IRT moves forward with intergenerational retirement community

The Illawarra-based Not For Profit has lodged a State Significant Development Application with the NSW Government for its site in Moruya, a town 305km south of central Sydney.

As The Weekly SOURCE reported in January, the plans include a large-scale precinct combining retirement living, residential aged care, onsite worker accommodation and community facilities.

These include a café, clubhouse, village green and a dedicated health and wellbeing centre with a hydrotherapy pool, sauna, gym and resident library.

The application, for Wattleview as it will be known, joins IRT’s State Significant Development Application to redevelop IRT Woonona, a northern suburb of Wollongong.

“Wattleview is about much more than housing – it’s about investing in people, place, and long-term community wellbeing,” CEO Ross Gallagher said.

A key part of the proposal is on-site housing for essential workers, aimed at easing local workforce shortages. By allowing health, aged care and community service staff to live nearby, Wattleview hopes to support more stable services and strengthen ties between workers and the community.

The proposed development forms part of IRT’s wider commitment to deliver more than 1,000 new homes for older Australians over the next decade, including approximately 800 independent living units and 200 residential care beds across Greater Western Sydney, the Illawarra and NSW South Coast.