Toowoomba developers Rob, Cathy Weymouth include 14 homes in $25m health, wellbeing precinct in Glenvale
More than a dozen ‘turnkey’ homes will be built in Toowoomba’s western suburbs as part of a developer’s new plans for a $25m health precinct.
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One of Toowoomba’s top developers has revamped his plans for a major health precinct in the city’s western suburbs, which will include 14 “turnkey” homes for families.
Rob and Cathy Weymouth have lodged a new application for the subsequent stages of an approved $25m health and wellbeing development in Glenvale, on land facing both Greenwattle and South streets and wrapping around the existing Sunset Superbowl on the corner.
The retooled proposal will retain both the medical centre, with GP, dentist, pharmacy, X-ray and pathology professionals, and an allied health precinct for services like physiotherapy.
However, plans have been scrapped for specialist disability housing towards the back of the site, in favour of 14 fully-built freehold homes to be sold upwards of $650,000.
According to the application, all will have three bedrooms with 10 featuring a double garage.
Nearly 70 parking spaces will be created between the housing and allied health project, which forms the bulk of the new application.
Mr Weymouth said the change was prompted by failing to secure a deal with an NDIS provider along with the growing need for traditional housing in Toowoomba.
“We’ll go to 14 normal houses — it will be a little gated community, on their own bit of land,” he said.
“It will be a nice residential estate and 900sq m of allied health (in the later stages).
“There’s a requirement for housing, (so) we’re going to build them ourselves.
“They’ll probably sell in the mid-$600k mark.”
Mr Weymouth said he had already spent millions on earthworks at the site, saying he was hoping for a quick approval process to the code-assessable application.
“Hopefully it should be a speedy process — the sooner we can get started, the better,” he said.
Work is progressing on the Weymouths’ other major project, with concrete walls going up for a new Officeworks on the corner of James and West streets in Harristown.
The project is a joint-venture with Daniel and Kate Cooper and includes the relocation of the Officeworks, another retail tenancy and two drive-through eateries.
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