Buying

Newcastle developer announces 450 unit village 10KL from his 132 unit village

Mar 29 2016 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Coming to the end of construction of his first retirement village, the 132 unit Walka Grange at Aberglaalyn, Newcastle (NSW) developer Paul Unicomb has announced a new 450 unit village to be built at East Maitland 10 km away. It will be called Hunter Grange.

Walka Grange is a very traditional retirement village but was built and sold in approximately 4 years. Paul Unicomb if obviously has great confidence in the area there are 12 retirement villages within a 6 km radius of Maitland.

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