Benetas agrees to purchase Bairnsdale’s Eastwood Retirement Village

Victorian aged care provider Benetas has entered into an agreement to purchase the 158-unit Eastwood Retirement Village in Bairnsdale.

Eastwood will join Benetas’ five existing retirement communities – Bridgewater Lake, St Laurence Court, Dalkeith Heights, St John’s Rise and The Oaks Croydon – after settlement is completed on or around 1 April.

The East Gippsland community, built between 2011 and 2020, is fully occupied and boasts a community centre, gym, indoor heated pool and bowls, cinema facilities, community workshop and a hair and beauty salon.

The 158 units come in eight unique designs and feature a contemporary open plan living style, with a designated laundry, walk-in robes to the bedrooms and remote-controlled garage.

The site is in a growth area, located 4.2km from the centre of Bairnsdale, adjacent to the Eastwood Village Shopping Centre, and is an hour’s drive from Benetas’ Dalkeith Heights retirement community and Dalkeith Gardens residential aged care site in Traralgon.

Benetas CEO Sandra Hills OAM said she was looking forward to adding Eastwood to its group of retirement villages in one of Victoria’s most vibrant regional centres.

“Benetas is thrilled to be expanding further into East Gippsland, adding this wonderful modern retirement village and its residents,” Ms Hills said.

“We have almost 80 years’ experience in delivering aged care and fulfilling our mission to provide older Victorians with high quality services and environments that respect their independence and individuality.”

Benetas is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing older Victorians, their families and carers with a full range of quality community-based services and residential homes and apartments.