Waikato Business News July/August 2017

RADIUS CARE GLAISDALE
WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2017
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New Radius Glaisdale facility
‘part of the community’
A state-of-the-art rest home in Hamilton’s
north east has been developed through a
partnership between Radius Care and one
of the city’s most prominent developers.
By GEOFF TAYLOR
The newly opened Radius
Glaisdale which
can accommodate 80
people is poised to serve the
city for many decades and become
a significant part of the
Glaisdale subdivision’s community.
Development of Glaisdale,
a 28 hectare subdivision in
Rototuna which starts at the
end of Resolution Drive and
is bounded by Borman Rd
and North City Drive began
in 1997. The former Waikato
district farm land was brought
into Hamilton city and developers
Ian Patton, Steve
Agnew, David Lugton, and
Malcolm MacDonald formed
Glaisdale Partnership to progressively
develop the land
which will ultimately provide
about 400 sections.
The name Glaisdale stems
from the heritage of former
Kay Rd resident Mrs McCorkindale
who was brought up
in a Yorkshire Village of that
name and came to New Zealand
in the 1920s. The name
of the town was on her gate
and Ian Patton researched the
town and even visited it while
in holiday in Britain. A number
of the subdivsion’s streets
are named after Glaisdale’s
streets.
Ian says Radius Glaisdale
came about due to a 6600
square metre section of the
subdivision on the corner of
Hare Puke Drive and Borman
Rd which was designated for
community use. One possibility
was to build a rest home so
Ian and his colleages went to
see architect Peter Chibnall at
Chibnall Buckell Team Architects.
“We said we could create a
rest home, what would it look
like, and discussions went
from there,” says Ian.
Peter introduced them to
Jason McCarthy from Independent
Project Management
Services who in turn introduced
them to Radius Care.
A visit from Radius Care
managing director Brien Cree
clinched the deal.
“They are good caring
people,” says Ian of Radius
Care. “It kind of evolved from
there.”
Aged care is becoming
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exciting new development.
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