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Ian
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Ingenia Communities upgrades its FY25 EBIT and underlying EPS Guidance

The good health of the land lease sector is evident in today’s announcement to the ASX by the owner and operator of the third largest number of land lease communities, the second largest rental village portfolio and significant tourism park...

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Ian Horswill

5 hours ago

News & Headlines

Adrian Puljich has approval for Australia’s first vertical land lease lifestyle resort

This will be Australia’s first vertical land lease community. GemLife Currumbin Waters will have six three-level buildings and one four-level building, allowing for 205 three-bedroom homes and a multi-million dollar three-level country club, with...

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Ian Horswill

9 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Lifestyle Communities announce pay for Chair David Blight’s role as Executive Chair

David, who was appointed Chair in July last year, will assume the role as Executive Chair until a new CEO is appointed. Co-Founder and Managing Director James Kelly retired on 31 December, 2024. He co-founded the land lease community business over...

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Ian Horswill

10 hours ago

Legal Issues

After 10 tortuous years, Mbark’s proposed retirement village in Canberra held up again

In November last year, Mbark was given conditional approval of a lease variation by the ACT Government to build the retirement village of 125 dwellings (77 houses and 48 units in six three-storey blocks) on 6ha of the club’s golf course

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Ian Horswill

13 Jan 2025

Government Policy

New modular homes for seniors in West Australian town

Just three two-bedroom, one-bathroom homes will be available for seniors on the housing waitlist in Manjimup, a town 307km south of the state capital, Perth, in early 2025. The modular houses have been added to the 26-lot Cherry Glades development site...

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Ian Horswill

10 Jan 2025

Government Policy

South Australia considering allowing six-storey retirement villages

Consultation is now open for the proposed amendment proposing changes to the planning rules to enable a wider variety of housing and more flexibility for building apartment-style homes and retirement living across the state, states a state...

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Ian Horswill

10 Jan 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Estia Health buys seven homes from David Di Pilla’s Aurrum Aged Care

The two businesses have announced Bain Capital-owned Estia Health will buy Aurrum Aged Care’s three homes on the NSW Central Coast in Erina, Norah Head, and Wyoming and the four homes in Melbourne - Brunswick, Healesville, Plenty, and Reservoir -...

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Ian Horswill

10 Jan 2025

Development

Aspen Group’s $70M affordable Build to Rent development lodged in Adelaide

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider has lodged a development application with Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council to build a six-storey building with 78 fully furnished Build to Rent studio and one-bedroom apartments, 12...

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Ian Horswill

09 Jan 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Why Ingenia Communities is winding up its five managed funds

CEO John Carfi said the decision to wind up its managed funds was consistent with the Ingenia’s intention to refine its portfolio and simplify operations. “The capital released will contribute toward further investment in our development...

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Ian Horswill

09 Jan 2025

Community Living

Stockland launches its first over 50s community in Ipswich, QLD

Halcyon Providence is the developer’s latest over 50s community within one of its masterplanned communities.

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Ian Horswill

08 Jan 2025

Retirement and Community Living

The Not For Profit with waiting lists at all seven of its retirement villages

Southern Cross Care (WA) has seen 58 new residents into its seven retirement villages, six within Perth and its Donovan Village in Forrestfield, a suburb of the City of Kalamunda, 15km southeast of Western Australia’s capital city. With the state’s...

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Ian Horswill

08 Jan 2025

Development

Stockwell’s Solana Lifestyle Resorts lodge plans for fifth over 50s resort in QLD

Stockwell Development Group has applied to Bundaberg Regional Council to build a Solana Lifestyle Resort with 403 single-storey two-bedroom homes over eight stages on 17ha of land at Bargara, a popular location for retirement living communities.

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Ian Horswill

08 Jan 2025

Development

Is Adrian Puljich the ageing sector’s most active operator?

The innovative and prominent over-50s land lease lifestyle resort operator launched Aliria, solely owned and directed by himself in September last year, which sits with the booming GemLife and Living Gems businesses, which he also heads as Director...

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Ian Horswill

08 Jan 2025