This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
COTTLESLOE Living, Health & Aged Care has been named as the preferred proponent to redevelop the heritage-listed Cottesloe Deaf School by the WA state government.
With the state government signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the redevelopment project, the joint venture between the Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund and aged care provider Hall & Prior will deliver new aged care and seniors.
“It has been a long process for the community and everyone involved, but I am glad we can announce this milestone and provide some clarity and certainty about the future of this site,” said John Carey, lands minister.
“We have an ageing community, and providing quality aged care which allows people to remain within their community is absolutely critical.”
The project will also include brand new facilities for the West Australian Foundation for Deaf Children, keeping the foundation on the site it built in 1896 to deliver education, technical training and boarding facilities, before it was taken over by the WA government in 1949.
“To see the redevelopment of this site deliver more housing choices for ageing Western Australians, particularly those in the local community is a fantastic outcome,” added Carey.
“The plan also includes keeping the West Australian Foundation for Deaf Children on the site – which will continue the long association between the foundation and this iconic location.”
The WA state government is now set to enter a period of negotiation with Cottesloe Living, Health & Aged Care.
This announcement follows the WA government’s move earlier in the month to unlock 15.6-hectares or $6.6 million worth of land in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region for new seniors accommodation.
