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Brisbane private operator working hard for five-storey village in Taigum
Apr 02 2009
1 min read
The Weekly Source

Liberty Senior Living director Joseph Panettiere has not given up on expanding his 88 ILU stage one village with an additional 250 apartments over five stories. 150 local residents have petitioned against it, not wanting a medium rise development in a low rise region, despite it being adjacent to a Centro shopping centre and railway station.

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