Topic - Developments

Construction begins on Opal’s $37M aged care home on NSW Central Coast

Jun 18 2019 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

The new 125-bed home to be built in Toukley (100km north of the Sydney CBD) will be the private provider’s fifth Central Coast facility.

It will join Opal’s other homes in the nearby suburbs of Berkeley Vale, Kanwal (Opal Glenmere), Killarney Vale and Norah Head.

Opal is one of our largest for-profits with over 6,000 beds, 71 aged care facilities and a development pipeline estimated at $900 million.

Opal Toukley is expected to be completed in September 2020.

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