Buying

Village operator building 42-unit vertical retirement village for Maroochydore – all units sold out

Oct 26 2020 Updated May 3, 2023

Ben Squires

1 min read

A seven-storey, 42-unit retirement village is among the multimillion-dollar apartment building projects taking shape on the Sunshine Coast’s skyline.

Plantation Cotton Tree – located 10 minutes’ walk Maroochydore Beach – is being developed by Plantation Retirement Resorts (previously Oasis Retirement Resorts), with Vantage Group handling the build.

Plantation also operates retirement villages in Morayfield and Rosemount.

All of the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments at the village have already been sold, and Plantation hopes to open doors next May.

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