Hobart 'Stadium 2.0' developer's company in liquidation, as he works on new waterfront project

Dean Coleman (left) and former premier Paul Lennon presented their alternative stadium proposal at a parliamentary committee in 2023. (ABC News: Maren Preuss)

Tasmanian developer Dean Coleman's company, which was involved in the rejected 'Stadium 2.0' plan for Hobart, is in liquidation, owing creditors $6 million and $145,000 in unpaid superannuation to employees.

Mr Coleman said the failed stadium project was a "significant" factor in the company's financial position.

He is currently involved in another development proposal at Regatta Point — a housing project — but has told the ABC that his role is only advisory and communicative.

A development company connected to Hobart's rejected 'Stadium 2.0' design has gone into liquidation, with its owner now involved in a new development proposal on the city's waterfront.

Dean Coleman is the director and secretary of SolutionsWon Group, a property development company that works on commercial, residential and industrial projects.

In 2023, Mr Coleman, alongside several high-profile Tasmanians, including a former Labor premier, put forward the bid for Stadium 2.0 or MAC 2.0 — a 23,000-seat roofed stadium built on reclaimed land on the River Derwent.

The rejected alternative design for Hobart's AFL stadium. (Supplied)

It was proposed by a separate company called Stadia Precinct, which, according to ASIC, Mr Coleman is also a director and secretary of.

That 'Stadium 2.0' design option was quashed in 2024 by the Tasmanian government, which described it as an "unacceptable risk".

In December last year, SolutionsWon Group went into liquidation.

Liquidation documents show the company owed $6 million to its creditors and $145,000 in superannuation to its employees.

A proposal to build an underground car park, apartments and retail spaces neighbouring the Macquarie Point stadium site "does not appear to align with the precinct plan".

In a statement, Mr Coleman said the company had invested in major private sector projects over several years.

Last month, Mr Coleman and Hobart Councillor John Kelly announced a new proposal to develop the waterfront at Regatta Point, under the name Regatta Quay Precinct (RQP), which included 220 apartments and a large car park.

"The new RQP Team are largely the original Stadium 2.0 team," a RQP spokesperson told the ABC in June.

Renders of proposed housing, retail spaces and car parking at Hobart's Regatta Point by Regatta Quay Precinct. (Supplied: RQP)

Following questions from the ABC regarding the liquidation of SolutionsWon Group, Mr Coleman said that RQP was not an attemp