Development

Puljich family’s Living Gems lodges plans for new over 50’s land lease resort in Toowoomba after selling its local LLC to Stockland

Dec 04 2023 Updated December 4, 2023

Ian Horswill

1 min read

The Puljich family business, which is separate from the GemLife/Thakral Capital Australia joint venture, is proposing to build a 266-home over-50s resort on a 12ha site in Cotswold Hills, a rural-residential locality in the city, 125km west of Brisbane.

It comes just three months after Living Gems Toowoomba was sold to the diversified property developer Stockland, along with four future communities for development for $210 million. Living Gems Toowoomba, Glenvale, is now known as Halcyon Ridge.

The resort will have room for more than 260 two-bedroom homes, a clubhouse (including an indoor pool, covered bowling green, bowling alley and cinema), luxury summer house and tennis and pickle ball courts and a community garden. according to the report by Innovative Planning Solutions.

Victorian retirement village resort operator Country Club Living has started construction on a 183-unit resort Toowoomba Fairways at Cotswold Hills.

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