When Chris Charley, Stockland Halcyon Regional Operations Manager, spoke after receiving the award for Stockland Halcyon Greens being the Best Land Lease Community Development at the Property Council’s National Retirement Living Conference the size of the task to build it became apparent.
It was the then Halcyon’s 8th Over 50s project and its largest and it has taken seven years.
It’s the first project Halcyon built entirely with its own teams.
Stockland Halcyon Greens in Pimpama, a northern suburb of Queensland’s Gold Coast, was double the size of anything Stockland Halcyon had done before with 522 homes.
“In total, the project sits on 26ha of land - imagine trying to show that in a Microsoft Teams meeting presentation,” said Chris.
“It was our first ever with a golf course (it adjoins Gainsborough Greens Golf Course). It was the first time we had to build a golf hole – we built three new holes.
“The facilities precinct alone, totalled 2.8ha, and included eight floodlit pickleball courts as we targeted the younger modern senior.
“We discounted/subsidised and even gave away batteries to get buyers to share our vision of saving the planet – we like to “leave a lighter footprint” wherever a Halcyon community goes. Every home got solar and silver Livable Housing Design as standard.
“We co-located with Arcare for those who may need care.
“We constantly reminded ourselves during the design and early stages of selling that no one ever woke up and dreamed of retiring to Pimpama – and now they do.”
The first homeowners moved into Halcyon Greens in late 2017.
Stockland bought Halcyon for $620 million plus in July 2021. It was new CEO Tarun Gupta’s first buy.
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