back to the beginning
You have no doubt seen the advertisements and heard the praises rolling in for Townsville’s newest, highly anticipated estate.
However, if you’re still underwhelmed by the great impact this wonderful development has brought upon our local economy, grab your reading glasses and sit tight. You are about to be taken back to the beginning, when the vision to create Summerset Estate first came to life.
The Townsville Bulletin highlighted the unique development that is Summerset Estate, during the early stages of construction in August. The following is a shortened insert of the bulletin article:
“CONSTRUCTION on a residential development in the heart of Mount Louisa has started in a bid to support jobs and help Townsville surge ahead following the COVID-19 impacts. Summerset Estate, an infill development off Banfield Drive set in an established neighbourhood, is the latest in Mendi Group’s property portfolio and will offer 95 residential lots. Mendi Group managing director Jeff Doyle said now was the perfect time to get moving on the project with residential development considered to be the “best use” for the parcel of land.
Mr Doyle said providing employment opportunities and generating activity offered flow-on effects for local businesses. “I’ve had this approval for a while and we chose to do it now because it fits with our availability of construction crew, but it also fits with the need to employ people,” he said.
“We’re trying to generate jobs in Townsville given the current COVID situation. “We’ll employ 20 people here throughout the construction, for the rest of the year. It will also keep another 25 to 30 people external to the site (in jobs) such as consultants, town planners and engineers. We have also grabbed people from the hospitality industry and we have got some of them working in our business now.”
The project will inject more than $40 million into the community and increase the value of the area. The first stage of the development is scheduled for release in October with construction to be completed by the end of 2021.”
The Townsville Bulletin, Monday August 10, 2020
