DCM Research

RSL LifeCare reduces expansion of Bullecourt Retirement Village in ACT

The charitable organisation has resubmitted a smaller expansion of the village in Kaleen, a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, after opposition to a previous proposal in 2022. The new $35 million proposal reduces the building heights to...

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Ian Horswill

17 Mar 2025

Development

RetireAustralia expanding three retirement villages as new development progresses

The operator, jointly owned by New Zealand based infrastructure investor Infratil and NZ Super, is continuing expansion. The final stage of The Verge at Burleigh, Gold Coast, opened in May this year and The Weekly SOURCE can reveal it is expanding...

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Ian Horswill

25 Nov 2024

Selling

The owner operator that has sold 600 dwellings in just six months

When Adrian Puljich, GemLife founding Director and CEO, spoke in the afternoon of the LEADERS SUMMIT 2022, everyone rushed back into the auditorium. DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes called Adrian’s speech a “masterclass in successful retirement living...

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Ian Horswill

20 Feb 2024

Development

HammondCare’s 57 apartment/30 bed project approved as State Significant Development

The NSW Government Independent Planning Commission has approved the charity’s $82 million proposal to demolish its Neringah Hospital site at Wahroonga in Sydney’s Upper North Shore to make way for 57 seniors living units, 12 residential aged...

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Ian Horswill

20 Feb 2024

Development

$13.8M plan with stormwater barrier to extend Lincoln Place’s Kangaroo Flat Lifestyle Estate

Nick Collishaw (right) and Ben Hindmarsh’s thriving business wants to add 73 units in a bushland expansion of their land lease community, formerly Aviva Bendigo, in the city 150km northwest of Melbourne. Flooding in 2022 inundated parts of the...

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Ian Horswill

12 Feb 2024

Developments

Build To Rent projects keep coming with Canadian-based property investor giant Brookfield to debut

Economic Development Queensland has paved the way for Brookfield’s $400 million 560-apartment project on Brisbane’s riverfront. Comprising two 23-storey towers, the Fender Katsalidis designed development will rise from Brookfield’s $1.3-billion...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jan 2024

DCM Research

DCM Institute: why Village Manager Professional Development is going from strength to strength

With DCM Institute’s next series of Professional Development Day set to commence next week, Executive Director, James Wiltshire, says the program is going from “strength to strength.” “We already have a full house in Sydney, with Brisbane...

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Ian Horswill

15 Aug 2023

Aged Care

Plan B remains Plan A for Pat Garcia in his new job

The leading advocate for co-contributions in aged care, Pat Garcia, outgoing CEO of Catholic Health Australia, the Not For Profit peak body for Catholic and religious healthcare providers, intends to continue his campaign to improve the sector. In...

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Caroline Egan

26 Jul 2023

DCM Research

Attention retirement living marketers, strategists, CFOs and property exec’s

Our one-day intensive marketing and strategy masterclass live or virtual on 29 August in Sydney is for you. Progressive operators are realising that demand for seniors accommodation exceeds supply but new property developments require up to seven...

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Section Editor

18 Jul 2023

Community Living

Overseas interest in Odyssey’s eight $7.5M penthouse private aged care apartments on Chevron Island – Masterclass case study

With construction under way for Phil Usher’s latest innovative venture, the 19-storey Odyssey Chevron Island in QLD’s Gold Coast with 167 apartments, The SOURCE can reveal there has been overseas, mainly from Asia, and national interest in the...

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Team Editor

11 Jul 2023

Community Living

An operator wake-up call on resident abuse

The results of the recent survey of management abuse in retirement villages was challenging, especially around Patronising. The Retirement Village Residents Association NSW’s Report ‘Ageing Without Fear’ reveals that 40% of village residents...

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Team Editor

04 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

DCM Research

DCM Institute survey: female Village Managers paid nearly 20% less than male counterparts

The gender pay gap continues to be a pressing issue across various industries, and the retirement village sector in Australia is no exception. According to a recent survey conducted by the DCM Institute, the majority of Village Managers in the...

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Section Editor

05 Jun 2023