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Calvary Health Care turns retirement village into its first rental village

The Catholic provider’s Sydney Williams retirement village in Doncaster East, 20km east of Melbourne’s CBD, will operate as a seniors’ rental site due to community need as cost-of-living pressures impact seniors. The...

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Ian Horswill
29 Jan 2025
Opinion

Village operators: beware the media. Ignore the Code of Conduct at your peril - Sign up today

In this issue of The Weekly SOURCE we discuss how Lifestyle Communities lost $950 million in value in three months, thanks to three media reports on ABC TV. With village residents now significantly older, media alarm bells should be ringing. Our...

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Chris Baynes
28 Jan 2025
Government Policy

Regulatory changes, including Asset Management Plans, for retirement village operators in NSW

Major changes to the mandatory Asset Management Plan, the bane of life for all village managers, are planned by the NSW Government. Fair Trading wants stakeholders to have a say on the proposed changes. “The updates aim to improve transparency for...

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Ian Horswill
28 Jan 2025
Development

There is no DA yet but Aliria’s next land lease community revealed with rentals added

Adrian Puljich has revealed the location for the first two boutique land lease communities for his own personal land lease brand. JRT Group began the building of Aliria on Dean in Berserker, about 6km northeast of Rockhampton’s CBD., in December...

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Ian Horswill
28 Jan 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

Student accommodation operator Scape Australia reportedly keen to buy Aveo’s retirement villages for $3.5bn

The Financial Review, quoting sources, claims four companies want to buy the leading retirement village operator owned by Brookfield, stating the leading student accommodation developer Scape is through to the second round of the possible $3.5...

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Ian Horswill
28 Jan 2025
Saturday

Part 2 of our Innovators series in first SATURDAY magazine of 2025

In our first edition of SATURDAY for 2025, we profile Group Homes Australia, Silverchain, and Home Instead, and others.

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Lauren Broomham
30 Jan 2025
Out of the Ordinary

$1.7M for a manufactured home with the suburb’s median price $868k - is the $10.5M clubhouse a winning factor?

Operators are continually improving its high-end amenities, NSW Land Lease Living Industry Association CEO, Lyndel Gray says. “Developers are raising the bar with resort-style facilities to meet the desires of discerning home buyers who want...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Development

Third.i annouce Decode Construction as builder of The Merewether retirement village in Newcastle, NSW

More than seven years in the planning, the projected retirement village integrates the residential development, The Merewether Residences, and the existing 18-hole golf course in the suburb, 3km from the city of Newcastle.

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Ian Horswill
15 Jan 2025
Development

Stockwell’s Solana Lifestyle Resorts lodge plans for fifth over 50s resort in QLD

Stockwell Development Group has applied to Bundaberg Regional Council to build a Solana Lifestyle Resort with 403 single-storey two-bedroom homes over eight stages on 17ha of land at Bargara, a popular location for retirement living communities.

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Ian Horswill
08 Jan 2025
Development
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Development

There is no DA yet but Aliria’s next land lease community revealed with rentals added

Adrian Puljich has revealed the location for the first two boutique land lease communities for his own personal land lease brand. JRT Group began the building of Aliria on Dean in Berserker, about 6km northeast of Rockhampton’s CBD., in December...

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Ian Horswill
28 Jan 2025
Development

Central Element now plan $250M luxurious CAPs development for seniors just 7km from Sydney CBD

The development company has bought a neighbouring block on the Pacific Highway at Greenwich and its new development application to Lane Cove Council reveals plans for two mixed-used Community Apartment Project (CAP) buildings for seniors, with...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Out of the Ordinary

$1.7M for a manufactured home with the suburb’s median price $868k - is the $10.5M clubhouse a winning factor?

Operators are continually improving its high-end amenities, NSW Land Lease Living Industry Association CEO, Lyndel Gray says. “Developers are raising the bar with resort-style facilities to meet the desires of discerning home buyers who want...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Development

Third.i annouce Decode Construction as builder of The Merewether retirement village in Newcastle, NSW

More than seven years in the planning, the projected retirement village integrates the residential development, The Merewether Residences, and the existing 18-hole golf course in the suburb, 3km from the city of Newcastle.

