GemLife starts work on fourth land lease community in QLD’s Moreton Bay
GemLife launches Over 50s community in Beachmere
- Major project: $295m, 335-home land lease community underway
- Regional growth: GemLife will have 1,685+ homes in Moreton Bay
- Lifestyle focus: Resort amenities and extensive green space on 62ha
- Timeline: Sales launch June, first residents expected late 2026
335 homes will be delivered at GemLife Beachmere Waterfront as the operator looks to bring nearly 1,700 homes online across the region.
Located 58km north of Brisbane, the $295 million GemLife Beachmere Waterfront will be GemLife’s fourth land lease community in Moreton Bay, bringing the total number of homes it is delivering in the fast-growing region to more than 1,685.
Construction has begun on the land lease community in Beachmere, a coastal rural town, with the development bringing an additional $2.5 million in infrastructure upgrades to the region.
GemLife Beachmere Waterfront is being developed on a 62-hectare site, with more than 80% dedicated to green space and protected wetlands, including an existing 1.1-hectare lake overlooking Caboolture River.
Its two-bedroom plus multipurpose-room homes are priced from $815,000.
Resort-style amenities will include an indoor heated pool, cinema, hall, bar and café, salon, golf simulator, lawn bowls, art room, and dance floor. The community will also feature a separate Summer House with outdoor pool.
A 52.1-hectare wetland reserve, with a network of walking and cycling trails, will surround the homes, while a $15.5 million Country Club will overlook the lake and Caboolture River.
Pumicestone MP Ariana Doolan and City of Moreton Bay Councillor Mark Booth on Monday, 20 April, joined GemLife Managing Director and Group CEO Adrian Puljich to turn the first sod on the new community, which will be developed in stages over the next three years.
“Projects like this are exactly what our growing community needs,” Pumicestone MP Ariana Doolan said.
“The only way through Queensland’s housing crisis is by delivering more homes.”
Councillor Mark Booth said there is a real shortage of one- and two-bedroom homes across Beachmere, and developments like GemLife Beachmere Waterfront will help to address that gap.
“By providing more appropriate housing options for over-50s, it also frees up larger family homes, which is critical as Moreton Bay continues to grow,” he added.
GemLife Beachmere Waterfront will be released to the market in June in line with the opening of its new onsite sales office, with the first homes expected to take shape from mid-year and the first residents anticipated to move in from the end of 2026.
GemLife’s first Annual General Meeting of shareholders and unitholders will be held on 28 May 2026 at the JW Marriott in Surfers Paradise, marking a key milestone in its inaugural year as a listed group.
