Topic - Aged Care

Benetas given green light for big $110M village and aged care development in Melbourne

Jun 11 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

An artist’s impression of the planned development

The Victoria-based Not For Profit plans to build a single-storey 124-bed aged care facility and 76 two- and three-bedroom retirement living apartments at Doncaster Hill, 14km east of the CBD.

Benetas currently has a co-located aged care facility at Dalkeith Heights Retirement Village in Traralgon, but the Doncaster site would be its first purpose-built multi-storey development.

They have 13 aged care homes across the state with their 14th The Views at Heidelberg is due to open later this year.

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