Midrand-based Century Property Developments has beaten off more than 1000 international competitors to walk away with the prestigious Globals 2011 for the world’s best retirement resort.
The award was received for its Sunninghill-based Waterfall Hills Mature Lifestyle Estate, which was launched in 2010. The Globals Award is held annually to recognise excellence in over-50s residential housing.
International property consultant Dan Brown, one of the project managers of the development, says the award for best retirement resort in the world is a major coup for a South African developer, not to mention what it means for South Africa. “This is a new category intended to differentiate retirement ‘resorts’ from typical retirement villages and old age homes. The judges were particularly impressed by Waterfall Hills’ focus on customised, bespoke homes, and the quality of amenities available to residents in the form of restaurants, tennis court, bowls green, cinema, convenience stores, cinema, gym and aerobics facilities and the like.”