The Bible tells us in Isaiah 40:21—31 that our God is an awesome God. This promise is demonstrated as we see the progress of the Pavilions Blackburn Lake Retirement Village project, built on the old Campground site in Nunawading.
Stage 1 containing 41 apartments was completed on the 16th December 2020 and I am pleased to inform it has been fully sold, fully settled, and fully paid off.
The impressive buildings, local community activity at Miss Lucy cafe and happy residents living their best lives is wonderful to see, and a realisation of everything we envisaged all those many years ago in 2009, when we embarked on the project.
Stage 2 continues the development program and with over 50 percent of apartments now committed, this next stage of Pavilions has seen significant market interest flowing from the success of Stage 1.
Containing 66 apartments over 3 buildings, Stage 2 will house a ‘Wellness Zone’ that will include a pool, spa, gym, Pilates studio, day spa treatment rooms for visiting consultants, and a beautiful fruit orchard and herb garden for residents with green thumbs.
Our approach has been for each development stage to offer something unique to our Village residents. In Stage 1 we delivered beautiful lounges, function rooms, cinema and communal areas. For Stage 2 we wanted to focus on one of our Church’s key strengths being health and wellness. Adventists are known for our encouragement of a healthy lifestyle, so what better way to bring that message to the community than in a retirement village – helping our residents live longer, healthier, happier lives.
Stage 2 construction commenced on 11 April, with a steady build up of excavators and piling rigs now busily working away on the northern side (near the railway line) of the old campground site.
We are anticipating construction completion with our new residents moving in at the end of 2023.
We as a Church can be very proud of what we have done with Pavilions and it is wonderful to see the residents and local community embrace this project. There is still much work to do — please continue to pray
for the continued success and smooth delivery of this project for the benefit and mission of the Church in Victoria.
There are still well priced, beautiful apartments for sale. Book a private viewing appointment by calling Mary on 0455 616 337 or email [email protected]
Galen Gan
Victorian Conference Infrastructure Coordinator & Pavilions Project Lead