Retirement and Community Living

ONLY in SATURDAY: why Anglicare is looking to shift its retirement villages to a LDK-style “ageing in place” model

Dec 04 2023 Updated December 4, 2023

Lauren Broomham

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Sydney’s largest village operator is embarking on an ambitious mission to transition its 25 retirement villages to an LDK-style model of delivering care services in a village environment – and helping its residents age in place for longer.

As we reported exclusively in The Weekly SOURCE last Tuesday, the Not For Profit organisation has launched a pilot project at its Woolooware Shores Village, 20km south of Sydney’s CBD, that could reshape the retirement living sector in Australia.

Read more about the project – and Anglicare’s plans for its residential care portfolio – in an exclusive interview with CEO Simon Miller (pictured) in the final 2023 issue of SATURDAY (out this Friday 8 December) – subscribe here now.

Scape moving to acquire Aveo is good news – here is why

It was revealed in the Financial Review this week that Australian student accommodation giant Scape is now the exclusive bidder to buy Aveo, for an indicated $3.5B. They will bring fresh thinking to the retirement village sector. Take a step back...

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Chris Baynes

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Scape reportedly in exclusive talks to buy retirement village operator Aveo

The student accommodation provider, working with Macquarie Capital and Deutsche Bank on due diligence, is likely to call on the two banks and Scape’s capital partners to buy the $3 billion plus business owned by Brookfield. Brookfield put Aveo up...

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Ian Horswill

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Opinion

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: aged care on a collision course with care minutes

With just 12 months until care minutes are linked with funding, residential aged care providers are facing a lose-lose scenario: lose funding if they understaff but fail to be compensated if they exceed targets, says Shalain Singh, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Advisory Group.

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Lauren Broomham

17 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Exclusive: Levande buys four new sites for retirement villages

Levande adds four new sites to its $2B growth plan, including major developments in Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong.

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Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2025

Arcare opens latest facility in Melbourne’s east – with five more homes to come online in 2025

The private operator, owned by the Knowles family, continues to be one of the most prolific builders in the residential aged care sector. Pictured (left to right): Kate Garvey, Client Services Manager at Arcare Ringwood, DCM Group Editor Lauren...

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Gold Coast site approved for 130-bed aged care home for sale through receivers

The nearly 9,000sqm site in Parkwood, 5km from the heart of the Gold Coast, is owned by SDA Property’s No 4 Pty Ltd, which has gone into administration.

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Bethanie gains approval for its first land lease community in Perth

The 10.6ha vacant site in the northern suburb of Perth will become the Not For Profit’s first venture in the burgeoning sector. Bethanie Bullsbrook Lifestyle Village will be the 31st site under Bethanie’s portfolio in Western Australia and one of...

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Ian Horswill

15 Apr 2025

Topic - Developments

Mergers & Acquisitions

In just six years Vivacity Property and capital partner RF Corval have now built a portfolio of six land lease community projects

The owner/operator has conditionally acquired with their capital partner “three contiguous sites located in regional New South Wales for the proposed development of a new land lease community”. This is in addition to Tallowood Meadowie in...

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Ian Horswill

15 Apr 2025