Medical service shortage fuels demand for Mount Barker property

A Mount Barker property earmarked for medical consulting rooms is attracting a healthy level of interest from commercial developers.

The 1366sqm site, which spans two titles at 59 and 61 Alexandrina Road, has initial planning consent and comes with architectural drawings for a new medical consulting centre, with multiple treatment rooms.

A local dentist bought the property, which currently comprises two unoccupied residential dwellings, a year ago with intentions of redeveloping it as a new dental clinic, said selling agent Anthony Coleman, of Coleman Property Adelaide Hills.

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The Mount Barker properties at 59 and 61 Alexandrina Rd is earmarked for medical consulting rooms.

The desperate need for more medical services in the area is fuelling demand for the property.

Developers are showing great interest in the site, which has plans to be turned into medical consulting rooms.

But he recently decided to instead relocate his dental business to a small medical facility under construction nearby.

Mr Coleman said an opportunity now existed for other medical services to continue to the dentist’s original vision, adding the Mount Barker district needed all manner of health services.

Interest in the property so far has been from developers seeking to construct the centre and enter long-term lease arrangements with those offering dental, pharmacy and even veterinary services, he said.

“Mount Barker needs more of everything – GPs, radiographers, dentists, chiropractors,’’ Mr Coleman said.

“There’s demand (within the community) for all of those things and … it purely comes down to population growth – Mount Barker is absolutely exploding.

“Some of the community are saying they already have to go to the Littlehampton medical facility (because they cannot get an appointment in Mount Barker) to see a GP and they still have to wait a week or two to get in.

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The property includes two neighbouring residences.

They are in one of SA’s fastest growing towns.

Mount Barker’s population is increasing by about 1000 people a year.

“That’s pretty good evidence of the need (for more medical services) that’s there.’’

Mount Barker is one of South Australia’s fastest growing towns.

It is increasing its population by about 1000 people a year, with eight new houses weekly and the equivalent of a classroom of children every two months, after the state government rezoned 1300ha of farming land for housing in 2011.

According to the Mount Barker Council, the town is only about a quarter of the way through its expansion.

Mr Coleman said while it was likely the property would ultimately be converted to a health and medical facility, interest had also been received from residential developers looking to further subdivide and construct multiple dwellings.

There was also interest from an owner-occupier buyer who wanted to use the existing semi- detached homes for multi-generational living, Mr Coleman said.

While the council had approved the site for medical consulting rooms, plans for the centre still required consent, he said.

Offers for the property, which has been listed without a price guide, close September 30.

– by Lauren Ahwan

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