Local is a Melbourne-born business that creates and manages apartments just for renters, established in 2021 by Dan McLennan and Matt Berg in conjunction with a joint venture managed by Macquarie Asset Management Real Estate. We believe in strengthening communities by using our homes to deliver positive change. We’re keen to give Australians the chance to live and belong in places they want to, for as long as they like. Did we mention the great range of amenities that come with our communities? Think private dining rooms, pools, and co-working spaces, to name a few. Living with Local means never missing out on hosting dinner parties or saying, ‘come over for a swim at my place’. Our buildings are designed with the climate in mind; they’re fully electric, maximising renewable energy and minimising waste so we’re operating at Net Zero. Here seems like the right place to highlight our commitment to incorporate a targeted component of housing to create a positive social impact in each of our communities. We call this ‘impact housing’, and it means that we will work directly with registered housing providers across three groups to supply homes to people who need them: women over 55 who are at risk of homelessness, key workers like nurses and teachers who are vital to our communities, and people in need of specialist disability accommodation who don’t currently have suitable homes to live in. We’ve over 1,300 apartments currently under construction in Melbourne across sites in Kensington, South Melbourne and Box Hill, and we aim to have at least 5,000 commissioned around Australia by 2026. With that in our sights, we’re excited to become part of great neighbourhoods and thriving communities as we build opportunities for everyone to have a sustainable and socially conscious life, living like a Local.