Boronia Apartments

The Boronia Apartments project, located in Waterloo and completed in 2025, will provide much-needed housing for residents on very low to moderate incomes close to Sydney’s CBD.

Boronia Apartments was constructed under an innovative funding partnership between City West Housing, the City of Sydney, NSW Government and the Australian Government’s Housing Australia (formerly the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation).

The development will provide safe, secure, quality homes for 74 households in the City of Sydney’s Danks Street Precinct. The precinct itself is currently undergoing significant urban regeneration. The City of Sydney’s vision for the precinct will be a new park, precinct square and new pedestrian network. The building’s design responds today to these future improvements.

For enquiries about the development you can contact the development team.

Last updated: September 2025

Located in the Danks Street Precinct of the City of Sydney, the Boronia Apartments consists of 74 affordable rental homes, one ground floor retail tenancy and a thoughtfully designed outdoor communal area for residents.

The project is the second collaboration between TURNER Studio and City West Housing and the first built by Growthbuilt for City West Housing. The project team has delivered an intuitively designed building that responds to the northern orientation of the site and one that meets a high standard of quality in construction.

Boronia Apartments will welcome the first residents in late August.

The project is completing in August and welcoming first residents at the end of the month.
The building responds to the diverse needs of City West Housing’s residents providing a mix of 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments fit for singles through to family living.
It has also been delivered purposefully to integrate with the future changes in the Danks Street Precinct rejuvenation.

Boronia Apartments is located at 895 Bourke Street, Waterloo within the City of Sydney Local Government Area. The development is close to local amenities and multiple public transport options including Green Square Station, Waterloo Metro and multiple bus routes across the city with great access to the City of Sydney’s bicycle path network.

City West Housing acknowledges the site’s traditional custodians as the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

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Using City West Housing’s Approach to Design, the project has been created specifically for long-term social and affordable rental housing with strong focus on creating meaningful amenity for residents.

Boronia Apartments:

Is 100% owned and operated by City West Housing
Has a mix of apartment sizes representative of local demand
Includes adaptable apartments
Is designed using passive design principles to improve resident comfort and reduce energy costs
Focuses on long-term sustainability initiatives including solar panels and all-electric operation, removing reliance on gas.
Is close to buses, trains and local services/amenities

Developer, Owner and Manager: City West Housing

Architect: Turner Architects

Builder: Growthbuilt

Planner: Sutherland & Associates Planning

Project Manager & Superintendent: Altus Group

Landscape Architect: RPS Group

Quantity Surveyor: Altus Group

Environmental Consultant: JBS&G

Structural and Civil Engineer: Northrop

Building Services Engineer: JHA Consulting Engineers

As an organisation, City West Housing strives to minimise our environmental impact and reduce operating costs for our residents. Boronia Apartments is one of City West Housing’s first developments to be all-electric to reduce reliance on costly fossil fuels like natural gas and improve indoor air quality for residents. There is a roof top solar system which helps reduce common area operating costs including operation of services for the building.

Other sustainability initiatives at Boronia Apartments include:

General

Ceiling fans, fly screens and blinds to manage internal comfort
High-efficiency water fixtures
Outdoor landscaped areas with natural shading
Native and drought-resistant landscaping.

Energy

Use of passive design principles to leverage the northern orientation of the site to improve resident comfort by reducing demand for electric heating and cooling thus lowering energy costs
Average project NatHERS rating of 5.75
A sector-leading strategy to “de-gasify” apartments to lower carbon emissions using:

– electric heat pumps to replace gas for heating water
– induction cooktops to replace gas cooktops