Development

For Purpose Aged Care Australia’s Romsey home in VIC opens with 100 on the waiting list

The 125-bed Romsey Community Aged Care home, located 15km north of Melbourne, accepted its first 15 residents on 31 March 2025 and held an open day attracting 500.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Government Policy

A local government recognising the need for seniors housing

Perth’s largest local government area has 20% of its population over the age of 55. By 2036, the region will need 918 extra aged care beds and 1,300 more retirement village units, the City of Swan states. It decided to act and in 2024 sold Elvire...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Opinion

Small is good – and faster in retirement living, but what does that say about the future?

Today we cover Mark Bindon and Franco DePasquale announcing their re-entry to the retirement village sector with three separate village projects of around just 25 homes each. Meanwhile Adrian Puljich announced at the LEADERS SUMMIT his new Aliri...

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Chris Baynes

01 Apr 2025

Topic - Housing News

Sydney Anglican Property lodging DAs to renew two sites with housing for women over 55 included

Social and affordable housing is much-needed in Sydney’s southwest and two projects delivering almost 260 such homes have been successful under Round 1 of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). However, as the Coalition...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

New Stockland Halcyon land lease community part of latest residential release

Rivermont, a new masterplanned community in Waraba, 49km north of Brisbane’s CBD, will include a Halcyon over 50s community designed specifically for active retirees and rightsizers. Stockland General Manager QLD Development, David Laner, said the...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

Purrkanaitya Aboriginal Elders Village in Bedford Park, SA, building begins after $5.15M grant

The elders’ village in the southern suburb of Adelaide will include 40 culturally appropriate one-bedroom social dwellings, which will include the necessary infrastructure to promote independent living within a community setting for Aboriginal...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

Why Aveo’s The George Retirement Living gets a visit from CEO Tony Randello

The bayside village in Sandringham, 16km south of Melbourne’s CBD, where two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes are for sale for just shy of $1 million, has had its community centre transformed. Aveo has invested $200M+ in recent village upgrades as its...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

Construction begins on VIC Govt’s $1.7M per bed aged care home in Cohuna

The $41.1 million facility, being built 275km north of Melbourne, will contain 24 aged care beds and eight hospital beds, and is part of the Victorian Government’s Regional and Rural Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services Revitalisation Strategy.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Development

Rockpool starts work on another 300-plus Brisbane aged care beds as Oxley home opens on Monday

As aged care operator Rockpool prepares to open Rockpool Songbird Oxley on 31 March, the private operator is planning to commence construction at Hamilton Northshore, 8km northeast of the Brisbane CBD, and in August will begin work at Kedron, 7km north of the Brisbane CBD.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Development

Startup Hyegrove Willoughby on track to sell 111 integrated aged care village apartments before it opens

For a new entrant to the retirement living sector, Patrick Abolakian impressed with an expansive vision for the RV sector at the sold-out LEADERS SUMMIT last Wednesday. Over 80% of the 111 apartments, at an average price of $2.8 million ($28,000 per...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025

Development

Only 13 of 51 new apartments launched at Levande Pine Lake retirement village on Gold Coast remain for sale

Chief Executive Officer Kevin McCoy opened the new apartments in a ceremony in Elanora last Wednesday. The new apartments - $695,000 to $765,000 (one-bedroom, one bathroom) and $775,000 to $1.2 million (two-bedroom, two bathroom) - mean the village...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025

Community Living

Anglicare releases documentary ‘Unashamedly Old... But Won’t Be Told’ as Woolooware Shores’ final stage launches

The final release of 78 premium residences across two buildings, completes the $263 million luxury retirement village with a total of 441-apartments, constructed by Growthbuilt. The release of the one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, suites...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025

Development

Work begins on Noble family’s $75M over 50s gated lifestyle resort in southeastern Tasmania

Stage One of the Noble Life’s resort in New Norfolk, a riverside town 20km from Hobart, will see 26 two- and three-bedroom homes built. Civil works began earlier this month on the 186-homes New Norfolk Resort land lease community on 9.5ha of land...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025