Huge ‘Welcome Centre’ next for Sovereign Hills
A flurry of development applications is expected from The Lewis Land Group over coming months as it shores up its infrastructure for Sovereign Hills.
Group director Robert Yandell said a DA would soon be lodged for a “Welcome Centre” building comprising 3000 square metres of office space.
“That will have our site office, a credit union, surveyors, accountants, lawyers, communications operators and a media company,” he said.
“That’s an exciting building because it’s designed to be a five-star, fully-sustainable building.”
Mr Yandell said negotiations were also underway with tavern operators and large accommodation hotels for the site.
A DA will soon be lodged for an exhibition village similar to Homeworld in Sydney which is expected to open late next year (2008).
“As developers, we are pleased to be in a position to offer our first residents substantial infrastructure and a community network,” he said.
“Often early bird purchasers need to wait for infrastructure to grow around them, however, we are committed to ensuring this is in place before they move in.”
The St Agnes Regional Catholic High School will open with a student base of more than 600 in February 2009.
Not-for-profit aged care provider RSL Care hopes to have the first of its $100 million developments at Sovereign Hills nearing completion by early 2009. By 2012, RSL Care will provide a full range of accommodation and care for more than 300 seniors at Sovereign Hills.
Original article was written by Simone Plews and appeared in the Port Macquarie News on 19 November 2007.