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03 Jul 2023

In the Headlines

Head and heart: the investment logic of Specialist Disability Accommodation

Published 13 June 2023. Head and heart: the investment logic of Specialist Disability Accommodation Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) is a new housing class offering investors a For Purpose opportunity coupled with strong, Government-backed...

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12 Jun 2023

Topic - Acquisitions

The new retirement village – is it lifestyle or is it NZ-style care support under fresh leadership?

Suzanne Dvorak, the new CEO of Stockland’s 58 village portfolio now owned by Swedish investment fund EQT, points to a bigger care component in their villages, given her crash course in aged care leading Bupa’s 72 aged care homes through...

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02 Aug 2022

Topic - Acquisitions

EQT Infrastructure launches new retirement living brand Levande – with Suzanne Dvorak as CEO and David Gonski as Chair

The global investment firm has revealed its new branding – and a high-powered executive and board team – on the completion of its acquisition of Stockland Retirement Living’s 58 retirement villages across Australia. EQT has appointed two...

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02 Aug 2022

Topic - Aged Care

How can retirement villages enhance their value proposition to older Australians and their families?

In this clip, find about a new resident wellness program that is delivering real benefits for both operators and residents. We speak to Jamie Ford, Head of Partnerships at home care provider Five Good Friends, about their Move. Nourish. Connect...

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02 Aug 2022

Aura Holdings files DA for Australia’s highest vertical retirement village on the Gold Coast

With record sales across its communities, Queensland retirement living operator Aura Holdings is taking the village model to new heights with its latest retirement development. In April, Aura revealed plans for the 32-storey retirement village at...

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In the Headlines

Two DCM Institute Masterclasses on 9 and 16 August after great Professional Development Days in Melbourne and Sydney

If you are one of our DCMI program participants, you may have attended one of our July Professional Development Days. We completed our last session on Thursday 28 July in Sydney, where Katheryn Curnow from Wundertraining workshopped with us on...

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Topic - Acquisitions

With EQT sale confirmed, Stockland’s 20-year era in retirement village sector over

Stockland, Australia’s second-largest retirement village operator after Lendlease, informed the ASX on Friday that it had ended its long association with owning and operating retirement villages after the $987 million sale of its Retirement Living...

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Livewell Communities’ first retirement village Aura opens, with two more in pipeline for Adelaide

“It’s going really well and we are really happy with it,” said Charlie Way, who along with Joe Trimboli is the brains behind Livewell Communities

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Greystar picks Icon to build $500M Build to Rent development for 1,500 people in Melbourne

South Carolina-based real estate heavyweight Greystar has appointed property developer Icon to construct its $500 million Build to Rent project Gladstone Street in South Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend precinct. Comprising 700 apartments across three...

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ACT Government keen to promote Build to Rent

The ACT Government is pushing Build to Rent as a solution for housing availability, including supporting projects on nominated sites as part of a land release program. Announced as part of this year’s ACT Budget, the plan will see a block in...

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Graham Hobbs and Ian Tregoning’s Living Choice receives approval for its first land lease community

Owners Ian Tregoning (pictured left) and Graham Hobbs (right) will build a community of 215 two- and three-bedroom homes with a Country Club on 9.8ha of land adjacent to Glenlea Residential Estate. The SOURCE reported in March last year that Living...

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Stockland’s 140-unit Shine Birtinya retirement village takes four years to sell out

It has now sold the final apartment in the 140-unit village in the days before the ASX-listed property developer finalised the sale of its Retirement Living business to global investment firm EQT Infrastructure

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