Peregian Beach-based developer Altum Property Group has won the UDIA Queensland’s prestigious best Medium Density Development for their Parkridge Noosa project at the 2022 UDIA State awards.
Altum Property Group director Rob McCready said he was thrilled to win the award as it was testimony to the vision and dedication of his staff, contractors and suppliers.
“Parkridge Noosa was developed on a unique 5.44ha parcel of land which was almost entirely enveloped in protected parkland which sits between Noosa National Park (Weyba Section), the Girraween Nature Reserve, and the Noosa Springs Golf Club and Resort and delivered unparalleled views of Lake Weyba.
“This project has been an incredible journey for our business over the past five years and the pinnacle has been the UDIA Queensland award.
“Alex and I grew up in and around Noosa in the 1980s and we knew this location really well. Unfortunately over the past two decades it became an illegal dump site so it’s been very rewarding to transform it into a multi-award winning subtropical resort style development.
“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,” Rob said.
Fellow director Alex Rigby said feedback from the judges has been based around the project’s ability to deliver much more than the residential aspects of the development.
“The community and social infrastructure which includes Peter Kuruvita inspired Alba restaurant and providore, a high quality gym as well as the landscaped open spaces and paths which provide great connectivity to the Noosa National Park and surrounds which provides benefits to the whole community.
“The pathways which were installed surrounding the development included plant palette and landscape design to encourage the integration of wildlife from the reserve and provide a corridor for transition across the site while dedicated park and open landscaped areas are used by residents for recreation as well as habitat for wildlife.
“From our point of view this feedback from the judges is really rewarding as all of the social and community infrastructure doesn’t necessarily benefit the developer from a financial perspective but it does provide a significant positive lasting legacy for current and future residents,” Alex said.
Parkridge Noosa also took out the 2020 AIH Green Space Urban Award.
Altum Property Group’s current Sunshine Coast residential projects include The Whitely on Noosa Eumundi Road and 43-45 Beerwah Parade where they will build 58 two bedroom residential apartments. A Material Change of Use application has also been lodged with Sunshine Coast Council to develop an architecturally designed supermarket and specialty stores on a 9915m2 site at 10 Memorial Drive, Eumundi.
