Sunrise Beach Village - Project Information, QLD

Sunrise Beach Village - Project update

Keyton is proud to be delivering Sunrise Beach Village, the retirement village that will form part of BlueCare's new integrated independent living retirement and residential aged care precinct. We're constructing and will operate the village on BlueCare's behalf.

Alongside construction, we've undertaken an extensive rehabilitation program at a nearby nature refuge. We're also proud to be partnering on a range of community initiatives to help foster sustainability, connection and wellbeing for both the local area and our future residents.

Artist impression of aerial view of Sunrise Beach Village

Artist's impression of Sunrise Beach Village

Construction update

It’s been a hive of activity on site as we continue works on stage one of Sunrise Beach Village.

In October we reached an exciting milestone, with our sales and display suite now open by appointment!

Our stage one villas are really taking shape and almost all roofing works are now complete. Fitout works are underway, including cladding, window installation and painting.

The Community Clubhouse will also soon be coming out of the ground, with the basement and ground floor slab pours next up.

Stage one of the village includes the Clubhouse, 15 co-located apartments and 29 villas.

We currently expect stage one construction to complete in late-2025.

Sunrise Beach rehabilitation site hand planting she oak

Rehabilitation journey

Alongside BlueCare we’ve undertaken a $2m rehabilitation program to mitigate the effects of tree removal as part of the development. Rehab has a specific focus on she-oaks, the preferred feed trees of glossy black cockatoos.

We’ve converted three hectares of degraded land at nearby Girraween Nature Refuge into what will be protected, high-quality bushland. We’ve planted one thousand she-oaks and hundreds of other natives that will be proactively cared for into the future.

Our experienced restoration ecologist and rehabilitation contractor inspect the site regularly. Their March inspection showed strong progress with minimal evidence of weeds and impressive seedling germination from final planting in November 2023. Those plants put in the ground a year earlier continue to impress with the extent of their growth and the species diversity.

More on our rehab journey in the video below.

In the community

Australian Native Plant Program

Alongside BlueCare, we’ve been working with local bush care groups, schools, businesses, charities and community members to plant around 5,000 she-oaks and other natives in the local area. We’re committed to gifting thousands more, as well as investing in education programs and research. Recently we donated $20,000 to aid a vital Glossy Black Cockatoo research project at UniSC.

Supporting Noosa Bookfest

Keyton was proud to be part of Noosa Bookfest 2024 as a major sponsor and providing volunteers to prepare tens of thousands of books for sale! The major fundraiser for Rotary Noosa Daybreak, the annual event sells second-hand books to raise money for local and international causes. This year’s proceeds will go directly towards providing short-term housing and support for homeless and destitute people across the Sunshine Coast.

Clean Up Australia Day

In March the project team joined forces with partners, BlueCare, and our contractors, Shadforth and Biodiverse Environmental, to take part in Clean Up Australia. The team donned their gloves and set to work cleaning up the Noosa National Park area alongside the Sunrise Beach Village site. Several bags of waste and recyclables were collected and removed from the natural environment. Among the day’s finds were an old sofa, shopping trolley and stereo!

Grasstree gap year

Supporting vital research

Keyton and BlueCare have provided $20,000 in much-needed funding to aid a vital Glossy Black Cockatoo research project at UniSC. Our donation will support the University’s work to better understand habitat usage dynamics and feed-tree ecology, and ultimately improve outcomes for this vulnerable species. The project aims to establish long-term monitoring protocols that provide reliable estimates of the population distribution, habitat and trends of Glossy Black Cockatoos in South-East Queensland.