Gold Coast development: First look at giant new Coast residential care facility

A vacant block of land backing onto one of the Gold Coast’s best-known golf courses will be transformed into a new development with a special purpose.

A VACANT block of land backing on to one of the Gold Coast’s best-known golf courses will be transformed into a giant aged-care facility.

The 9212sq m site on Hope Island’s Santa Monica Boulevard has been earmarked for a 112-bedroom facility by healthcare giant Japara.

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Artist impression of a proposed residential care facility by Japara Healthcare at Hope Island.

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The plans, filed with council on Monday, show the two-storey complex, which banks on to The Pines golf course, will have:

* 112 bedrooms including 17 dementia care bedrooms.

* Specialist in-house services including a cinema, library, gym, shop, multi-function lounge and cafe.

* 44 premium units with kitchenettes and private lounges.

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Artist impression of a proposed residential care facility by Japara Healthcare at Hope Island.

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The developer held a pre-lodgement meeting with council in April and received in-principal support from planning staff.

The project is one of several large-scale retirement and care facilities planned for the city’s north. Another is a giant waterfront five-tower development with room for nearly 1000 people at the former Hope Island Village Square marketplace.

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The complex is one of several proposed for the city’s far north.

Originally published as Gold Coast development: First look at giant new Coast residential care facility