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Ian Horswill
15 Jan 2025
Development

Stockwell’s Solana Lifestyle Resorts lodge plans for fifth over 50s resort in QLD

Stockwell Development Group has applied to Bundaberg Regional Council to build a Solana Lifestyle Resort with 403 single-storey two-bedroom homes over eight stages on 17ha of land at Bargara, a popular location for retirement living communities.

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Ian Horswill
08 Jan 2025
Community Living

Elka Capital and Assembly Funds Management land lease community brand revealed: Springtree

It was in October last year, The Weekly SOURCE reported the new entrants to the senior’ land lease community sector had bought two sites in Victoria. Now it can be revealed the brand created by Elka Capital, the creation of David Laing and Tom...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Housing News

Social and senior housing. 33 desperate Northern Beaches women turned away each month. How can the Prime Minister smile?

Throughout Australia the need for social housing, particularly seniors, continues to grow. Narelle Hand “Older women are needing safe affordable housing more than ever,” said Narelle Hand, Chief Executive Officer at Northern Beaches Women’s...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Housing News
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Housing News

Social and senior housing. 33 desperate Northern Beaches women turned away each month. How can the Prime Minister smile?

Throughout Australia the need for social housing, particularly seniors, continues to grow. Narelle Hand “Older women are needing safe affordable housing more than ever,” said Narelle Hand, Chief Executive Officer at Northern Beaches Women’s...

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Ian Horswill
27 Jan 2025
Aged Care

Southern Cross Care (WA) puts homeless seniors into one of its aged care homes

The Not For Profit has a 97% occupancy rate, well above the Government’s national average of 86.1%, with 476 residents in its eight residential aged care homes in Perth’s Metropolitan area, Kalgoorlie and Broome. 

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Ian Horswill
15 Jan 2025
Housing News

Bethanie Housing chosen by WA Government to build and operate new seniors social housing development

The registered charity, which provides subsidised accommodation and services to seniors in need, has been chosen as the preferred operator to develop and operate a new 90-dwelling community housing development in Mount Lawley, an inner northern suburb of Perth.

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Ian Horswill
15 Jan 2025
Government Policy

New modular homes for seniors in West Australian town

Just three two-bedroom, one-bathroom homes will be available for seniors on the housing waitlist in Manjimup, a town 307km south of the state capital, Perth, in early 2025. The modular houses have been added to the 26-lot Cherry Glades development site...

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Ian Horswill
10 Jan 2025
Development

SA Government proposes four to six-storey retirement villages targeting single occupants

“The aim of the Accommodation Diversity Code Amendment is to increase the number of well-designed, diverse, and affordable housing supply options across the entire state, to respond to these population projections and growth in single person...

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Ian Horswill
09 Dec 2024
Housing News

First women aged 55 and over move into social housing in Melbourne as Margot Robbie Netflix doco highlights older women’s homelessness

Construction of the 96 social housing homes, a partnership between National Affordable Housing and Pace Development Group with $50 million provided by the Victorian Government, began in May 2023. The “missing middle” a term used by the...

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Ian Horswill
09 Dec 2024
Housing News

Apollo Care and The Shelter Collective provide 10 homes for women aged over 55 in Rockhampton

The aged care provider is partnering with the Central Queensland-based community-driven group of organisations to provide 10 affordable homes in Rockhampton. The Shelter Collective identifies underutilised or unused property to repurpose as housing...

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Ian Horswill
09 Dec 2024
Community Living

This is not a retirement village or land lease community — it’s a Build to Rent

The Gladstone, which is South Caroline-based Greystar’s first Build to Rent tower in Australia, has opened its doors with two months’ free rent in Melbourne. The largest apartment manager in the US, with over 726,826 units/beds as of 2023 has...

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Ian Horswill
02 Dec 2024
Housing News

Build to Rent laws passed with forecast of 80,000 rental homes in 10 years

The tax incentives in the Treasury Laws Amendment (Responsible Buy Now Pay Later and Other Measures) Bill 2024 and Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024 apply to Build to Rent (BTR) projects of 50 or more apartments or dwellings, made...

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Ian Horswill
02 Dec 2024
Opinion
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Opinion

Aged care in-home technology: a billion-dollar industry with good reason

Two pieces of news this week have reinforced an argument we’ve been making for some time: technology is the only viable solution to the aged care beds crisis that Australia is currently facing. 

