The Wearne Redevelopment in Gibney Street is a residential aged care and retirement living development.

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It comprises of 78 Independent Living Units and 129 Residential Aged Care rooms, providing accommodation and personal or nursing care for aged residents, including recreational, health, laundry and catering facilities.

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The $80 million project is an expansion of the beachside aged care provider's Wearne Hostel in Cottesloe.

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Wearne operator Curtin Care is owned by Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Claremont and Peppermint Grove councils, which jointly hold the Gibney Street site in trust.

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The project will provide care facilities for about 110 people and 90 serviced apartments after it was approved in 2019.

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The first stage is expected to have people move in late 2021. Following stages will have 55 residences for the elderly, and a café, art precinct, medical centre and meeting rooms for the Cottesloe community on Gibney Street.