Australia urgently needs more sustainable, affordable and well-designed homes. Through our partnership approach, we provide scale investment opportunities and impact to directly respond to this challenge.
As one of the first Australian housing companies focused on solutions for middle-and-lower-income earners, Assemble provides scale housing investment opportunities for institutional investors by originating, delivering and managing large, high quality, thoughtfully designed housing assets. We partner with Government, with industry and with the community housing sector to provide a diverse range of housing options to deliver even more homes for our partners and residents.
AustralianSuper Chief Executive Paul Schroder and our Managing Director Kris Daff at 15 Thompson Street, Kensington awaiting Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to arrive.
Supporting Australians into retirement
AustralianSuper’s purpose is to help members achieve their best financial position in retirement. AustralianSuper’s investment in Assemble provides a sustainable and scalable solution that enables an appropriate risk adjusted returns for AustralianSuper members while helping to deliver much needed housing supply for Australians.
AustralianSuper manages more than $365 billion in members’ retirement savings on behalf of more than 3.5 million members (as of 31 March 2025). One in seven working Australians is a member of AustralianSuper, the nation’s largest superannuation fund.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Labour force) and AustralianSuper Member Data, December 2024.
Celebrating the sod turning milestone at our first build-to-rent project at 402 Macaulay Road, Kensington with (from left to right) HESTA CEO Debby Blakey, our CEO Carolyn Viney and Housing Choices Australia CEO David Fisher.
Creating positive outcomes through Super with impact™
HESTA is a $95 billion* industry super fund dedicated to Australia’s health and community services sector, with more than one million members (around 80% of whom are women). As part of its Super with impact™, HESTA invests in housing projects that aim to deliver strong, stable long-term returns for members.
HESTA's recent housing investments include an innovative build-to-rent (BTR) apartment project in Kensington that's set to deliver 362 mixed-tenure dwellings, blending social, affordable and market-rate housing.
*Total assets as at 2 July 2025