Topic - Aged Care

Japara Healthcare secures prime site for $30M Gold Coast aged care development

Aug 22 2017 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Knight Frank Gold Coast Director of Commercial Sales James Branch; Japara Healthcare general manager of real estate Sam Snaddon; Robina Group General Manager Hylton Slater; and Knight Frank National Director of Health Aged Care and Retirement Transactions, Russell Allison

The listed provider purchased the 4,719sqm site in Robina, 16km from Surfers Paradise, for $5.5M from property developer Robina Group in a sale negotiated by Knight Frank’s Russell Allison and James Branch.

The 105-bed facility, which will be Japara’s first on the Gold Coast and third in QLD, will be part of a new healthcare hub that includes Robina Hospital and the newly-opened Robina Private Hospital.

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