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Retirement and Community Living

Retirement Village Residents Associations unite to survey residents to see if any truth in ABC 7.30 broadcasts

For the first time, the Retirement Village Residents Association in each state have come together to investigate if the allegations made by the TV broadcasts and the associated bombardment on ABC Radio and social media channels have any validity...

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Listed affordable housing group Aspen lifts handbrake on over-50s lifestyle sales

Announcing an upgrade to its FY25 Earnings Guidance, Aspen led by Joint CEOs David Dixon and John Carter, said the business is “now prepared to satisfy the increasing demand for our Lifestyle houses and land”. “We will therefore no longer...

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Not For Profit IRT Group ups revenue by 39.3% and profit hits $43.6M as it cares for 5,230 residents

The increase in revenue was across both government and resident income delivered by maintaining high occupancy at retirement villages, additional aged care funding for supporting residents with higher and more complex acuity levels, and increasing...

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RAAFA Air Force Memorial Estate with 400 independent living units has 600 on the waiting list

The insatiable demand for retirement living has been starkly shown to The Weekly SOURCE in a chat DCM Editor Lauren Broomham had with RAAFA WA CEO Michelle Fyfe (pictured). Created for air force veterans, the 400 independent living units in...

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Levande trial end-of-life care partnership with Violet

The retirement village operator is piloting the Not for Profit’s new digital AI companion to help residents plan for their final years. “This new pilot program will implement Violet as part of Levande’s wellbeing program, led by their...

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Out of the Ordinary

Issue 89 of SATURDAY magazine: Pioneers never stop innovating

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Family owned Tulich Group seeks 210 “vertical retirement only village’ in Oran Park, Sydney

The development application for the group’s first retirement-only village has been filed with Camden Council. Tulich Group, which operates the award-winning retirement living and residential aged care facility The Royce in Penrith, adjacent to...

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Over 160 expressions of interest for Adrian Puljich’s first Aliria lifestyle community in Rockhampton, Qld

The interest is almost three times the number of homes being built in the new $32 million over-50s community Being developed on a 2.5ha site in Berserker, which was formerly home to WIN Television, Aliria on Dean is the first land lease community in...

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“All anyone wanted to know was ‘when can we move in?’”: Sally Taylor, Retirement by Moran Managing Director

More than 130 interested parties attended the first Information Session for the proposed Indigo by Moran over-60s retirement village on the site of the decommissioned Wesley Taylor Narrabeen, 23km northeast of Sydney’s CBD. Dr Shane Moran, Chairman...

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Portarlington Lifestyle Village, Bellarine Peninsula, lodges $9.5M final extension

The coastal mecca for retirees and retirement living and land lease operators never sleeps. Portarlington Lifestyle Village’s land lease village has 92 two- and three-bedroom homes for over 55s. Now the operator has gone to the Council of Greater...

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Awards

Family-owned Pine Needles Village named NSW Land Lease Community of the Year

“Winning this award is a testament to our team’s hard work and commitment to excellence and we are incredibly proud to be recognised,” said the owner Jenny Phillips, who started the over-55s land lease community in Erina, 81km north-northeast...

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$56.5M Botanic Retirement Village proposed for CW Group’s master planned estate in Highfields, Toowoomba

Damien Gwynne, Founder and Managing Director of CW Group, is developing Botanic, a master planned residential estate at Highfields for 600 homes, with over 30ha of natural flora and fauna habitat, within a 90ha site. In addition, his Bird in Hand 3...

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