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FIRST LOOK: Expansion plans for Mackay retirement home

Approved designs include one to three-bedroom villas and apartments, a chapel, lobby and a men’s shed

Kerrisdale Gardens in Beaconsfield.
Kerrisdale Gardens in Beaconsfield.

Plans have been approved for a new four-level wing at one of Mackay's largest retirement homes.

Plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.
Plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.

Details for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens at 35 Norwood Pde, Beaconsfield include lounges on each floor, a chapel, a ground-floor lobby and a men's shed.

The ground floor of plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.
The ground floor of plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.

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The ground floor features two and three-bedroom garden apartments while the first, second and third floor have one-bedroom apartments and villas as well as bariatric rooms.

Level two of plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.
Level two of plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.

There also will be more than 100 extra carparking spaces built at the Good Shepherd Lodge-owned facility.

Kerrisdale Gardens, Beaconsfield, prior to stage two.
Kerrisdale Gardens, Beaconsfield, prior to stage two.

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The entrance to the new wing will be via the original main-entrance lobby.

The ground floor plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.
The ground floor plans for stage two of Kerrisdale Gardens, Norwood Parade, Beaconsfield. Picture: Plans submitted to Mackay Regional Council.

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