Topic - Developments

Living Choice kicks off SA golf course Stage 2: another 23 retirement apartments

Oct 15 2019 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

SA based Living Choice has received approval to start construction on the second stage of its Flagstaff Hill Golf Club village, comprising 123 apartments plus a restaurant, cafe, hair salon, cinema and pool. The investment: $40M.

Stage One is 120 apartments and 42 villas, which will be completed next March.

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