Not For Profit South Australian aged care, retirement living, and home care provider Resthaven has turned the first sod on Stage One of its $100 million redevelopment in Marion, 10km southwest of Adelaide's CBD.
Work is set to begin in late August, and be complete in September 2026.
The ‘first sod’ was turned by Resthaven Board President, Mark Porter (image right, centre), accompanied by Resthaven Marion Community Services Manager, Grant Edwards (left), and Resthaven Marion Residential Services Manager, Leanne Spencer (right). Darren Birbeck, Resthaven CEO, attended with Board Members Rev Dr Graham Vawser and Jon Clarke, and representatives from Brown Falconer Architects, including Mario Dreosti, Director, and Caroline Cummins, Principal.
Peter Stretton, Chairman of the Marion Historic Village, and members of the Community Consultation Group, who were integral in informing the redevelopment process from a consumer perspective, also attended.
The development will consolidate all Resthaven services along Township Road and Finniss Street into the one campus. The site will include a 150-bed residential aged care home, Community Services offices, wellness services and Community Respite Services.
The project is expected to be built over a four-year period in three stages. Stage One is construction of the Resthaven Marion Community Wellness Centre, which will include a large space for group activities, gym, day respite centre, and 12 consulting rooms for services such as GPs, massage, physio, and occupational therapy.
The 1ha site was left to the Resthaven board in 1970 by May Hersey in memory of her husband. An aged are home first opened there in 1975.
Resthaven also recently opened Stage 2 of its redevelopment of Resthaven Bellevue Heights in Mitcham, 7km south of Adelaide's CBD.
