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February, 2017 The "massive workforce" required to build Queenstown's first retirementvillage could be provided with free accommodation on site. The Sanderson Group has lodged a resource consent application with the Queenstown Lakes District Council for 40 temporary units to house builders working on the Queenstown Country Club. Sanderson Group chairman Fraser Sanderson said the accommodation on Jones Ave could be provided for free. "If it's free or if its $100 a week... we want to get workers. If we have to provide subsidised accommodation for them to come - we will do that," he said. Each unit would contain a king-sized bed, a bathroom, a desk and a fridge. There would also be a communal facility with four toilets, kitchen and laundry. The 40 units could accommodate about 50 workers over four years, the resource consent application states. If the consent gets approved, the temporary water, sewerage, and stormwater connections would have to be removed within four years. About 100 construction workers at a time would be on the 53ha development site between Lake Hayes Estate and Shotover Country, Sanderson said. "We will need a massive work force," he said. It was too early to put a price on the building of temporary accommodation or it's rental price at this stage, he said. Council resource consents team leader Quinn McIntyre said the council was awaiting further information from the applicant before deciding whether it was appropriate to grant the consent non-notified. The Queenstown Country Club development will have more than 300 homes plus a café, a gymnasium, and a swimming pool. It will comprise of independent villas, serviced apartments and a 72-bed rest-home care facility. Sanderson said that to get the construction work done he wanted to make sure builders work for him and not for the opposition "up the road" at the proposed Arrowtown Retirement Village. He wanted to make sure young workers experienced Queenstown adventures and enjoyed working for the company. Meals and laundry could be provided to workers also. Sanderson hoped to have a decision on Queenstown Country Club's resource consent proposal within the next few weeks. "It's progressing very well. We believe we will have a positive outcome," he said. The company has existing facilities in the Bay of Plenty and Hamilton. (Source: Fairfax)
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