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Ian
Horswill

Retirement living preferred partner for Caloundra RSL in Qld’s Sunshine Coast

Clubs are continuing to seek compatible partners to boost income to stay in business long term. Watermark Freshwater was the first at Mounties’ Harbord Diggers in Freshwater in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, and remains the benchmark. Caloundra RSL is...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Development

Ingenia Lifestyle’s newest land lease community in Blueys Beach, NSW, is selling 2-bedroom homes for up to $1.25M

Blueys Beach, a village in the NSW Mid North Coast, is the setting for the leading land lease community operator’s newest Over 55s resort style community. The Weekly SOURCE reported the launch of Ingenia Lifestyle Kokomo in February, with the first...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Development

Videri, formerly Group Homes Australia, building 24th home for people living with dementia as two more acquired

Founded in 2012 by Tamar Krebs, the innovative private model of care for people living with dementia, has homes in local communities, with six to 10 bedrooms, offering 24/7 dementia care, including Flexible Respite, long-term, end-of-life and...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aveo’s $3.85bn deal completed - Brookfield Asset Management say it’s ‘been no mean feat’

It is the largest direct real estate transaction in Australia’s history. Joe Williams, Senior Vice President - Real Estate Private Equity at Brookfield Asset Management, took to LinkedIn after the finalisation of the sale of its Aveo retirement...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Legal Issues

Lifestyle Communities CEO Henry Ruiz: VCAT ruling will have “implications for the sector”

On 20 July, the publication gave Lifestyle Communities CEO Henry Ruiz, who only took on the role in March, permission to write a simialr length article rebutting all of the claims in Lloyd’s article, headlined “Lifestyle Communities’ fees show...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Development

BaptistCare forced to reduce its Macquarie Park Sydney Concept Masterplan yet cost rises from $1.9bn to $2.5 bn

The concept masterplan for the Not For Profit’s renewal of its site in Macquarie Park, 13km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, has been resubmitted and was put out to public exhibition. It was in July 2022 that BaptistCare NSW & ACT revealed its $1.9...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

The new issue of SATURDAY: Exclusive interview with Eureka Managing Director and CEO Simon Owen

Simon Owen, the businessman who led two small village operators to being listed in the ASX and took Ingenia Communities Group from an unloved basket case to a thriving $1.65 billion sector leader, is now in charge of Brisbane-based Eureka Group...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

International

10 seniors killed in deadliest fire in Massachusetts in over 40 years

Ten elderly people have died from a fire that sewpt through an assisted living home Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, with many residents in wheelchairs or wearing oxygen tanks. It was the deadliest fire in the state since 1984

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Community Living

Is your business using villages.com.au to its full potential? It’s had its best year ever

DCM Group’s retirement living listings website, which offers so much more to operators, had its best year in 2024-2025. More retirement living operators are listing their entire portfolio with the website villages. com. au. More...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Community Living

Devine Parks open its third Over 50s land lease community in NSW

The family-run Devine Parks has opened the first over 50s land lease community in the town of Scone in the NSW Upper Hunter. The site, the former Scone Caravan Park, will have 32 one- and two-bedroom homes, starting from $245,999. The first home...

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Opinion

A rights-based aged care system: who is the government kidding?

The government claims a rights-based aged care system, but delays, rationed care, and massive waiting lists tell another story. 88,000 are waiting for home care and even Health Minister Mark Butler says almost every aged care facility he visits is full.

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Ian Horswill

17 Jul 2025

Out of the Ordinary

Embedded electrical networks generate real sales advantages

With power prices rising and buyer expectations higher than ever; embedded electrical networks do not only streamline operations but they are the ”three words” today’s customers are wanting. Prospecta Utilities says rolling out embedded...

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Ian Horswill

15 Jul 2025

Community Living

NSW Fair Trading will continue unannounced compliance visits for retirement villages

NSW Fair Trading Principal Inspector Lynn Evans and Senior Inspector Joel Elliott told of their work in retirement villages at the latest DCM Institute Lunch & Learn webinar series last Wednesday. Joel said the unannounced visits would continue...

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Ian Horswill

15 Jul 2025