
Major developer Stevens Group has lodged plans for a retirement village on part of Newcastle Golf Club with three five-storey apartment buildings, villas and a community centre.
The $108 million Fern Bay project will turn the National Trust-listed course's 16th, 17th and 18th holes along Nelson Bay Road into a seniors living complex with 125 apartments, 337 parking spaces, 35 villas, 12 duplexes and a bowling green.