A fully affordable apartment complex in Bowden has reached its highest point of construction, with work now underway on the finishing touches for 70 new homes.

Kennett Builders recently poured the concrete slab and completed the roof structure of the top level of community services provider Uniting SA’s Uniting on Second building, located within Renewal SA’s Bowden precinct.

The $37 million development, funded in part through the Federal Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund Facility (HAFFF), includes 70 affordable apartments, with 24 affordable apartments sold while a further 46 apartments will be rented including four SDA apartments suitable for tenants with disabilities.

The affordable apartments were sold through the State Government’s HomeSeeker SA initiative with purchasers needing to meet eligibility criteria including income limits. Tenants for the remaining apartments will be sought later in 2025.

Uniting on Second will feature apartments being sold or rented out at below market value and a rooftop garden with city view.

The builder is also targeting environmental excellence with the project the first in the country to participate in a Material Bank.

Specific materials used during construction are marked with QR codes, creating a digital bank which catalogues precast panels, structural steel and solar panels to be re-certified and reused at the end of the building’s life.

This material bank, championed by Kennett has been endorsed as a leadership challenge by the Green Building Council of Australia.

Uniting on Second fronts Gibson and Second Street, neighbouring the award-winning Nightingale Bowden building and the Outer Harbour Greenway.

It’s a two-minute walk from Bowden Train Station, five minutes from the Port Road tram, and is 2.5km from Adelaide’s CBD, which for residents, reduces the reliance on cars and promotes the affordability of the building and wider precinct.

The first privately owned apartments at Uniting on Second went on sale in October 2024, with the final ones sold in May 2025.

Expressions of interest for the affordable rentals, which will be offered to eligible tenants at 75% of market rate, will open closer to building completion.

Residents will begin moving into the building in early 2026.