A $1.5 billion ‘Flinders Village’ featuring a health research centre, thousands of student beds, a hotel and a retail precinct will be built at Flinders University.
According to The Advertiser:
Preliminary works on Flinders Village, which will sustain an average of 1000 construction jobs over a decade, will begin next year when the Flinders Station is due to accept its first passengers.
The first major project will be a $200 million health research centre to focus on mental health and infectious diseases.
Construction of that building in 2021-22 will coincide with the first stage of a huge student accommodation project east of University Drive.
It will eventually provide 3000 new beds over a dozen or more buildings for international, regional and interstate students.
It is critical to Flinders’ plan to more than double onshore international students from 3000 to 8000.
State-of-the-art research and teaching facilities, student accommodation, retail and hospitality all part of a transformational $1.5 billion development at our Bedford Park campus — Welcome to Flinders Village. https://t.co/Px3oD4nQ07
— Flinders University (@Flinders) June 3, 2019
