Plans are in progress for the 200-apartment stage of a major mixed-use precinct in a south Canberra suburb.
The Woden Village urban renewal project at Phillip is being delivered by a partnership between the territory’s urban renewal agency, the Suburban Land Agency (SLA), and the Hellenic Club of Canberra.
The club has already been approved for Stage 3 of the masterplan, a $146-million hotel with ground-floor restaurants.
The site of the latest development application is on the prominent intersection of Callum, Matilda and Bowes streets, next to the Canberra Institute of Technology Woden as well as a future bus interchange and light rail stop.
The staged development now on notification covers two blocks of land currently used as carparks.
The Greek Club and SLA want to build three residential buildings comprising 200 apartments, which would include affordable and community housing.
One of the trio of towers would be 17 storeys, comprising 80 units, while the other two would be 12 storeys and accommodate 60 apartments apiece.
The proposal also details a 12-storey office building and a six-storey community hub with civic spaces, offices and rooftop communal areas.
Retail and non-retail commercial spaces would be included at ground level.
Also planned is an eight-storey, 640-space public carpark with end-of-trip facilities, as is a 2152sq m neighbourhood park and roadways, aligning with SLA’s objective to deliver “well-connected neighbourhoods”.
The overall Woden Village project was planned as a “contemporary mixed-use precinct” that would become a new destination for the community, the development outcomes report said.
The latest site interfaced with the two-storey Hellenic Club, and the partnership with the club and SLA “reinforces the precinct’s cultural and social legacy”, the report said.
The precinct would balance “higher-density residential living with commercial, cultural, and community facilities”.
The Hellenic Club of Canberra formed in the 1960s and work on the club at Phillip began in 1976.
Construction is expected to begin on Woden Village in the second half of 2026.
