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Million-dollar first stage to new Sunshine Coast heart

A new future for the Sunshine Coast begins on Thursday when Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk “turns the sod” on a 50-hectare new development in the heart of Maroochydore. Over the next 20 years, an old golf course at Maroochydore will become a new Sunshine Coast city CBD, complete with commercial buildings, retail section, a hotel […]


It’s time to turn the concept into reality

Greenfield start to new CBD means chance to define city’s culture The Sunshine Coast is not Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or the Gold Coast. The new city heart at Maroochydore will determine who we are and how we grow. SunCentral Maroochydore has signalled the start of construction on the new CBD site, inviting tenders for bulk […]


Sunshine Cove estate wins major design award

SUSTAINABILITY, community, growth, amenity, innovation and affordability. Before the planning of Sunshine Cove started the Chardan Development Group chose these six key words to use as its development yardstick for the central Maroochydore project. Today, seven years into the development of its, 106 hectare Sunshine Cove estate, Chardan’s commitment to these words has been recognised […]


Sunshine Cove plan collects state award

REFLECTING the changes in development that have been taking place in recent years, Sunshine Cove at Maroochydore has won the Residential Subdivision section at the 2015 Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Queensland Awards for Excellence. The inner-city project by Chardan Development Group has been driven by sustainability, community, growth, amenity, innovation and affordability. Before […]


On the move

On the move

The latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland point to an improving property market. The latest Real Estate Institute of Queensland data has revealed a shift in median house price trends across the state, and the Sunshine Coast is just one region benefiting from improved values. Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, […]


Keys to Maroochydore’s ‘city centre’ handed over

Keys to Maroochydore’s ‘city centre’ handed over

Horton Park Golf Club has handed over the keys to the city – Maroochydore’s new “city centre”, that is. The 53ha site was passed from the club to SunCentral, a Sunshine Coast Council-owned company charged with developing the new city centre, when club president Geoff Davies handed over the front gate lock and key in […]


Interstate investor jumps in

Final vacant site on Dalton Drive sells for about $2.5 million The last section of vacant land on Dalton Drive at Maroochydore has been sold.Final vacant site on Dalton Drive sells for about $2.5 million The last section of vacant land on Dalton Drive at Maroochydore has been sold. It was the missing link between […]


John McGrath identifies the property golden triangle to buy now for capital growth.

John McGrath identifies the property golden triangle to buy now for capital growth.

PROPERTY powerhouse John McGrath says there’s only one place in all of Australasia to be buying real estate right now. And that’s in south east Queensland. The founder and CEO of McGrath Estate Agents — who has 64 offices all over Australia — also thinks Sydney’s housing boom has almost run its course. “Right now, […]


NEW CITY CENTRE BEGINS

The relocation of the Horton Park Golf Club to its brand new course at Bli Bli will enable the start of construction on stage one of the exciting new Maroochydore City Centre which will become the new heart of the Sunshine Coast. The project will be known as SunCentral Maroochydore and CEO John Knaggs says […]


‘Convenient’ cove a winner with residents

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Mackenzie precinct will add 140 lots Chardan Group general manager, Evan Dickson, said the new 7.43ha Mackenzie precinct would include 140 residential allotments, parklands, open green spaces and walking paths. He added that it would be the first stage of a 600 lot development front on the western side of Sunshine Cove, along the Sunshine […]


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