







Pavilions Blackburn Lake
141 Central Rd, Nunawading
Pavilions Blackburn Lake is a premium retirement community set within the scenic Blackburn Lake Sanctuary area. Designed with a focus on health, wellness, and environmental harmony, this development integrates modern architectural aesthetics with natural surroundings. The village includes high-quality, spacious apartments across 9 buildings with an interior design by award winning interior design firm Hecker Guthrie, that emphasizes warm, earthy tones with materials like timber, stone, and copper for a comfortable, inviting atmosphere.
Amenities at Pavilions include an on-site café, "Miss Lucy," which serves as a social hub for residents and visitors, fostering a strong community environment. The village also provides shared facilities such as a cinema, games room, library, business center, wellness center, pool, gym and yoga studio.
This development showcases a commitment to both social engagement and environmental mindfulness, aiming to be a model for modern retirement living in a natural setting.
Sinclair Brook were instrumental in the key project strategy, assisting the developer with feasibilities, a staging strategy which helped minimize debt and allowed the developer to fund their flagship place of worship building as well as providing take out funds for them to use on their mission work.
Project specific issues included: VCAT approvals, including community consultation, funding strategy, extensive fire authority engagement due to the nature of the site and incorporation of ESD initiatives.
Seventh Day Adventist Church
VIA
Hecker Guthrie
Stage 1 - Hutchinsons Builders
Stage 2 - Ironside
Client
Architect
Interiors
Head Contractor
Development Management
Project Management
Superintendency
Sinclair Brook’s Role