QLD: New entrant plans big three-storey aged care and village development for the Gold Coast

Sandson Pty Ltd has lodged an application for 130 aged care suites and studios and eight one- and two-bedroom retirement apartments designed by BDA Architects plus a 300 sqm training facility on 3.087 hectares in Upper Coomera. The Gold Coast is proving a hotspot for new retirement and aged care developments with at least 12 projects on the cards, including Japara’s $30 million, 105-bed facility at Robina; Aura Holdings’ 11-storey village at Kirra; Oak Tree’s 94-unit retirement village on the site of the Gold Coast Italian Club;  and Gold Coast Jewish Foundation’s 130-bed aged care facility in Arundel.