After four years of concept development Queenslands Blue Care has awarded the $80M construction contract for Azure Blue Carina project. Valued at $80M, it has achieved 80% presales. It will also feature a 128 resident aged care facility. Initial research led Blue Care, due to concern about the aged care image focus of the group to create the Azure Blue brand. (A $500M Not For Profit operation, Blue Care is Queenslands most recognised brand, with 10,000 staff and volunteers serving 46,000 clients daily). They have four more Azure Blue developments planned.
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.
