auzcorp
The newly opened Beachfront Village – the former Port Hedland Detention Centre – is an innovative solution to the large demand for accommodation in Port Hedland for not only the resource sector but also for tourists and other visitors to the town.
The development by Auzcorp Pty Ltd, a major hospitality and catering provider to the resources industry in the Pilbara, has made available over 400 fully serviced rooms – ranging from new double, single and disabled ensuite rooms to refurbished single and double rooms with shared bathroom facilities.
Auzcorp is committed to the Port Hedland Community, and as such employs locally. The Company has an indigenous employment policy which seeks to ensure a minimum 5% of their workforce is of indigenous heritage.
The brief to develop Beachfront has posed a unique challenge to Auzcorp. It’s well known reputation to never see problems, only solutions, can be seen as soon as you arrive at Beachfront.
The high perimeter fence, once a symbol of keeping people in, is now a major attraction to clients seeking security in their accommodation options. Aware of its previous history as a Detention Centre, the company set out to integrate and acknowledge its historic past but to give it a fresh new life which sees it as an important part of the Port Hedland community.