Nightingale Marrickville is a collaboration between Nightingale Housing and Fresh Hope Communities, marking the first purpose-built affordable build-to-rent housing project for SJB, Nightingale, and Fresh Hope. This innovative development comprises 54 homes and two commercial tenancies at street level, offering a unique build-to-rent community that prioritises affordability by reducing rents to 80% of the local market rate.

Fresh Hope Communities, the charity arm of churches of Christ in NSW and ACT, is dedicated to providing not-for-profit services. The project features two commercial spaces focused on community activation. An arts and cultural space will offer local artists an affordable platform to showcase their work, host knowledge exchanges, and run creative workshops for both residents and the local community.

The second space is a social enterprise café, run by a local restaurant that aims to host community cooking classes, support local and upcoming hospitality entrepreneurs, and organise a variety of community-driven events.

The vision for Nightingale Marrickville is to create a micro-community, which is sustained through the presence of a Community Engagement Manager and Residence Manager living on site. These professionals encourage residents to engage through events, workshops, and gallery exhibitions held in the ground-floor retail spaces and across the building.

Nightingale Marrickville transforms the site to suit the needs of the growing and changing population while celebrating its cultural history. It provides a first-of-its-kind affordable solution with a lifelong leasing policy, providing the opportunity for residents to thrive in a supportive environment.