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From Empty Shopfront to Dignified Choice: Thread Together’s Haymarket Hub

Project: Thread Together Background Thread Together is an Australian social enterprise that has been redistributing new, unused clothing donated by fashion brands to people experiencing hardship since 2012. By partnering…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 17, 2026

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From Vacant Lot to Vital Hub: Orange Sky’s Kensington Legacy

Project: Orange Sky Background In Kensington in Sydney's East a vacant hotel and parking area was activated through a Meanwhile Use arrangement with TOGA Group, providing Orange Sky Australia with…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 17, 2026

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Australia’s First Free Supermarket: The OzHarvest Market Story

Project: OzHarvest Background In a vacant retail tenancy at 147 Anzac Parade, Kensington, OzHarvest was invited to utilise the space for community benefit and launched Australia's first free supermarket through…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 17, 2026

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A old hospital given a second life as crisis and transitional housing

Project: INNER WEST SYDNEY Background Located in Sydney’s Inner West, an 8,000m² former hospital site has been transformed into temporary crisis and transitional housing through a meanwhile‑use initiative. Secured under…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 17, 2026

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From vacant house to family home

Project: CORONATION PROPERTY What if a vacant house on a development site could become a home for a family who had nowhere to go? Background Within a Coronation Property development…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 13, 2026

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Project Banish

What if an empty CBD shopfront could change the way a city thinks about waste? Background At 2 Lee Street in Haymarket, a temporarily vacant commercial retail space was activated…

Jeanne-Vida DouglasAugust 11, 2026