Remarkables Park today (August 21) announced a plan to establish a cluster of integrated health and community care facilities in the Remarkables Park Zone.
The plan provides for a large 152-unit retirement village, with adjacent buildings to provide an expansion for Remarkables Park's existing primary medical care service, Queenstown Medical Centre (QMC), together with a hospital, a future A&E department and appearance medicine clinic.
The plan also includes provision of land for an aged care facility.
Remarkables Park director, Alastair Porter was also pleased to announce that a large childcare facility was also planned adjacent to the healthcare facilities.
Russell Thompson, director of Lollipops Educare, confirmed the company was working on plans for a high quality childcare facility to cater for up to 100 children at Remarkables Park.
"We're so positive about the demand for this facility that we are also taking an option over adjacent land for future growth," he said.
QMC director Dr Hans Raetz said the new facilities would mark an important healthcare development for the Wakatipu.
"There are great benefits in clustering these facilities to keep patients, doctors and related services in close proximity. There are also the benefits of providing health care in this location where it's sunny and level and close to shopping, restaurants and other facilities."
Dr Raetz commended Remarkables Park on its planning for all sectors of the community.
"Remarkables Park's latest plans look to present ideal solutions for some of our most pressing community needs," he said.
Plans for all these facilities are well advanced and resource consents for the retirement village, medical centre and hospital are expected to be filed with the Queenstown Lakes District Council within the next few months.
The announcement came today as Porter Group's subsidiary Remarkables Park Limited unveiled major expansion plans. Plans also include a large format retail centre and extensive employee accommodation capable of providing 1000 housing units near the new large format retail.
Remarkables Park Limited is a significant Queenstown retail developer. National and regional retailers currently represented at the Remarkables Park Town Centre include: New World, The Warehouse, Noel Leeming, Smiths City, Mitre 10, Dick Smith, Hannahs, Video Ezy, ASB Bank, Flight Centre, H&J Smith department store, element sports store, Wild South and Lifesense. The Centre also includes a large pharmacy, medical centre, appearance medicine clinic, physiotherapist, natural medicine, a family hair salon, and a restaurant and café.
