Mr Broadhead confirmed to the Otago Daily Times yesterday he had applied for an amendment to a resource consent for the up to 105-bedroom development and would be launching his project and a website on September 1.
He is in the process of finalising designs.
"The decision to undertake this new workers’ accommodation development in Wānaka was purely down to a opportunity to fill a void in the market place, where we could make a real difference to businesses," Mr Broadhead said.
"The greatest challenge of all is staff retention, so our entire focus from design through to cost has been about workers’ comfort and cost and availability, and business certainty around long-term staffing requirements,"he said.
All going well, site works would begin later this year.
The first townhouse should be available in winter 2024, with the entire complex completed in 2025.
"Our plan is a fully developed site start to finish, [a] 15-unit development expressly for staff/workers accommodation. We are offering four separate designs of units with either 6 or 7 bedrooms in each," he said.
The development site is presently occupied by The Yard, a landscaping business.
Mr Broadhead owns a construction company in Timaru, and has made Christie Brothers of Wānaka his main sub-contractor.
"When in full flight we could have 30 to 40 guys working on site," he said.
Mr Broadhead has amended the concept from a residential housing development to a residential staff accommodation.
He had consulted the Wānaka Chamber of Commerce and local businesses to gauge what they wanted for the town and its workers, and intended to continue talking with the chamber throughout the project.
The fully-furnished units would be held in fee simple rather than unit titles.
Visitor accommodation would not be included, he said.
