NSW: Controversial Wollongong mid rise seniors units on track

Feb 03 2011 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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A Housing NSW eight storey seniors development in Wollongong will be ready by September, on time and on budget. Earmarked as seniors housing, the $17m project had to be scaled back after public protest over the scale of the buildings proposed. The site was bought by the NSW Land and Housing Corporation in November 2009 for $2.94 million, almost $1 million more than Sienna Investments paid for the site in 2002.

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