REACTIVATE

Project Type: Place Activation Strategy + Stakeholder Engagement

Year: 2024

Client: Property & Development NSW - Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure

We are currently working with Property Development NSW and Transport for NSW to design a Place Activation Framework for the emerging Macquarie Street East precinct in Sydney’s CBD.

The Precinct is home to some of the most significant colonial heritage buildings in Australia and is currently undergoing a...

Project Type: Place Strategy, Engagement and Vision Workshoping

Year: 2023

Client: Investment NSW

Following the outstanding successes of our first two Uptown programs in 2022 and 2023, Reactivate Consulting is thrilled to announce the successful completion of Uptown 3.0 in July. This year’s program has been the most ambitious yet, extending across the Greater Sydney Region, including Illawarra...

Project Type: Town Centre Masterplan

Year: 2024

Client: Strathfield Council

In a significant move towards urban renewal, Andrew Coward, our Director at Reactivate Consulting, has joined the Strathfield Council’s long-term reference committee dedicated to the revitalization of Strathfield’s Town Centre and public...

Project Type: Place Strategy

Year: 2024

Client: Emerige Notre Groupe

We are thrilled to announce Reactivate’s latest endeavour – a vibrant cultural quarter development, Pointe Des Arts, located in the heart of Ile Seguin, Paris with our Friends at The Street Society. This project marks…

Project Type: Engagement, Business Activation and Precinct Strategy

Year: 2023

Client: Sunshine Coast Council

Sunshine Coast Council is investing in the future of Mooloolaba through the Mooloolaba Foreshore Revitalisation Project, one…

Project Type: Various place related consulting

Year: 2023

Client: DTL Entertainment

Jacksons on George is a new hospitality venue integral to the Sydney’s night life, that opened in 2023. The venue has been designed by Studio Hollenstein…

Project Type: Place Activation Planning + Event Strategy

Year: 2023

Client: NH Architecture and Suburban Land Agency

We are delighted to have been involved in the development of the Kingston Arts Precinct project in Canberra, in partnership with NH Architecture. This ambitious project, led by the Suburban Land Agency (SLA), will aim to infuse culture, community, and creativity…

Project Type: Place Strategy, Engagement and Vision Workshoping

Year: 2023

Client: Investment NSW

As part of the annual Uptown District Accelerator program, we recommenced our collaboration with the NSW Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, for the second time this year. As part of the 8 week program, we organised and facilitated a three major Place Strategy and Vision workshops for nearly 25 districts across Greater Sydney at the beginning…

Project Type: Place Strategy and Visioning + Government Engagement

Year: 2023

Client: Brookvale Arts District

Reactivate, worked closely with the emerging Brookvale Arts District to, a graduate of the NSW government’s Uptown Accelerator Program, on a number of scopes to help solidify its reputation as the premier arts, industry, and entertainment precinct on Sydney's Northern…

Project Type: Place Activation Design and Delivery

Year: 2023

Client: City of Sydney

Reactivate, in collaboration with delivery partners and funded by the City of Sydney, successfully organized the Surry Hills @Play Festival in April 2023. Reactivate organised a month-long activation program aimed to boost trade confidence, foot traffic, and reconnect the community through playfulness. They did so by bringing …

Project Type: Activation Opportunities Assessment, Place Research and Stakeholder Engagement

Year: 2023

Client: Greater Cities Commission

Reactivate was engaged to undertake applied research and analysis of place activation and attraction capacity and opportunities in the WHID. Through applied research and engagement, Reactivate provided valuable insights and analysis to support the development of a world-class…

Project Type: Place Strategy and Vision Workshop

Year: 2022

Client: Investment NSW

Reactivate consulting collaborated with Investment NSW - Office of the 24 Hour Economy to launch the Inaugural Uptown District Accelerator Program. Uptown is a two-stage program designed to fast-track the formation of local business communities and facilitate their growth into vibrant 24-hour economy districts.

Project Type: Place Strategy, Activation Strategy, Stakeholder Engaging and Precinct Management/Activation Delivery

Year: 2018-2023

Client: Cbus Property

Reactivate was commissioned to design two place activation strategies (pre-construction and post-completion) for a major three-tower residential, mixed-use precinct in northern Sydney. Situated opposite Epping Train Station, this remarkable mixed-use development has provided us with a …

Project Type: Place Activation Design and Delivery

Year: 2022

Client: City of Canterbury Bankstown

Reactivate was engaged by the Canterbury Bankstown Council to deliver the Campsie Street Festival as part of The Festival of Place – Open Streets. Reactivate created a team to design a street party that was for the community of Campsie with the aim of supporting the economic and social recovery of the centre post lockdown.

