Stockland: Public meeting for Macarthur Gardens Retirement Village

Feb 03 2011 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Stockland held their first public meetings about their Campbelltown, NSW development - Macarthur Gardens Retirement Village this week. The development will include 235 villas and provide residents with extensive lifestyle facilities. Stockland hopes to have completed display homes and have the first residents moving in by the middle of 2011. The village is expected to be completed in four years.

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