Sydney has briefly held the record for the most expensive retirement village home, at $4.7 million in beachside Cronulla – the vertical village Sage By Moran.
But this record will be short lived, thanks to the in-construction 2×19-storey village Odyssey Chevron, on Chevron Island just behind Surfers Paradise.
This is an extraordinary development, and gives village managers an insight into where careers can take you.
Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities has been created by veteran village operator Phil Usher, who in 2002 created Tall Trees, among the very first private aged care operations working under the Retirement Villages Act.
His concept is simple: Odyssey will provide care into your village home right up to palliative care stage. And it is popular.
Phil’s first new development is Odyssey Robina Stage 1. A medium rise village, it sold out, and work has begun on Stage 2 with a record of five to seven apartments being sold each month.
Odyssey Chevron takes Phil’s vision to a completely new level.It’s afive-star hotel-style development including specialist disability accommodation, and has a section for allied health clinics. The top three floors will house nine penthouses at 437sqm each with panoramic views over the Gold Coast, and are anticipated to sell up to $5million.
Most importantly, though, there will be a dementia level, where couples can live together as long as they possibly can by creating a secure area on the same level.
We recently came across this video of the residents enjoying a staycation through COVID lockdowns, which we thought you may like.