Victorian Croatian Aged Care Services’ planned Geelong facility set back 12 months over Council flood concerns – at a cost of $350K-plus
As we reported here, the Not For Profit planned to start construction on the long-awaited $21 million 100-bed facility last year after spending years raising funds for the development. But VCACS told the local paper Geelong Council’s engineers...
As we reported here, the Not For Profit planned to start construction on the long-awaited $21 million 100-bed facility last year after spending years raising funds for the development. But VCACS told the local paper Geelong Council’s engineers spent 18 months considering the facility’s stormwater management – a cost of between $350,000 and $500,000. Chairman Joe Pavlovic said the delays had also meant the service could not meet its obligations for the State Government deal – which had signed over the lease for the $2 million-plus land at a peppercorn rate per annum in 2014 – nearly losing them the project. He also added the council was also requesting VCACS pay more than $80,000 for the establishment of a nature strip at the Barton St site – further endangering the over-budget project. A reminder that it does not take much to derail a new development – even one with Government support.
