Topic - Developments

Anglicare begins work on $60m expansion of The Shire’s village

Feb 18 2019 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

Wooolooware expansion begins. Image by John Veage.

The expansion of Woolooware Shores will include five 185-unit apartment buildings and a 48-bed residential aged and dementia care facility.

As we covered here, the site was originally the home of the Toyota car factory and the land included “contaminated material,” forcing Anglicare to build on top of the existing site rather than excavate.

Hear Anglicare CEO Grant Millard speak about the new development at our LEADERS SUMMIT (21-22 March 2019 at the Hyatt Regency, Sydney). Register here.

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