Master Plan Stage 2 Update

It was certainly a Christmas to remember when we successfully completed Stage 1 of Minda’s Master Plan in late 2014. The milestone represented the culmination of a $55 million investment that delivered new, state of the art disability accommodation for 61 people supported by Minda at our 28-hectare Brighton site.

In July 2015, Minda welcomed Development Planning Assessment approval by the Minister for Planning for Stage 2 of our exciting Master Plan development, as the next step towards creating a vibrant, integrated community hub that offers leading-edge accommodation for South Australians with disability.

The approval provided a comprehensive planning framework to assist Minda deliver on its objective of progressively constructing fit-for-purpose, quality replacement accommodation for people supported by Minda.

After extensive community consultation, the State Government’s Development Assessment Commission gave Minda the green light to proceed with the next stages of our self-funded $260m+ Master Plan development in May 2016.

The approval allows for the staged construction of 18 single storey houses, 2 three-storey residential apartment buildings as replacement and updated accommodation for people supported by Minda, as well as a lifestyle precinct, which consists of 4 buildings.

Stage 2 of construction will see around $95m flowing into the local economy, and is expected to generate about 850 direct and indirect building industry jobs for South Australians. 

Minda also has approval for a 7-storey and a 5-storey building as part of Brighton Dunes, which will offer 70 apartments for the over 55s market in a licence to occupy arrangement.

Most importantly, the approval means that more people can enjoy similar opportunities, and enjoy leading-edge accommodation that offers the comfort of home, a contemporary model of service delivery, and state-of-the-art technologies.

Clever design and careful planning will see more than 80% of the Brighton site remaining as open space, and the undeveloped secondary dunes – one of the few left remaining along this section of coast – will be preserved and remediated.

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