Green Light for $80m Central Qld Retirement Community

The Murray Group has been greenlit for an $80-million seniors living community for a Central Queensland beach community. Set to rise at Tannum Sands, on the coast south of Gladstone, on a 5.3ha site, the precinct, dubbed Flinders Village, will comprise a mix of retirement living options and aged-care facilities, that the developer said would cater to a growing demand for senior accommodation in the region. The site, about 425km north of Brisbane, is 800m from Tannum Sands beach and 600m from the central retail hub. The project includes 100 two and three-bedroom retirement living villas and a 104-bed residential aged-care facility. Community amenities include a clubhouse, outdoor pool, men’s shed, boat and van parking, and a central park. About 25km from Gladstone’s CBD, the village would provide residents with access to major retail and healthcare facilities, the developer said. Aged-care provider Nobel Life Pacific will manage the facility. Murray Group’s investment in Flinders Village is among the largest private investments in social infrastructure in the region, according to the developer. Murray Group director Stuart Murray said the project would deliver what “was needed in the region”. ▲ The site of the proposed Flinders Village seniors living community. Gladstone region seniors advocate Maxine Brushe said a high-quality, co-located seniors-living community was needed for the region and beyond. “Studies across several years have shown a rapidly growing need for retirement living options and further residential aged-care facilities in this region,” Brushe said. The Gladstone Branch of National Seniors Australia (GBNSA) said many of its members had sought retirement living options elsewhere in Queensland due to the lack of facilities in the region. “Flinders Village addresses this shortfall in seniors’ lifestyle living accommodation and encourages the establishment of similar projects,” a GBNSA spokesperson said. The development is to be delivered in stages, with Stage 1’s civil works due for completion by the end of this year. Building construction is scheduled to begin early next year, with completion planned for early 2026. The Tannum Sands project has so far avoided tripping over the red tape tangling many senior living projects across the nation. Retirement Living Council and Urbis research revealed that developers in some states are experiencing significant delays in planning and approval stages. Almost a quarter of all proposed retirement living developments take more than two years to receive a determination. “More red tape and complexity in planning systems won’t help build the homes that older Queenslanders need but they can dampen supply very easily,” Retirement Living Council executive director Daniel Gannon told The Urban Developer .

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