring in the second half of 2024.

Renewal SA agreed with the City of Adelaide for the site and buildings to retain current operation including car parking to support the Adelaide Central Market redevelopment while planning work is completed for the project.

Renewal SA has committed to sharing the learnings from its journey to carbon neutrality with the broader development sector and community as part of the Tapangka project.

Renewal SA’s bold vision for Tapangka puts the human experience at the heart of the built environment and aims to create a lifestyle offering that positions it as one of the most vibrant and inclusive residential developments and precincts in the state.

This new approach to city living is inspired by the experience of going on a journey: a journey of reconciliation, a journey of home ownership, a journey towards sustainability and a journey of partnership. In Kaurna language, this experience is known as Tapangka.

Renewal SA is committed to ensuring key stakeholders and the local community are engaged as part of the planning and design process for the Tapangka on Franklin project

You are invited to share your views at our community drop-in sessions to:

• view the project information panels and provide feedback on Tapangka on Franklin
• meet and ask any questions of Renewal SA project team members
• view and learn how you can also provide feedback online anytime between 24 August - 22 September 2024.

Two sessions will be held at 28 Leigh Street, Adelaide on:

• Saturday 24 August 2024 from 11 am - 2 pm
• Tuesday 27 August 2024 from 4 pm - 7 pm

To secure your preferred time to attend the Community Drop-in sessions, bookings are recommended. You can book at Humanitix.

Alternately, you can provide your feedback online anytime between 24 August - 22 September at Social Pinpoint.

Your feedback will help refine the Tapangka on Franklin Master Plan.

For assistance with securing your booking for this event, please call the Renewal SA Engagement Team on 1800 993 439.

Information on the community engagement undertaken to date can be found in the Resources section, below.

Tapangka on Franklin sits on Kaurna Yarta (Kaurna Country) in Tarndanya (place of the Red Kangaroo), which is the Kaurna name for the site of Adelaide. This link to Kaurna heritage will be celebrated in Tapangka’s development, from its planning and design to its on-going cultural life.

Renewal SA will incorporate and celebrate First Nations culture as part of its delivery approach for the site and will engage the Kaurna community as part of its commitment to reconciliation and to ensure Culture and Country are appropriately interwoven into the project.