Mentone Heights — 156 Balcombe Road — reached Foundation Complete last quarter and is now moving into vertical construction. It is a $13.5M development combining residential townhouses and Specialist Disability Accommodation on one address.
One address. Two housing types.
The industry playbook treats SDA as either specialist standalone or a token inclusion. Mentone Heights treats it as neither. Residential townhouses and SDA share the same site, the same materials palette, the same landscape approach, and the same street frontage.
What foundation-to-frame means for a mixed-typology build
Vertical construction now begins across the whole site. The bearing capacity, drainage and slab specifications differ between the SDA and residential portions — those differences were resolved at foundation stage. The frame goes up as one coordinated program.
Integration isn’t proximity. It’s shared design DNA from the site plan out.
Where in the Nexus Care portfolio
Mentone Heights sits alongside Mentone Mews (154 Balcombe Road, permit imminent), Ashburton SDA (fit-out complete), and Nexus Life Shepparton (under planning) inside the Nexus Care vertical.
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