Press Release 

18 November 2011

Putting Roots in Robina

CBDRobina’s impressive office vacancy rate has fallen further below 7 per cent following a decision by a Gold Coast orthodontist to open a practice in the business centre’s Campus Alpha.

Dr Steven Semaan has worked as an orthodontist in the city for the past seven years and has taken a five-year lease with options over a 259 square metre ground-level space to establish his new venture, Clear Smiles Orthodontics.

Fitout was recently completed and the practice has been operating patients since the start of this month.

The leasing deal leaves just one 111 square metre first-floor space available at the 4500 square metre Campus Alpha, located on Investigator Drive.

The three-level building houses offices of Queensland Health and of Disability Services Queensland, and is located beside the State Government’s 1 hectare Robina Health Precinct, on Campus Crescent, where a $36.3 million, 5180 square metre multi-discipline health facility is under construction and due to open early next year.

The precinct is opposite Robina Hospital where an expansion program was completed in April, doubling the facility’s size to 364 beds and bringing with it teaching institution status.

Dr Semaan said his decision to establish Clear Smiles Orthodontics was made a short time ago after learning that the street-level Campus Alpha space was available.

“I saw that Campus Alpha provided an opportunity to be part of a Government-driven transformation that would see CBDRobina become a major Gold Coast health services hub,” Dr Semaan said.

“Campus Alpha places Clear Smiles Orthodontics in a strategic central-city location beside a major new master-planned health services precinct and opposite Robina State High School.

“CBDRobina has a big future and Clear Smiles Orthodontics is positioned in the optimum location to provide orthodontic services to an expanding population. 

“Clients have the benefit of bus, train and motorway access, parking is plentiful, and there are appealing shopping and dining facilities nearby at Robina Town Centre and elsewhere.’’

Dr Semaan said Clear Smiles Orthodontics would specialise in the modern Invisalign orthodontics technique – which utilises clear, plastic aligners to level and align teeth – while also offering the latest technology in cosmetic braces.

“Initially, there will be four staff with myself as the sole orthodontist, but the premises allow for significant expansion and I plan to grow the practice progressively,“ Dr Semaan said.

Hylton Slater, General Manager of Robina Projects Australia, developer of Campus Alpha, said

CBDRobina’s central-city location, transport linkages and premier-grade office facilities were behind the swift take-up of space at RPA buildings in the business centre, whose vacancy rate compares favourably with those of capital cities.

Other RPA projects which have also been the subject of strong leasing activity over the past 18 months include The Rocket, CBDRobina’s iconic 16-level office tower, and The Wharf, situated adjacent to The Rocket on Laver Drive, where just one medically approved space remains.

“Dr Semaan recognises the many attributes of CBDRobina and the significant role it will play in the delivery of health services to Gold Coast region communities,“ Mr Slater said.

“Progressive development of the Queensland Health precinct will create an easy-to-access hub offering an extensive range of health services.

“Dr Semaan’s specialist skills and experience constitute a significant addition to the CBDRobina health services offering and we welcome his decision to establish his practice at Campus Alpha.”

Campus Alpha, The Rocket and The Wharf are marketed by Marcus Weld, of Robina Marketing Australia.