With six over-50s developments underway in WA and several more in the pipeline, Providence Lifestyle Group has taken out the Seniors Living category at the 2026 UDIA National Awards for Excellence with its flagship next-generation resort in Piara Waters.
The 244-home Piara Waters Lifestyle Resort was last night named the ‘best of the best’ Seniors Living development in the country at the UDIA gala event held in Adelaide.
It follows the over-50s community taking home the Russel Perry Award for Urban Development Excellence, the highest honour, and the Seniors Living Award at the UDIA WA Awards for Excellence in 2025.
Providence Lifestyle Group Managing Director John Wood, a land lease sector specialist for nearly three decades, said this latest recognition underscored the vital role the Group’s current and future developments were playing in the seniors housing market.
“Being crowned the best of the best highlights that the fresh formula we’ve unveiled for elevated over-50s community living at Piara Waters Lifestyle Resort – which is nearing close to 100% completion – has well and truly hit the mark,” said Mr Wood.
“We set out to raise the bar in creating luxurious, vibrant and connected spaces that older Australians can live well and indeed thrive in, not just downsize to, and this award illustrates we’ve achieved that.”
Having recently received the green light to develop its sixth community in Two Rocks, Providence Lifestyle Group has also revealed it has plans for several other developments.
“Having proven how powerful our model is with the nearly sold-out Piara Waters Resort, we now have our seventh and eighth revolutionary land lease projects in the pipeline with still more to come,” said Mr Wood.
“From the get-go, we planned ahead for the already strong and growing demand being experienced from downsizers and rightsizers.”
As well as Piara Waters and Two Rocks, Providence has future-focused gated resorts at various stages of development in Mandurah, Henley Brook, Haynes, Wattle Grove, and several more not-yet-announced locations.
“During the poor performing, pre-COVID years, our team was land banking sites to accommodate the predicted demand in WA,” said Mr Wood.
“Those decisions from five years ago are now paying dividends in delivering wonderful places for older Australians to live and helping to ease Perth’s housing supply issue.”
Providence’s executive team has previously developed 12 over-50s lifestyle communities end-to-end, with 10 of them in WA.
Each Providence Resort blends beautiful, architecturally designed modern and low maintenance homes with exceptional resort facilities, wellbeing and fitness spaces, a flourishing sense of social connectivity and community, and a focus on walkability, sustainability and technology.
Providence Resorts have no entry or exit fees, and home purchases are not subject to stamp duty. Homeowners on a pension are also eligible for Commonwealth Rent Assistance.
Information in this article is true and correct as of 19 March 2026.
