"High-profile" village operator Chiou See Anderson today (1 February) takes over Vacentis' Con Noi Village at Carindale, 10km east of Brisbane’s CBD. The village is being renamed Elements @ Con Noi Carindale.
She built and has operated Elements @ Springwood, which accepted its first residents in September 2011. It now has 123 homes and 188 residents.
“The 45-home village is well aligned with my philosophy about retirement living,” Chiou said. “For me Con Noi, just like Elements @ Springwood, strives to keep its residents active and independent with support there for those who need it. It has beautiful sub-tropical gardens, resort-like facilities and is not too large, so it feels like a real community, a place that the residents can really call home.”
She added it has the benefit of adjoining Vacenti’s Lorocco aged care facility which meant residents who later require a higher level of care, do not have to leave the area.
In 2006 Chiou was offered a PhD scholarship at Bond University through an Australian Research Council grant. The research topic was housing options for Australia’s ageing population and was instrumental in shaping and sharpening her vision of how to best design and provide for a purposeful life in later years.
