14/04/2026
Auta Group Flagship Project | Franklin Tower | Sod Turning Ceremony
What a special day for Auta Group and for Adelaide City, as we broke ground on the construction of Franklin Tower!
This project integrates two important city needs into one vision: quality residential living and accessible, well-designed student accommodation.
Furthermore, it marks a step forward in Adelaide's development landscape, as it will be the city's first high-rise built using modular construction.
This method involves constructing a significant portion of the building being constructed in a factory environment, before being assembled it on location.
It helps meet the construction industry's evolving demands of faster build times, improved efficiency, and sustainability.
At Auta Group, our motto is 'Striving for Excellence', and this project will be no exception.
A big thank you to our construction partner, SYNERGY CONSTRUCT and our other partners on this project:
In no particular order
Cheesman Architects
Future Urban
Nic Wong Design Studio
Matter
BESTEC PTY LTD
RCP Australia
Yugo
Rider Levett Bucknall RLB
Merricks Capital
Keylend
Lynch Meyer LawyersMeyer Lawyers
Alexander Symonds
Thank you also to our special guests today for their support of this project:
Hon. Nick Champion MP, Minister for Housing & Urban Development
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Dr Jane Lomax-Smith
Mr. Liam Golding, CEO of UDIA SA
Hon. Jing Lee, MLC
Councilor Andy X., City of Burnside
Michael Sedgman, Chief Executive Officer of the City of Adelaide
We look forward to seeing you all at the top-out ceremony next year!