Why isn’t seniors' appropriate accommodation being built? The “nightmare” planning system that fails to respect operators or respect the value that seniors’ housing delivers for older Australians is real. So is the case to upend these planning systems. Who will do it?

When you read our cover story on land lease disruptor Adrian Puljich’s new vertical Currumbin Waters community in this issue, you will be immediately struck by two facts.

Fact #1: Instead of jealously guarding his IP for his innovative development – which completely upends the traditional broadacre land lease community and could bring the model into coveted inner- and middle-ring suburbs – Adrian welcomes other operators learning from his plans.

Fact #2: Despite all his experience in developing