Tonsley

Stage 1 civil construction was completed in January 2014. Stage 2 civil construction including the ring road and South Road entrance was completed in February 2015.

TAFE SA‘s Sustainable Industries Education Centre (SIEC) was opened on 28 January 2014 with over 800 students per day on campus.

Re-roofing of five hectares of the Main Assembly Building (MAB) was completed in June 2014.

Tonsley was awarded a 6 Star Green Star accreditation by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) in July 2014.

Construction on the Plaza Urban Forest was finished in November 2014, with the Central Forest completed in February 2015.

The retail precinct and Town Square was completed and Three Little Pods Café and Sakura Sushi opened on 16 February 2015.

Flinders University‘s $120 million Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics School opened in February 2015.

Construction was completed on the Siemens Turbomachinery Workshop facility in April 2015.

The Premier of South Australia officially opened the $32 million State Drill Core Reference Library on 19 February 2016.

Major works on the $620 million Darlington Upgrade Project commenced April 2016, to deliver a non-stop connection between Tonsley and the Southern Expressway.

The suburb of Tonsley is officially created in early 2017 in recognition of its long and proud history of agriculture, manufacturing and innovation.

Tonsley is one of the first districts to have access to GigCity, which provides tenants with affordable internet up to 100 times faster than the national average.

In March 2017, there were over 1,000 people employed at Tonsley – more than when Mitsubishi formally announced its closure of manufacturing operations at the site in 2016.

New tenancies have been completed in the Main Assembly Building (MAB), including premises for industrial automation specialist SAGE Automation, as well as Catalyst Cloud Solutions, Phoenix Contact, A220 and Squash SA.

The MAB has demonstrated it has an important civic role to play for the southern suburbs by hosting several large scale community events. Between October 2016 and October 2017, the Maker Faire, Science Alive, the New Venture Institute’s Icebreaker16 and Hybrid World Adelaide, as well as a range of other events attracted a combined attendance of over 20,000 visitors to Tonsley.

Progress 2018

Tonsley Innovation District has achieved a great deal over the last 12 months: progressive businesses and hundreds of highly-skilled people have joined our growing community, a range of exciting innovative projects got underway and the Tonsley name traveled around the world.

The following infographics demonstrate just how much Tonsley has grown over 2017–2018.

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Main Assembly Building tenants

More tenancies to be leased and constructed in the MAB. At October 2017, approximately 40 per cent is leased with another 20% in formal negotiations with potential tenants.

Retail

A new retail development on the western side of Tonsley.

Land sales and residential construction

The sale of freehold land around the site.

Residential precinct construction is targeted to commence early 2018, which will see around 850 dwellings with 1,200 residents delivered over seven years.