We have visited hundreds of retirement villages across the country. In our opinion, the just opened The Green Tarragindi Retirement Village by RetireAustralia is perhaps the best project we have experienced thanks to its suburban infill, the sense of space, the flow of communal areas, generous apartments and bigger community interconnection. 

The apartment pictured above is three bedrooms/220sqm and priced at $1.4 million, 9km from Brisbane CBD. 

Eight years in the making, the $80 million village occupies land negotiated with the Tarragindi Bowling Club. Set back from the street and bordered by bush, parkland and residential neighbours, it is both sympathetic to the locale and takes advantage of the bush and city outlooks from all corridors and spaces. 

Vegetable gardens, communal barbecues, a children’s play area and alfresco community spaces give a real sense of belonging and security. RetireAustralia is also incorporating care concierge services in their villages. 

Marchese Partners I Life 3A is the architect. 

Brett Robinson, RetireAustralia CEO, hosted its owners, NZ Super and NZ private equity firm Infratil, at the opening, along with the first residents. 

As Vice President of the Retirement Living Council, he emphasised the extreme lack of supply of new retirement village homes, stating that RetireAustralia will deliver 1,100 new homes over the next five years; the sector needs 10,000 new homes every year to satisfy age-appropriate accommodation demand. 

RetireAustralia is leading the sector in experimentation with care hubs in retirement villages to fill the gap created by the lack of aged care beds being developed across the country.