Sunshine Coast-based developer Altum Property Group has received national recognition for its Parkridge Noosa development by taking out the UDIA’s Best Medium Density Development at a gala event in Perth last week.
This is in addition to another national award last year for best project in the Horticulture Institute of Australia awards.
Altum Property Group director Rob McCready attended the event and said he was thrilled to win the award which recognised the excellence of the project’s staff, consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
“We were very pleased to win the Queensland category for this award late last year and now to win best in Australia is just an incredible achievement considering the quality of the other developers and the projects we were up against,“ Rob said.
“This award shows that a family-owned development company can compete against the very best in the industry on a national level if they are prepared to work hard and think outside the box like we did at Parkridge Noosa.
“Ultimately what we wanted to create was a true community where people could live in a quality home nestled in nature and surrounded by immaculate landscaping with their own gym, restaurant, and providore all within the one development. The market responded very positively to Parkridge Noosa and winning the National UDIA award along with the 2022 National Institute of Horticulture awards reinforces the vision we created for the site.”
Parkridge Noosa was developed on a unique 5.44ha parcel of land which was an abandoned sand mine and dump site, but otherwise almost entirely enveloped in protected parkland and sits between Noosa National Park (Weyba Section), the Girraween Nature Reserve, and the Noosa Springs Golf Club and Resort with unparalleled views of Lake Weyba.
Fellow director Alex Rigby said the project commenced in 2017 and overseeing the transformation of a dump site into a multi-award winning subtropical resort style development over the past five years has been very rewarding.
“Our ability to take a disused sand mine and transform it into a stunning 179 dwelling mixed use development highlights the skill and dedication of our team and our collective ability to create a harmonious environment between the mixed use project and the nearby Girraween Nature Reserve.
“This social and community infrastructure we have created as part of the development doesn’t necessarily benefit the developer from a financial perspective, but we can now clearly see its significant positive lasting legacy for current and future residents,” Alex said.
