$55m Mount Duneed Village to open next year
Mount Duneed residents will soon have access to a host of new shops and amenities, including a Champions IGA, with the $55m Mount Duneed Village set to open in the second half of 2024.
This comes after developer Villawood Properties and Empire Property Builders said in 2021 a “lengthy council approval process” had held up progressing the Armstrong estate complex, located at the corner of Unity and Sovereign drives.
Visitors to the village will be able to shop at the IGA and a Chemist Warehouse, and dine at a cafe, Italian and Indian restaurants.
Amenities will include medical and dentist facilities, a hairdresser, an Omega daycare and a Saltwater Learn to Swim pool centre.
The village will also be a home to some, with 41 apartments and 52 townhouses under construction.
“It will provide residents more choice with close, ready access to services and facilities people need every day, including later in the day such as restaurants,” Villawood executive director Rory Costelloe said.
“The centre is also pioneering medium density living in the greenfields, with the first four-level project in the Geelong growth corridor.”
“This is a forerunner of what we will see in the new Batesford and Lovely Banks growth corridors, where some 18,000 blocks are planned for Geelong’s north and west in coming years as the region gears up to grow to a population of half a million.”
It’s understood construction of the village has provided 60 jobs and the village will employ 80 people when it opens.
Originally published on Geelong Advertiser 23/08/2023
