Seniors housing development planned for Sydney’s southwest
Leigh Place eyes next phase of vertical seniors living
- New apartments: 23 ILUs planned for Roselands
- Ageing in place: Residents can transition into onsite aged care
- Pipeline growing: Further retirement living and aged care expansion proposed
- Site refresh: Older cottages to make way for modern village living
A proposal has been lodged for a three-storey independent living development comprising 23 retirement units in Roselands, 16km southwest of Sydney’s CBD.
Not For Profit Leigh Place Aged Care has lodged a development application with Canterbury-Bankstown City Council to demolish four single storey cottages to build the units.
The plan includes:
- Ground level: two one-bedroom and five two-bedroom units and a community room.
- First and second levels: two one-bedroom and six two-bedroom units.
The development will allow people who live in the apartments to relocate onsite within the aged care facility, the 68-bed Leigh Place Aged Care, if required, the application states.
A separate application will also be lodged concurrently for another independent living unit building and an aged care facility.
Jackson Teece Architects have been engaged by Leigh Place Aged Care to prepare the design for the proposed development.
The exhibition period for the development application ended on Tuesday, 19 May.
Leigh Place opened in 1989 as a joint venture between Canterbury City Council and the NSW Department of Housing. The Chief Executive Officer is Joe Azzi.
