Sukoon Retirement & Aged Care

Sukoon Village

The word ‘Sukoon’ means ‘peace’ which is what the Brisbane Islamic Centre team intend to bring to each of its residents who choose to reside at our Village.

The facilities at Sukoon Village include:

• Retirement Village

• Aged Care

• Dementia Care

• Child Care

• Medical Centre

• Library, Cafeteria and other ancillary facilities

The unique concept of an Islamic Centre with the adjacent Retirement and Aged Care Village will complement each other and be of a world class standard and possibly one of few of its kind in the world.

The Village will be the first with an Islamic ethos to cater for the growing and aging Muslim population in Queensland.

The application was lodged late 2019 and Alhamdulillah, council approval was received late September 2022.

Why Sukoon Village?

The history of the first Muslim arriving in Queensland goes way back to the mid-1800s. Numbers gradually grew over the past century but the past few decades saw an increase in the number of arrivals.

Today, Muslims continue to come to Australia from many parts of the world, and in Queensland many of these migrants take up residence in southeast Queensland (SEQ) and more so on the southside of Brisbane where the new Brisbane Islamic Centre and Sukoon Village are to be located.

Australia has a significantly aging population and dementia is on the increase. Like the rest of the Australian community, we have realised the lack of adequate retirement and aged care availability, specifically catering to the needs of the Muslim community.

Sukoon Village will cater to our retirees, as well as those with higher needs and dementia, offering them a lifestyle in a relaxed and serene, modern state-of-the-art Village, all within a complex housing a medical centre, a child care centre and within walking distance to the adjacent Islamic Centre, with all its ancillary facilities.

Sukoon Village will also welcome residents from all communities, including our non-Muslim community and will have the ability for residents in the retirement village to ‘age in place’.

In other words, once residency is taken up in the retirement village apartment and when the time or need arise, they will not need to relocate to the aged care section. Their original retirement unit at the outset will be built and designed to cater for them in the latter years of their life.

Our masterplan concept includes a state-of-the art medical centre with specialised 24/7 care services that can be accessed by just a push of a button.

The Retirement Village

The complex will comprise 91 apartments to be built in four towers. Each tower will have its own dedicated lift from the basement parking to each resident’s level. Choose from two or three bedroom apartments, all well-appointed and designed to offer peace and privacy. With resort-style independent living, our range of facilities and services are designed to maintain your privacy and independence, so you can make the most of each day, and also choose to join in activities and groups. Take advantage of modern, quality amenities, and forge new and lasting friendships with other residents. The 91 units consist of:

Medical Centre

• 250 sqm facility

• 24/7 support care

• Health care to Sukoon Village residents and surrounding community

• Specialised health care to aged care residents and dementia patients

• Specialist visits to the Medical Centre

• Pathology collection for blood samples, etc

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Child Care

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75 place child care centre

Offering modern facilities for staff and children

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Unique concept for children to interact with the elderly and vice versa

Ancillary Facilities to the Retirement Village

Cafeteria

• Grooming lounge

Gymnasium

• Library

• Salaah facilities

• Lounge and reflection area

• Transport to nearby shopping centres

• Commercial kitchen

• Gardens and recreation

Zen garden Grooming lounge

Residents’ lounge

Current status of the application

The development application was lodged with the Brisbane City Council back in late 2019. However with the sudden unexpected advent of the Corona Virus pandemic (COVID 19), we decided to put the application on hold for approximately 9 months. Eventually, as the world came to terms with the new ‘normal’ we decided to have the application assessed by the Council and since then have had two Requests for Further Information (RFI). We are currently preparing a response to the 2nd RFI.

Judging from the latest RFI, our consultants advise that our application has good prospects for success and it’s estimated that the development approval (DA) would be forthcoming within the next 12 months. From the time the DA is issued, it would take some 18 months for construction to commence. The construction period is estimated to be 24 months.

Completion and occupation of the first units is estimated to be from today, late 2025 to early 2026 (approximately 4.5 years).

Sukoon Village –your lifetime investment

Moving into a retirement community is often described as a lifestyle investment and is very different to a typical residential investment.

Like the majority of retirement communities in Australia, Sukoon Village will operate under the Deferred Management (DMF) financial model. This ensures all residents are able to enjoy the many lifestyle and wellness benefits of living in the community while reducing their initial up-front lifestyle investment costs.

Full financial details are available from our Sukoon Retirement Village sales consultants.