Topic - Developments

High demand for retirement living North of Brisbane prompts another DA

Sep 10 2019 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

The North Lakes suburb, 40km north of Brisbane CBD is fast becoming the retirement capital of QLD after yet another proposal for a retirement village landed in the Moreton Bay council’s inbox.

The DA for Linear Properties Pty Ltd is for a 145-dwelling retirement village at 1729 Anzac Ave, Mango Hill.

It sits beside Seasons Aged Care Mango Hill and across from the recently completed Opal North Lakes building.

The new retirement village the size of Westfield North Lakes with a multi-storey aged care facility has also been proposed for the site of the former North Lakes golf course, though no development application has been lodged yet.

As well as a retirement village, the Linear Properties development, which also takes in 1725 Anzac Ave, proposes an aged care facility, a childcare centre and a park.

It proposes 145 resident parking spaces and 25 visitor/employee spaces.

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