36 | DEVELOPMENT Qestral Corporation: Banbury Park T T Karen Phelps Banbury Park developing at pace CONSTRUCTION • DESIGN & BUILD • PROJECT MANAGEMENT • SUPPLY CHAIN 03 341 2170 | Unit 2, 21 Birmingham Drive www.abl.co.nz | christchurch@abl.co.nz A close-knit community is already starting to develop in Qestral’s newest village, Banbury Park. which opened in Halswell, Christchurch a year ago, says Qestral Managing Director Simon O’Dowd. “Feedback has been really positive. People are finding Banbury Park is a great place to live,” he says. “Residents are delighted with the caring staff and the many social events, entertainment, and activities they can join if they want to. People have also mentioned they feel they still have privacy too in their spacious, well-appointed villas. Overall, people’s lives have definitely been enriched by moving here.” Banbury Park is developing at pace. The Care Centre, a state-of-the-art, single-storey care facility, offering premium hospital and resthome level care, opened this year. It provides specialised care in spacious care suites, available in a range of sizes, all with ensuites “Residents are delighted with the caring staff and the many social events, entertainment, and activities they can join if they want to. People have also mentioned they feel they still have privacy too in their spacious, well-appointed villas. “ and private decks. It caters for residents who have been assessed as requiring either rest home or hospital care and provides the ability to easily transition residents between these levels of care. This means generally there is no need for people to move rooms and that residents will continue to have access to staff members they are familiar with, depending on requirements. The Care Centre offers registered nurses, enrolled nurses, health care assistants and visiting professionals including a doctor/nurse practitioner, physiotherapist, podiatrist and optometrist. Also recently opened is a separate boutique Dementia Centre, which offers 20 individual care suites for residents and also include ensuites and easy outdoor access with private decks. Banbury Park is located between Milns Road and Sparks Road, only 9kms southwest of the city and just 7.6kms from the hospital. Simon says that Halswell is legendary for its history, dining and shopping options. It is surrounded by open green spaces and walking areas such as the Halswell Quarry and Westlake Reserve. “It’s an exciting part of the city that is growing rapidly,” he says. Like all Qestral villages, which each has its own personality, Banbury Park is unique, he T T to page 38 says. It has been architecturally designed to resemble an upmarket residential subdivision. This means no cookie-cutter houses with most being stand-alone and available in a good mix of sizes and designs. Award winning Architect Kerry Mason, a founder of +MAP Architects, is on Qestral’s board of directors, which signifies the importance Qestral places on establishing and maintaining high standards of urban design and innovative architecture. Simon describes the design of Banbury Park as modern and distinct, with wider roads than standard villages and greater space between houses. The concept is to create a complex that is open and expansionary and not intensified. There is a large amount of garden and green space around each home, with innovative landscaping designs and use of sculptures and other features to give each home a distinctive look.
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