Mollard Property Group

Designed to be the Centre of Attention

Mollard Property Group are niche-based specialist consultants in the design and development of high quality, innovative, compliant early learning centres. As supplier members of ACA Queensland, we are proud of our ongoing commitment and services to the sector. With an impressive track record of delivering over 28 early learning centres in prime locations Australia-wide, you can benefit from our 100% success rate on all our development approvals and planning permits.

The right location combined with innovative design excellence to the highest possible standard is becoming increasingly important in early learning centre development. In today’s competitive market, a new early learning centre must stand out and provide a sustainable, functional, safe, and fun environment for families and importantly meet specific early learning centre regulations and planning compliance.

We understand location is critical to success, but bigger does not always mean better. While a bigger centre with more licensed places may sound good on paper it may not benefit your service. Often, we see developers make a development site stack up financially by maximising the number of children the site can take, rather than considering the best outcome for specific business needs and operating services, which often results in failure.

It is important to understand the local catchment area to assess if a site is suitable for an early learning centre development prior to obtaining the site. Supply and demand, access, exposure, local competition, and financial viability for the appropriate number of children must be considered. If you need assistance in gaining this information, our in-depth Site Suitability Reports can identify all of this information before committing to a site to avoid costly mistakes.

In today’s competitive market, a successful early learning centre requires careful planning and innovative design, there are many aspects to consider including, architecture, landscape, functional interiors, cost-efficient construction, and sustainability – understanding each aspect is vital to ensure the feasibility of the centre and that the design will meet town planning and service approval requirements.

It is important to consider how the early learning centre will operate to design a functional, safe, and fun environment that enhances the child’s learning outcomes and the wellbeing of staff. Whilst ensuring it caters to the appropriate number of places for the location and demand and ensuring compliance with the National Quality Framework. Design requirements for the full development cycle to consider include:

• Efficient layouts for the appropriate capacity for the site

• Designed to suit individual operational requirements

• Understand permissibility, appropriate floor space ratio, height limits and planning parameters that can impact the development feasibility of the site

• Design unique spaces that promote a fun and safe, sustainable environment

• Pay attention to every detail of the design to ensure its function, practicality and aesthetics complement the location and surrounding properties

• Work with experienced designers/developers to alleviate any potential issues that may arise during councils’ assessment

Exceptional design comes from decades of expertise. To truly understand the critical balance between design and construction costs to meet the needs of the developer, proprietor, operator, council, parent, carer and, most importantly, child. Our focus is to ensure our designs satisfy the Department of Education and meet the unique operational objectives of early learning operators, whilst respecting the environment.

At Mollard Property Group we provide a complete ‘one stop solution’ service for our clients.

• We source and secure lease and acquisition opportunities

• We undertake an in-depth analysis to determine if a site is suitable for an early learning centre

• We partner early learning operators with developers and landlords

• We present unrivalled opportunity reports that include detailed financial feasibilities

• We complete centre design in accordance with the operator’s requirements

• We manage early learning projects from the concept stage through to obtaining development approvals

• We provide a full brand design service, tailored to the early learning sector

If you would like to know more about how you can implement design changes to uplift your centre, contact the team at Mollard Property Group for an obligation-free consultation.