Redevelopments

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

Levande CEO and residents celebrate as objections to Oak Grange retirement village redevelopment in Melbourne thrown out

Kevin McCoy and his development executives can now go ahead with a major redevelopment of the village built in 1985 in what is one of Melbourne’s wealthiest suburbs. Objectors to the redevelopment put Levande before the Victorian Civil and...

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Ian Horswill

11 Feb 2025

Development

New plans for the redevelopment of Elements retirement facility at IRT Towradgi Beach on NSW South Coast unveiled

The operator withdrew its original plans for the retirement village in the beachside suburb 5km north of Wollongong two years ago after Wollongong Council raised concerns about flooding and the removal of trees. IRT’s proposed 87 units is an...

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Ian Horswill

27 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

Development

Construction of new aged care home at RFBI Cessnock Masonic Village to start soon

The Not For Profit owner and operator of residential aged care homes, retirement villages and home care in NSW and the ACT has appointed Planix Projects and Hines Constructions to build a modern home for residents in the Hunter Valley city, 154km...

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Ian Horswill

06 Jan 2025

Development

After Council took 289 days to approve a revision, small Not For Profit commences new aged care home in Sydney’s West

Not For Profit Holy Family Services has begun groundworks on its two-storey, 60-bed Nazareth Building, after revisions to its plans to align it with the National Aged Care Design Principles and Guidelines took Blacktown City Council nearly 10 months to approve.

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Caroline Egan

11 Dec 2024

Housing News

Apollo Care and The Shelter Collective provide 10 homes for women aged over 55 in Rockhampton

The aged care provider is partnering with the Central Queensland-based community-driven group of organisations to provide 10 affordable homes in Rockhampton. The Shelter Collective identifies underutilised or unused property to repurpose as housing...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024

Development

Belmont Golf Club latest to have independent retirement living approved

Lake Macquarie Council has approved the 18-hole Championship-quality golf club’s development application to build 32 independent living units, communal spaces, and 43 car parking spaces in Belmont South, 134km north-northeast of Sydney’s CBD. There...

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Ian Horswill

09 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

Development

Forestville RSL Club in Northern Sydney latest attracted to seniors living to save its future

The club, established in 1959, is seeking a two-stage $77 million redevelopment of the entire 9014msq site for a new venue and 39 two- and three-bedroom independent living units (ILUs) in a low-density apartment complex. Forestville RSL Club CEO Ian...

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Ian Horswill

04 Nov 2024

Redevelopments

IRT to redevelop its original seniors’ living complex in Wollongong built over 50 years ago

CEO Patrick Reid said IRT’s proposed $11.5 million upgrade of its first high rise for retirees will see the complete refurbishment of all 104 units, as well as additional open communal spaces. Residents will remain living there during the...

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Ian Horswill

04 Nov 2024