Rebuilds

Southern Cross Care QLD opens $36M aged care home in Chinchilla after five years of planning

The town of Chinchilla, about 300km west of Brisbane, population 7,000, is the location of the Not For Profit’s new 81-bed aged care facility, Illoura.

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Caroline Egan

13 Feb 2025

Government Policy

Uniting Communities wants to create intergenerational living in rezoning appeal to SA Govt

The Not For Profit has big plans for a 2.3ha site in the suburb of Felixstow, 6.7km from Adelaide’s CBD, where its Aldersgate Residential Aged Care Facility including the State Heritage listed Forsyth House lies. It is seeking a rezoning of the...

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Ian Horswill

10 Feb 2025

Development

Resthaven bids to replace existing aged care home in Marion, Adelaide

South Australian Not For Profit Resthaven has lodged plans to redevelop its Marion site, 10km south of the Adelaide CBD, including building a 150-place residential aged care home, with the existing home on the site recently marking its 50-year...

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Caroline Egan

06 Feb 2025

Development

Limited advance release for Paul Slijderink’s unique Balinese-inspired Ipswich continuum of care retirement village

32 villas and 14 apartments are now open to expressions of interest for Abadi Gaia retirement village, which will be built in Ipswich, 43km southwest of Brisbane, with construction starting in 2026. “Abadi Gaia will not only deliver the highest...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024

Development

Maronite Sisters propose 99-bed aged care home rebuild in Sydney’s Inner West as State Significant Development

The Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Village is proceeding with a State Significant Development (SSD) proposal to build a new four-storey, 99 bed aged care home with basement car parking on the site of an existing older aged care facility. The...

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Caroline Egan

05 Dec 2024

Development

New entrant has approval to build retirement village with 24/7 care in Port Stephens, NSW

Michael Coddington, the former CEO of Kurri Kurri Community Services, formed Imagining for Good and Building for Good Australia in January this year. He told Port Stephens Council of his plan, which was approved, to turn Tilligerry Plaza at Tanilb...

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Ian Horswill

02 Dec 2024

Development

mecwacare’s $30M Ballan VIC aged care redevelopment to begin in January

Construction on the site in Ballan site, 80km west of Melbourne, is expected to start in January, with the $30 million redevelopment set to be completed mid-way through 2026.

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Development

VIC Govt’s latest aged care home will cost $1.2 million per bed

The Victorian Government is spending $41.1 million in Cohuna, 274km north of Melbourne, to build a 24-bed aged care home. The $1.7 million per bed price tag is well in excess of the widely held estimation in the sector that a bed costs approximately $400,000 to $500,000 to build, The Weekly SOURCE reported last month.

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Caroline Egan

07 Nov 2024

Redevelopments

Harbourside by Scalabrini in Drummoyne in Sydney’s Inner West to have 54 independent living units and care hub with two specialist units

The Not For Profit’s CEO Richard de Haast’s vision for the 65-year-old closed independent living and nursing home in two buildings in Drummoyne, 6km west of Sydney’s CBD, which looks onto Parramatta River, has been revealed. The redevelopment...

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Ian Horswill

28 Oct 2024

Redevelopments

Wongaburra Aged Care redevelopment in regional QLD to cost $579,000 per bed

Originally, Wongaburra hoped to redevelop the 61-bed home into a 72-bed facility, but after costs doubled over the four years of planning, the project has been scaled back, as featured in our recent article in SATURDAY

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Caroline Egan

24 Oct 2024

Redevelopments

Rebuilt BaptistCare Caloola in Wagga Wagga, NSW, expected to fill 80 aged care beds in eight months

The $30 million rebuild of BaptistCare Caloola, located in Wagga Wagga 450km southwest of Sydney, accepted its first residents in April and already 72 of the home’s 80 beds are full. A spokesperson from Not For Profit BaptistCare told The SOURCE...

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Caroline Egan

17 Oct 2024

Development

Vic Govt’s $62.8 million redevelopment of aged care facilities at Mansfield District Hospital

Architects ClarkeHopkinsClarke; engineers Introba and consultants Johnstaff

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Caroline Egan

10 Oct 2024

Rebuilds

UnitingSA behind $25M plan for housing for women aged over 55 in Adelaide

A 2,950sqm site with outdated social housing buildings in Bowden, 2km northwest of Adelaide’s CBD, will be demolished for a new $25 million development primarily for housing women over 55 facing homelessness. Uniting SA is seeking planning approval...

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Ian Horswill

01 Oct 2024