Last Stage First Chance at Keyton Sunrise Beach Village
John Caruso discovers why the final stage of Sunrise Beach Village is anything but the end of the story.
The upcoming release of the third and final stage of Keyton Sunrise Beach Village is the first shot at the latest release.
“It’s the beginning of the final stage, the first opportunity to get into the third stage,” explains Daniela Cascante, Keyton’s Development Manager for Sunrise Beach Village.
Fifty-four apartments make up Stage Three, a mix of two and three-bedroom layouts running from 108 to 131 square metres, all with two bathrooms and a laundry, and study spaces in the two-bedroom apartments. The three-bedroom homes stretch to 131 square metres. Set against the Independent Living Apartments of Stage One, it’s a genuine step up in scale.
The apartments have been thoughtfully designed taking on feedback from customers from Stages One and Two. Every apartment features Miele appliances, ducted air conditioning, an undermount sink, a pullout mixer tap, a colour palette called Seabreeze and a stone splashback.
The collection of buildings runs north to south along the development’s western edge, following the slope from top to bottom rather than sitting level, which means it fans out with both easterly and westerly aspects depending on where you land.
Apartments on the western side look out over the nature reserve without interruption. Those facing east look toward the clubhouse and the lush streetscape. None of this happens in isolation from what’s already up and running. Stage Three residents aren’t buying into a construction site with a promise attached. They’re buying into something that already has a rhythm.
The completed stages have high, pitched ceilings, a barbecue area, and enough separate seating zones that residents can read alone or crowd in for a game of mahjong without getting in each other’s way. The hair salon is operating and aqua aerobics classes run in the pool most weeks. Residents in the existing communities were invited to submit name suggestions for the four new buildings.
“We wanted residents to be part of the naming process for Stage Three,” says Daniela.
The results are inspired by the native flora, coastal surroundings, and natural beauty that define the village and its unique environment: Grevillea Terrace, Boronia Terrace, Acacia Terrace, and Lomandra Terrace. It’s a small detail, but it says something worth noting; the collaborative nature of the community. Reservations open to the public in November, with pricing released the month before. Whoever signs first will be first through the door.
Across the road sits BlueCare’s aged care residence. There’s no formal transition program between the two, however its proximity speaks for itself. If one half of a couple needs a higher level of care, they can move in across the street rather than across town.
“It allows people to spend more time together in those later stages of life,” Daniela says.
Then there’s the part of the story nobody’s elaborated on, until now. Clearing land for the development meant removing established feed trees for Glossy Black-Cockatoos. Rather than offset the loss on paper and move on, Keyton committed two million dollars to rebuilding the habitat somewhere else entirely.
Since 2022, Keyton has converted three hectares of degraded land at nearby Girraween Nature Refuge into protected bushland, planting 1,000 She-Oaks, the cockatoos’ preferred feed tree, along with hundreds of other native species. Plant survival is above 90 per cent, more than 100 native species are established, and some She-Oaks are nearing three metres. Kangaroos, wallabies and Glossy Black-Cockatoos are leaving clear signs they’re using the site.
The replacement ratio tells the sharper story: Keyton was required to replant She-Oaks at 8:1 but has delivered 18:1, not including thousands more that have self‑seeded from the transported topsoil. Beyond the site, Keyton has also gifted over 7,000 native plants to the community, supported a school program, and contributed $20,000 to Glossy Black-Cockatoo research.
Stage Three is essentially a bet that the final piece of a development can still be its best. The apartments are larger, the finishes beautiful, the outlooks more considered, and the habitat rebuild quietly doing more than most passers‑by would guess.
Reservations open in November. Until then, the last stage of Sunrise Beach Village remains what Daniela insists it is: not an ending, but the first chance at something brand new.
Discover more stories behind Sunrise Beach Village and register your interest at www.sunrisebeachvillage.com.au
