Investment bank Babcock & Brown (through its Primelife/BBC business) has secured an option over the management rights of the unrelated Prime Trust group of villages which controls 3,600 ILUs. Babcock & Brown already have 6,200 ILUs across Australia and New Zealand, meaning they will control close to 10,000 ILUs or approximately 85 villages. They also operate 940 beds in 17 aged care facilities.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
