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. Click here Ian Horswill 20 hours ago
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... Click here Ian Horswill 23 hours ago
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. Click here 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... Click here Ian Horswill 08 Jan 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions Regis acquires BodeWell Community Care to double its home care business revenue to $30M a year Managing Director and CEO Dr Linda Mellors acknowledged the opportunity the ageing population and the consumer preference to age in place behind its decision to buy the Knowles Group’s in-home services business, launched in 2007. Click here Ian Horswill 08 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... Click here Ian Horswill 06 Jan 2025
Government Policy Great news for retirement village operators planning developments in NSW The criteria for the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority includes seniors housing specifically as a priority on its delivery. The Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) will lead a new streamlined State Significant Development (SSD) pathway and... Click here Ian Horswill 06 Jan 2025
Legal Issues Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria “bitterly disappointed” with new law being passed With the Retirement Villages Amendment Bill making its way through the Victorian Parliament, Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria President Helen Betros, pictured at the DCM Instutute’s VILLAGE SUMMIT in November last year, has spoken about the... Click here Ian Horswill 06 Jan 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions Eureka Group to sell $25M-$30M of its over 55s rental communities The first sale by the nation’s only pure-play provider of rental communities will be its village in Mount Gambier, the second most populated city in South Australia, 450km from the state capital Adelaide, for $5 million, slightly below the 30 June... Click here Ian Horswill 06 Jan 2025
Legal Issues Man has charges upgraded to include murder and manslaughter after death of aged care resident A man, 34, who broke into a residential aged care facility at Bateau Bay on the NSW Central Coast where he allegedly assaulted and sexually assaulted a 90-year-old woman on 15 November 15, 2023, has had his charges upgraded to include murder and... Click here Ian Horswill 18 Dec 2024
Government Policy Is this the only way badly needed new aged care beds will be built? Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown, through council general manager Greg Doyle, has written to NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully to consider a scheme to incentivise investment in residential aged care on the NSW South Coast. The... Click here Ian Horswill 18 Dec 2024
Community Living Aveo chosen by NSW Government as partner to turn Manly Hospital site in Sydney into seniors’ housing First established in 1896, Manly Hospital on Sydney’s Northern Beaches was closed in 2018 following the relocation of services to the 488-bed Northern Beaches Hospital, operated and maintained by Healthscope, at Frenchs Forest, 13km north of... Click here Ian Horswill 18 Dec 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Levande secures $1.5B sustainability linked loan for “future developments” The leading retirement operator, which is owned by EQT Infrastructure, says it has successfully extended and upsized its loan facilities, securing an AUS$1.5 billion Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL). It states the financing aligns with Levande’s... Click here Ian Horswill 17 Dec 2024
