Built wins $130m Cottesloe project

National construction company Built has won its second major project in Western Australia this month, after entering an early works agreement with aged care operator Curtin Heritage Living.

Built has been contracted to construct stage 1 of Curtin's $130 million aged care and apartments complex on the site of the existing Wearne Cottesloe facility, located on Marine Parade south of Cottesloe Beach.

Construction of stage one is expected to start in April 2020 and be completed in late 2021. 

It includes a residential care facility with 128 suites called Marine Views.

Stage one also include 20 residences in an adjacent retirement living apartment building called Waterfront Cottesloe.

The Waterfront Cottesloe development will mostly be constructed in stage two, after residents have moved out of the existing facility and the current building has been demolished.

Stage 2 will have 55 apartments, plus a medical centre, restaurant/café, art gallery and community arts collective while heritage buildings on the site will also be redeveloped.

The agreement with Curtin Heritage Living comes one week after developer Con Berbatis appointed Built to carry out building works on Kardinya’s new $100 million town centre, also under an early contractor involvement framework.

The redevelopment of Kardinya Park Shopping Centre includes a 12-storey apartment tower and a doubling of the retail floor space.

Built’s other WA projects include refurbishments of the lobby of Central Park and Piccadilly Arcade.

Completed projects include the Old Treasury Buildings, QT Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel, and the Latitude and Compass apartments at Leighton Beach. 

Curtin Heritage Living managing director David Cox said there was a shortage of suitable apartments in the western suburbs for people wanting to ‘rightsize’ rather than downsize.

“Apartments and units make up just 18 per cent of residences in Cottesloe, meaning locals who wish to change their residence without changing their active, beach-focused lifestyle have been forced to move out of the area,” he said.

“Our residences will be stylish and understated, and to achieve this the quality of construction must be extraordinarily high.

“Built will help us achieve our vision of spacious, light-filled beachside apartments that allow people to stay in their local area as their property needs change.” 

Built regional director Jon Stone said the WA team was delighted to have been appointed by Curtin Heritage Living to deliver the project.