Awards

Lifestyle Communities takes out UDIA VIC award for affordable development

Dec 04 2017 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Lifestyle Communities' Lyndarum community

The land lease developer won the 2017 Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Victoria Award for Excellence in the Affordable Development category for their 154-home Lifestyle Lyndarum community.

Located in Wollert, 26km north of the Melbourne CBD, homes at Lyndarum sold between $280,000 and $400,000 with an average sale price of $330,000.

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