$33M BEACHSIDE DEVELOPMENT NSW MID NORTH COAST

OLD BAR BEACH

Developers have applied to build 88 townhouses and apartments as part of a $33-million development in Old Bar, a small New South Wales coastal town between Newcastle and Coffs Harbour.

The proposed development is for a mixed housing development consisting of:

Traditional residential lots
56 two and three-bedroom townhouses
24 two-bedroom apartments
8 housing lots
Majority of buildings with a maximum height of 8.5 metres

Old Bar has a population of about 5000 people.

AUTHOR: Ralph Nicholson