Buying

Strong start: eight of first 13 homes sold in opening week at Stockland Halcyon Illyarrie in WA

Halcyon Illyarrie in Sinagra is the first Stockland Halcyon over 55s community in Perth’s northern corridor and follows the successful launch of Halcyon Wildflower in Piara Waters, 20km south-southeast of Perth’s CBD, last August. Stockland...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Rebuilds

HammondCare’s $63M final restoration of its aged care heartland begins

HammondCare’s final transformation of its flagship Hammondville site, 31km southwest of Sydney’s CBD, with two new multi-storey aged care homes began on Wednesday with the demolition of the original 93-year-old Bond House nursing home.

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Ian Horswill

22 May 2025

Buying

Single women drive demand at Adrian Puljich’s Aliria community in Rockhampton

Almost a third of purchasers in the $32 million Aliria on Dean, which will feature 57 architect-designed duplex homes in Berserker, a suburb of Rockhampton, have been women purchasing on their own. Widow Carry Lee, 69, said she began considering...

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Selling

Cushman & Wakefield tip “active” retirement living and aged care for landholding in blue chip Melbourne suburb

A landmark landholding in Melbourne’s blue-chip suburb of Hampton is set to enter the market and receive peak interest from both high-end developers and the buoyant Aged Care and Retirement Living market. The 3,662sqm site at 28-34 Service Street...

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Ian Horswill

12 May 2025

Development

Eureka secures $180M in refinancing deal, acquires new site in QLD

Eureka Group Holdings CEO Simon Owen is delivering on his ambition to make the company Australia’s market leader in both over-50s and all-age rental communities, after successfully refinancing and expanding its debt facilities.

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Lauren Broomham

02 May 2025

Development

Hall & Prior continues aged care expansion with purchase of Perth heritage-listed school

Family-owned Hall & Prior Health & Aged Care Group has acquired the vacant building of the Loreto School in Nedlands, an upmarket suburb of Perth, with plans to develop a health and aged care precinct with community amenity.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sid Gupta buys his third retirement village in regional NSW

Shane Nicholson, Director and Principal of ACSL Property, in conjunction with Colliers, announced last Thursday he sold the retirement village with 32 independent living units, with approval for a further 27 units, in the town of Cootamundra, in the...

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Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Arcare acquires two Melbourne sites to build new aged care homes

Arcare has cemented its position as one of Australia’s most prolific aged care developers with the acquisition of two significant Melbourne sites - Epworth Rehabilitation Hospital in Brighton, 11km south west of the Melbourne CBD, along with three adjoining residential blocks, and 4,000 sqms in Essendon, 8km north of the city centre.

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Caroline Egan

06 Mar 2025

Development

Principle Living has first of five retirement living projects 75% sold on NSW Hunter led by sector veterans

With a history in the late 90’s developing two of the highly awarded Glen Group villages, the Stevens property group has joined with Andrew Mann who built with his mother Sue, the Sue Mann Nursing and Community Care group which dominated the...

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Ian Horswill

03 Mar 2025

Development

Limited advance release for Paul Slijderink’s unique Balinese-inspired Ipswich continuum of care retirement village

32 villas and 14 apartments are now open to expressions of interest for Abadi Gaia retirement village, which will be built in Ipswich, 43km southwest of Brisbane, with construction starting in 2026. “Abadi Gaia will not only deliver the highest...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions

Shalain Singh returns to the seniors sector with $585M healthcare hub transaction

The senior adviser has established his own healthcare and real estate firm – Arrow Advisory Group – focused on primary care, medical centres, retirement living, residential aged care and hospitals – and has just completed a major deal...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Nov 2024

Retirement and Community Living

The regional South Australian retirement village with a waiting list over three times its capacity

Tatiara Retirement Village is a Not for Profit venture in Bordertown, 250km southeast of Adelaide, celebrating its 50th year. Residents moved into the first six single-bedroom units in October 1973. It has been expanding ever since. From 1987 to...

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Ian Horswill

09 Sep 2024

Buying

Phil Usher’s Odyssey announces fourth big site for its innovative private retirement care venture

With the financial muscle of super fund Australian Retirement Trust (created from the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper), Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities has bought a prestigious parcel of land in one of the Gold Coast’s most coveted areas, Cru...

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Ian Horswill

06 Aug 2024