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SATURDAY: CBA’s Brian Wong on the banks’ No. 1 priority in return for development funds

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Read the exclusive interview with Brian Wong, CBA’s National Director of Healthcare, in the latest SATURDAY digital magazine. He names the number one priority retirement living operators need to get the banks on board to fund development if you don’t have a track record in construction.

SATURDAY’s cover feature is For Purpose Aged Care Chair Toby Hall, who reveals why the organisation is targeting 5,000 aged care beds and units.

We also look at the world of social loans, opco/propco deals and interview Simon Chappel, CEO of Best Life Communities, a serious new player in the burgeoning land lease sector.

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