Recognised for excellence in social housing development and community impact at the Reside Awards 2026.
Gold in the Social Housing Project category at the 21 May 2026 ceremony. Platinum is the top tier in this category.
Awarded to the Goodwood Station Social Housing Development, entered as Ekhaya Gardens.
Certified with green-architectural heat pumps and efficient utilities, drastically saving carbon metrics and user costs.
Strategically built onto primary transit centers, keeping low-income families highly integrated with economic networks.
The Reside Awards represent the absolute pinnacle of property development, architectural innovation, and community design recognition in South Africa.
In partnership with the leading publication REI (Real Estate Investor Magazine), the awards evaluate hundreds of commercial and social developments nationwide. Adjudicated by an independent panel of senior urban planners, academic engineers, and environmental specialists, a Reside Award is a highly coveted mark of quality and strategic excellence.
The Goodwood Station project, entered as Ekhaya Gardens, received the Gold Award in the Social Housing category on 21 May 2026. Adjudication covered cost efficiency, B-BBEE Level 1 status, architectural quality, transit integration, and sustainability. Platinum in that category went to a different project.
The Goodwood Station Social Housing Development is not just a building complex—it represents a landmark victory for urban regeneration and affordable housing inclusion.
Historically, low-income families are pushed to the outer geographical margins of South African cities, creating massive financial and temporal commute overheads. Located directly along Cape Town's railway backbone, Goodwood Station reintegrates families directly into active socio-economic hubs.
Developed in partnership with the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) and the City of Cape Town, the project provides secure rental housing for citizens earning combined monthly gross incomes between R1,850 and R22,000. Under FCI's property management, the complex includes landscaped courtyards, transit retail, and access control.
Tracing the journey of Goodwood Station from its initial strategic sanction to its crowning recognition at the Reside Awards 2026.
Official project approval and environmental scoping acquired. FCI completes agreements with municipal partners to integrate transit designs.
Contractors break ground, launching a major construction effort. The team ensures energy-saving concrete frameworks and efficient thermal configurations.
First waves of vetted applicants receive their keys, moving into safe, beautifully built Bachelor, 1-Bedroom, and 2-Bedroom units.
Cape Town executive leaders inspect the location, highlighting the sustainable heat-pump configurations and safety design integrations as a blueprint for the country.
On 21 May 2026 the Goodwood Station project, entered as Ekhaya Gardens, received the Reside Awards Gold Award in the Social Housing Project category.
High-resolution event photography from the official Reside Awards ceremony and project details of Goodwood Station.
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