The Foundations Portland precinct is located on the site of the former Portland Cement Works, one of Australia’s oldest cement plants, which opened 160 years ago and operated until 1991. Comprising a group of heritage-listed industrial buildings set among limestone lakes in Portland’s historic town centre, the 86-hectare site underwent an extensive clean-up after the plant’s closure, before being acquired in 2014 and rezoned for residential and commercial use. The site is now undergoing a regeneration similar in scale to that of Redfern’s Carriageworks.