Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Millbray’s latest land lease community location revealed

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by Ian Horswill
Millbray’s latest land lease community location revealed
Key points
  • New proposal: Millbray lodges plans for NSW land lease community
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  • Resort lifestyle: Pool, pickleball, cinema and wellness hub
  • Growing pipeline: Macquarie-backed developer expands East Coast footprint

As construction progresses on its first land lease community, the developer has lodged plans for another project on the NSW South Coast.

Millbray, which is backed by the $2.9 billion Macquarie Real Estate Partners fund, is seeking to build a land lease community in Badagarang, a new suburb, 5km northwest of Nowra.

On completion, the master planned community will feature:

  • 201 residential lots with six dwelling types;
  • a single-storey community facilities building, which includes lap pool, pickleball courts, resident’s kitchen and bar, gymnasium, yoga studio / multipurpose studio, Function hall, BBQ pavilion, cinema, library, and arts and crafts;
  • Administration office (‘Millbray House’);
  • 75 on-site visitor car parking spaces; and
  • A collection of pavilions planned around north facing courtyards and terraces.

The development application will be determined by the Southern Regional Planning Panel under the Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013 because the proposed project has an estimated development cost of more than $30 million.

The project team includes:

Millbray revealed it had secured more than 2,000 lots across eight projects in southeast Queensland and NSW when construction began on Ashcroft at Flagstone, south of Brisbane, in September last year.

Over 200 guests looked at Ashcroft over-50s community last Friday

Millbray also has approval to build a community in Highfields, Toowoomba, a suburb that is already home to a number of existing and planned land lease developments.

In addition, Millbray, through Saunders Havill, has been given the green light for a 301-home community in Innes Park, a coastal town 367km north of Brisbane.

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