Furnished Unitsin Maroochydore.

“Maroochydore decided to grow up — and started over.”

Maroochydore is the new Sunshine Coast CBD — the post-2018 redevelopment of the old Maroochydore Plaza site has produced Australia's first new city centre built from scratch in over a century, with the Sunshine Coast Council, the new Maroochydore Bus Interchange, and the planned Sunshine Coast Heavy Rail terminus all converging here. The suburb sits on the Maroochy River where it meets the Coral Sea, with Cotton Tree on the spit, the Maroochy Surf Club at the river mouth, and the new Maroochydore Marina precinct redeveloped in 2023. The renter market is the most professional on the Sunshine Coast — corporate workers in the new CBD towers, healthcare staff at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (15 min south in Birtinya), University of the Sunshine Coast students, and a substantial professional-couple cohort drawn by the new apartment stock. Housing is dominated by post-2010 mid-rise apartments around the new CBD, with classic 1980s and 1990s units along Aerodrome Road and the river. Walk Score in the new CBD is high. Translink buses run frequently to Mooloolaba (10 min) and Caloundra (35 min); the Bruce Highway connects to Brisbane in 90 minutes. Sunshine Coast Airport at Marcoola (15 min north) runs direct flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. Civic anchors include Sunshine Plaza shopping centre, the SunCentral CBD redevelopment, the Maroochydore Surf Club and the Cotton Tree Caravan Park. Typical furnished tenants are Brisbane corporate transferees on 6–12 month placements, SCUH healthcare staff, professional couples relocating from southern states, and remote workers attracted to the new CBD.