By the mid 1980s Landcom had become an active supporter and driver of urban consolidation, creating a Special Projects Unit in 1985 to promote medium density development with smaller lots and innovative design. Landcom expanded its operations to land and house packages and joint promotion schemes with builders as well as new partnerships with major…
Landcom acquired land at St Mary’s, Campbelltown, Penrith and in the Illawarra, and released its first land for sale on 23 April 1977 at St Clair Estate. With the economy depressed and finance limited, in the mid 1970s Landcom worked with builders to create land and house package deals for prospective buyers. Landcom was also…
The Land Commission of NSW was established by the NSW Government in November 1976 in response to the shortages of residential land and the accompanying rapid price rises which occurred in Sydney, as in the other major cities in Australia in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Land Commission of NSW, which would later…
