Southern Cross Care QLD opens new $68M aged care facility with Extra Services in central Brisbane.

Oct 08 2013 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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A quiet achiever in QLD, Southern Cross Care, has completed the first stage if its redevelopment of its first care facility site in Holland Park. A bold move by CEO Peter Bell (pictured) given its location and being a vertical development in a traditionally working class suburb (but 8 KL from the CBD), the new Duhig Village is a 142 room four level facility that replaces Archbishop Duhig Court Hostel & Nursing Home. With the transfer of 80 residents from the old facility to the new plus the local demand, the new building already has a waiting list for all standard beds. The 36 bed top floor Extra Services level is filling with bonds approaching $500K. The facility y was opened (and blessed) by Archbishop XXX.

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