Industry Awards

BHC is pleased to announce that we have been the recipient of the following industry awards:

2008

• National Planning Institute of Australia Award for Excellence (National Winner Affordable Housing) - Kelvin Grove Urban Village
• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Winner (Affordable Housing Category) - Danby Lane, Nundah
• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Finalist (Affordable Housing Category) - Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove

2007

• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Finalist (Medium Density Housing Category) - Hartopp Lane, Kelvin Grove
• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Winner (Affordable Housing Category) - Hartopp Lane, Kelvin Grove
• Qld Planning Institute of Australia Award for Excellence (Northshore Development Group Housing Category) - Kelvin Grove Urban Village
• Qld Planning Institute of Australia Award for Excellence (Overall Winner 2007) - Kelvin Grove Urban Village
• Australasian Housing Institute Award for Professional Excellence (Excellence in Practice: Housing Management) - Brisbane Housing Company Ltd

2006

• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Winner (Affordable Housing Category) - Ramsgate Street, Kelvin Grove
• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Finalist (Affordable Housing Category) - Warry Street, Fortitude Valley
• Royal Australian Institute of Qld Honourable Mention (Multi Residential Category) - School Street, Kelvin Grove

2005

• UDIA Qld Award for Excellence Winner (Affordable Housing Category) - R K McGuire Place, Paddington.

Progress

To date the Brisbane Housing Company holds 707 completed and occupied units with 54 in approved design stage and 160 in site acquisition stage. Projects in the preliminary feasibility stage exceed 100. On this basis, the total Company program from preliminary projects through to completed schemes exceeds 1000 Units, which we hope to achieve by 2010.

This total anticipated housing to be achieved exceeds the BHC business plan by a significant margin despite challenges faced by difficult market conditions and unavoidable delays. Close monitoring and cash flow management have been undertaken to achieve these results.

Increasing Output

Priority is being given to strategies to acquire land cost effectively, to establish partnerships and joint ventures with the private sector to reduce construction costs and to maximise the benefits of leveraging debt finance.

The Company is also researching new models and products including accommodation for the homeless who are excluded from existing hostels & clients with special needs. With encouragement from the Brisbane City Council, we are seeking ways to achieve higher densities on the land we acquire.

Efficient Building

Our success in securing value for money is illustrated by the fact that projects initiated most recently have been secured at an average cost of construction including fees of approx $170K.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

For information on Brisbane Housing Company's completed projects, see property portfolio.

PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Blackwood Street, Mitchelton |  Completion 11th August 2010



Constance Street, Fortitude Valley |  Completion 22nd November 2010
 

Carselgrove Avenue, Fitzgibbon |  Completion 23rd November 2010

Church Street, Fortitude Valley  | Completion 28th February 2011

Hurworth Street, Bowen Hills   | Completion 31st Jan 2011