Project Type: Place Activation Analysis and Advice

Year: 2022

Client: City of Launceston

The City of Launceston engaged Reactivate and SGS Economics and Planning to prepare a white paper that investigated the current state of the shopfront and CBD activation. The paper analysed a number of data points plus stakeholder engagement to identify the factors driving the high shopfront vacancy…

Project Type: Place Activation Strategy and Delivery

Year: 2021-Present

Client: Ecorr

Reactivate has been engaged by The Foundations Portland (owned by Ecorr) to support its green transition from former company cement town, to an art, science, historic and cultural destination. As the ‘Town that Built Sydney’ Portland’s rich …

Project type: Engagement and facilitation

Client: Night Time Industries Association (Australia)

Year: 2021

We had a blast last week facilitating the Night Time Industries Association (Australia) Recovery Brunch, held in partnership with the The Sydney Fringe and the City of Sydney at The Famous Spiegeltent in The Rocks, home of Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett …

Project Type:  Place Activation

Year: 2021

The YCK Laneways Precinct is a new 24-hour precinct bound by York, Clarence and Kent Streets in Sydney’s CBD that comprises 15 small bars. Reactivate worked with project stakeholders, Time Out and the small bars to strategise the design and launch of the precinct via an inaugural Block Party festival in May 2021. The one…

Project Type:  Place Activation Strategy

Year: 2021

Client: Thirdi

Warada is a proposed commercial tower in the heart of North Sydney that will create a pedestrian link between the Little Walker Street laneway and the CBD, have “Ted Talk” like facilities within the podium, and provide a diverse series of ground floor spaces suited to dining, retail and…

Project Type: Cultural Programming, Strategy and Community building

Year: 2018-Present

Client: EG Funds

Reactivate delivered temporary creative programming, place management and activation programming of a vacant 100-year-old flour mill in inner west Sydney. Programming and community partnerships include artists-in-residence, organisations-in-residence, exhibitions and major events, live music events, community workshops …

Project Type: Place Management and Place Activation

Year: 2018-Present

Client: EG Funds

Reactivate has been engaged since 2018 as precinct activation managers of major urban renewal precinct, the Flour Mill of Summer Hill, by joint venture partners Daiwa House Australia and EG Funds. The result of our creative approach to precinct activation has realised the establishment of a temporary creative community set in

Project Type: Community and Stakeholder Engagement and Place Strategy

Year: 2021

Client: Transport for NSW

Reactivate joined Ramboll to deliver the Moss Vale Transport Improvements project that involved undertaking Steps 1-4 of the Transport for NSW Movement and Place Framework. Utilising the new and evolving methodology, the team worked closely with Transport for NSW Stakeholders and …

Project Type: Place Visioning

Year: 2021

Client: Penrith City Council

Reactivate was engaged to develop an overarching Place Vision for Penrith City Council’s visionary new development, Soper Place. The project uniquely combines both community facilities, a commuter car park, rooftop gardens and 6,500m2 of office space and is being developed as…

Project Type: Place Activation Strategy, Ground Plane Experience Strategy

Year: 2020-21

Client: Mirvac

80 Ann Street is a 35 level, 61,000m2 premium commercial office tower being developed by Mirvac in the Brisbane CBD. The building, currently under construction, has been pre-committed by financial services group Suncorp Group and is envisioned to become a living, breathing …

Project Type: Place Activation Delivery

Year: 2021

Client: Mirvac

Reactivate installed the Turbot Street Gallery in 2021 which is located in the construction underpass of 80 Ann Street. It tells the story of the history of the former fruit markets on the site and provides activation and community engagement…

Project Type: Place Activation Strategy

Year: 2021

Client: Mirvac

The Turbot Street Underpass is an under-utilised part of the Brisbane CBD, albeit located only moments from King George Square and Roma Street Rail Station. Since its construction in the 1970’s the underpass has been slated with vagrancy, underutilisation and anti-social behaviour …

Project Type: Place Activation Strategy

Year: 2020-21

Client: Department of Planning, Infrastructure and Environment (DPIE)

Parramatta North Heritage Core is a major seven-hectare urban renewal precinct that features over 30 of some of the oldest colonial buildings in the country dating to the 1820s. Reactivate was engaged by the NSW Department of Planning …

Project Type: Community Development

Year: 2020

Client: Greenland + GH Australia

We were appointed by the joint venture parties to manage a range of community engagement initiatives including establishing its initial Construction Liaison Committee that is still in operation today, setting a benchmark for long term urban renewal projects in the City of Sydney..

Project Type: Public Realm Strategy, Place Strategy

Year: 2018

Client: Pulse Consortium

Reactivate was engaged to develop an activation concept within the public realm for the future Albert Street over-station-development. The concept was included as part of the consortium’s tender to...

Project Type: Community and Stakeholder Engagement and Place Activation

Year: 2018-Present

Client: Cbus Property

Reactivate has developed two Place Activation Strategies for Cbus Property’s new major mixed-use residential precinct in Epping NSW. The first strategy focused on informing the design of the precinct and public domain to support desired ...