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Lauren Broomham
30 Jan 2025
Opinion

Ahead of the Federal Election, The SOURCE asks mecwacare CEO Anne McCormack for her aged care wishlist

With politicians on the campaign trail, The Weekly SOURCE is asking CEOs across the sector what they would like to see our Federal politicians prioritising for aged care.

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Caroline Egan
30 Jan 2025
Opinion

Village operators: beware the media. Ignore the Code of Conduct at your peril - Sign up today

In this issue of The Weekly SOURCE we discuss how Lifestyle Communities lost $950 million in value in three months, thanks to three media reports on ABC TV. With village residents now significantly older, media alarm bells should be ringing. Our...

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Chris Baynes
28 Jan 2025
Funding
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Funding

Bain Capital-owned Estia Health reportedly secures $300M finance line

Estia Health has secured $300 million in financing from Japanese Bank Nomura, according to The Australian Financial Review’s Street Talk column.

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Caroline Egan
11 Dec 2024
Government Policy

200 patients still lying in SA hospitals waiting for aged care beds

It would take two large aged care homes to house all the older patients in South Australian hospitals ready to be discharged, but waiting to be offered an aged care bed. The Peter Malinauskas Labor Government’s promise to build more than 600 new...

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Caroline Egan
17 Oct 2024
Government Policy

Hourly updates on Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 2024 in Canberra today

The Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 2024 will hold eight hearings around the country this month, with the Inquiry expected to be wrapped up by the end of the year. Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care Ian Yates is the first to appear before the inquiry in Canberra on 3 October 2024.

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Caroline Egan
03 Oct 2024
Government Policy

Inspector-General: aged care reforms do not meet Royal Commission’s expectations

In its Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 2024 submission, the Office of the Inspector-General of Aged Care (OIGAC), which is led by long-time industry expert Ian Yates AM, has restated its position that Australia should be moving towards...

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Caroline Egan
03 Oct 2024
The Economy
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Government Policy

“Development pipeline across sector not going to be sufficient for ageing population”

“The development pipeline across the industry is not going to be sufficient for the ageing population,” Tony told the Property Council

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Ian Horswill
20 Nov 2023
Aged Care

Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here

Read more about Australia’s ‘true’ occupancy rate – and the consolidation taking place in the residential care sector in SATURDAY – subscribe here

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Lauren Broomham
26 Oct 2023
Development

Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find

The Department of Health and Aged Care puts occupancy at 86.2%. Our investigations differ To find out why, subscribe to our premium digital magazine SATURDAY HERE

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Caroline Egan
26 Oct 2023
Home Care

Fiji PM hints at reducing PALM worker numbers

The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has indicated that the number of unskilled or semi-skilled workers that come to Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme could be cut, which could limit an important source of...

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Caroline Egan
26 Oct 2023
Community Living

New Zealand needs more retirement villages to meet the demand

A new report by real estate firm JLL on the sector across the Tasman Sea has found demand for places is outstripping supply. A total of 36 new villages were added to the development pipeline last year with 452 villages currently providing homes for...

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Ian Horswill
28 Aug 2023
The Weekly SOURCE

Will retirement living operators heed the call in Western Australia?

The state government has said it seeks to collaborate with the property and construction industry to “increase the supply and diversity of social housing”. The Department of Communities states it is particularly interested in submissions that...

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Ian Horswill
01 Aug 2023
Aged Care

IHACPA releases Consultation Paper for aged care funding in 2024–25

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 and asking for submissions from relevant stakeholders. The report...

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Caroline Egan
26 Jul 2023
The Economy

ONLY IN SATURDAY: Aveo Group CEO on making serviced apartments profitable

Serviced apartments, or assisted living options in retirement villages, have been a challenge for the retirement living sector. Ageing village serviced apartments with relatively high weekly fees to cover the mandated meals and other services are...

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Caroline Egan
25 Jul 2023
DCM Research

DCM Institute survey: How long Village Managers think they will stay in the role

The DCM Institute survey of 186 retirement village and community managers across Australia asked how long Village Managers intend to stay in the role and why they intend to leave. The survey found that 78% of Village Managers were generally...

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Section Editor
13 Jun 2023
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