Renovated rest home ready for business
Previously known as Parkwood Rest Home and Hospital, located at 62 Aldwins Road this substantial facility has recently been thoroughly renovated and strengthened to bring it in line with current codes. Purchased vacant and as-is-where-is in 2018, the majority of the building is at 100% NBS with minimum areas bought up to 67% NBS.
Today there is an exciting future ahead, with the professionally executed and extensive re-development nearing completion and code compliance imminent. This commanding building is situated on 8,241sqm (more or less) with a floor area of approximately 4,050sqm housing 147 bedrooms - the majority having ensuites and some of which were previously used as hospital bedrooms. Spread over two levels the complex comprises additional common lounges, kitchen, dining hall, administration offices, nurses’ stations, sitting rooms, an entertainment hall with kitchenette and ancillary areas. Rooms overlook the interior courtyards providing a pleasant landscaped outlook with decking and bench seating enjoyed by all occupants on warm days.
The upper level of the rectangular-shaped complex is accessed by two over-sized lifts capable of accommodating wheelchairs and hospital gurneys, with additional stairwell access in four corners of the building.The refreshed upper level of the facility now contains 80-bedroom suites plus a range of administrative areas with the lower level housing 67 guest rooms, the commercial sized kitchen and dining hall, staffing and entertainment areas and a guest lounge.
Located adjacent to Linwood College and nearby Linwood Avenue Primary School and minutes to the Eastgate Shopping Centre on excellent transport links with a bus stop at the front door.
Zoned Residential Suburban Density Transition, this high profile site has two convenient street frontages with the main access off Aldwins Road and secondary access from Randolph Street. Car-parking is ample with room for some 50 vehicles at the front plus an additional 25 spaces available at the rear of the site.
Opportunities of this scale do not come along often and it is expected this offering could have appeal to the Rest Home industry (expansion, relocation or starting fresh) the accommodation industry, community social housing groups, medical rehabilitation, religious housing providers, student or sporting groups all a possibility with this purchase.