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Land lease operator GemLife launches on the ASX in the year’s biggest IPO

In just nine years, 37-year-old Adrian Puljich marked a huge milestone – celebrating with his family, residents, staff, the new board, legal teams and The Weekly SOURCE as he launched his business on the Australian Stock Exchange. “What...

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Ian Horswill

2 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

“Aveo is a fantastic business, run by a fantastic management team”: Scape CEO Stephen Gaitanos backs landmark $3.85B acquisition

Scape Australia CEO Stephen Gaitanos has praised the leadership of retirement living operator Aveo, following its acquisition by The Living Company – Scape’s parent – for $3.85 billion, in what is now the largest direct real estate transaction...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

Simon Schrapel AM departs as Uniting Communities’ Chief Executive after 15 years

The South Australian Not For Profit has formally farewelled long-time Chief Executive Simon Schrapel, as a new face steps into the role. Simon, who was in the role for a decade-and-a-half, oversaw the group’s expansion to the situation today where...

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Caroline Egan

02 Jul 2025

Sector Moves & People

Simon Owen appointed Managing Director of Eureka Group Holdings

Simon Owen, currently CEO of ASX-listed Eureka Group Holdings, will take on the additional role of Managing Director from 1 July 2025.

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Ian Horswill

24 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

Stephen Muggleton reflects on building Australia’s largest NFP care provider as Bolton Clarke hits $1.98B revenue

Stephen officially stepped down as CEO on 30 June after transforming Bolton Clarke over his 10-plus years in charge of the Brisbane-based operator. Last Friday, Stephen posted on his LinkedIn page: Final sign-off and reflection. “The end of the 2025...

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Ian Horswill

01 Jul 2025

Topic - Developments

Tulich family’s first stand-alone retirement village approved in Oran Park, Sydney’s southwest

Now under the leadership of Managing Director Bianca Tulich, the daughter of founder Maurice Tulich, the group is focused on expanding its presence in the premium retirement living space

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Ian Horswill

25 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

From a caravan park to a $1.58B debut: Adrian Puljich takes GemLife public

At just 28, Adrian founded GemLife and convinced Singapore-listed investment giant Thakral Corporation to come onboard, securing a 49.9% stake. Last year, he reduced Thakral’s stake to 31.7%

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025

Redevelopments

RSL LifeCare reveals reimagined vision for 86-year-old flagship village on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Since its establishment in 1939, the ANZAC Village in Narrabeen – 23 kilometres northeast of Sydney’s CBD – has evolved through 30 individual developments, growing into a community that offers retirement living, residential aged care, home...

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Ian Horswill

27 Jun 2025

Sector Expert Partners

AVID strikes embedded electrical network deal with Prospecta for its Vantage land lease communities

In a landmark move for the retirement living sector, the residential developer has partnered with the Puljich family’s Prospecta Utilities to deliver embedded electrical networks across its expanding portfolio of land lease communities. Prospect...

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Ian Horswill

27 Jun 2025

Development

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Topic - Developments

Tulich family’s first stand-alone retirement village approved in Oran Park, Sydney’s southwest

Now under the leadership of Managing Director Bianca Tulich, the daughter of founder Maurice Tulich, the group is focused on expanding its presence in the premium retirement living space

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Ian Horswill

25 Jun 2025

Development

Construction starts on $428M GemLife Elimbah - its third land lease community in QLD’s Moreton Bay

Construction has started just two months after the land lease communities developer secured development approval for the 404-home gated estate. GemLife Elimbah has been fast-tracked ahead of its official market launch in the coming weeks, to meet...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025

Development

Grand opening of Living Choice Flagstaff Hill retirement village set for tomorrow

South Australia’s first integrated golf course and retirement community will officially open tomorrow (Saturday 28 June), with the launch of The Summit and The Fairway apartment buildings, and the unveiling of the newly rebuilt Flagstaff Hill Golf...

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Ian Horswill

27 Jun 2025

Redevelopments

RSL LifeCare reveals reimagined vision for 86-year-old flagship village on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

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Ian Horswill

27 Jun 2025

Development

Lincoln Place wins approval for 209-home community in VIC’s Gippsland Lakes

“This is an incredible site with north-easterly water views across King Lake and has been designed as an extension of the existing neighbourhood, albeit it with access to significant resort-style amenities,” said Paul Yeo, CEO of Lincoln Place

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Ian Horswill

27 Jun 2025

Development

Knowles Group’s Arcare to launch its largest aged care home in Brisbane after redevelopment

The private aged care operator is now accepting applications for its redeveloped Arcare Springwood facility, 20km southeast of the Brisbane CBD. The expanded home is set to open in November. The redevelopment adds 65 new beds to Arcare Springwood...

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Caroline Egan

25 Jun 2025

Development

Juniper breaks ground on aged care staff housing project in the Kimberley

WA aged care provider Juniper has commenced a new staff housing project in Fitzroy Crossing in remote WA, with a soil-turning event attended by CEO Russell Bricknell as well as local aged care residents.

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Caroline Egan

18 Jun 2025

Housing News

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Sector Moves & People

Former NSW Govt Minister Rob Stokes starts role as Anglicare Sydney’s Group Executive - Housing

In the newly-created role, the retired long-serving NSW politician will lead the growth and strategic direction of Anglicare’s Housing business unit, strengthening the organisation’s focus on providing more safe and affordable homes for those...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jun 2025

Funding

Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider, which has 10 active projects, announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday, 28 May, offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen Group securities without...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Housing News

First modular homes for more than 65,000 on NSW social housing waitlist

The NSW Government, which has a gowing wait list of people needing social housing, 11,161 priority approved and 54,597 general approved. has announced the first factory built modular social homes are nearing completion. Three modular homes are being...

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Ian Horswill

02 Jun 2025

Housing News

Anglican Care’s closed aged care home converted into housing for women over 55

The agency of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle announced it was shutting an aged care home in Mt Hutton, a suburb of Lake Macquarie, 14km west-southwest of Newcastle, in March 2022. On Saturday, NSW Government announcedit has been converted in 20 units for homeless women..

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Out of the Ordinary

Will this catch on? Residential homes only for over-45s

In a first, 24 homes are being built for people aged 45 and over. “It’s a new concept. People haven’t really done a downsizer community development like this before. People put age restrictions on properties, but not for the reasons we have...

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Housing News

Over 100 social housing homes for seniors being built in Sydney

The homes are being delivered across inner east and west Sydney through a joint investment by the Albanese and Minns Governments, supported by the $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator Fund (SHAF). So far, 61 homes have been completed across...

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Lauren Broomham

12 May 2025

Funding

Aspen touts 20% return on invested capital at property investor event

The ASX-listed affordable housing provider has revealed strong performance metrics, highlighting a 20% return on invested capital across its portfolio of more than 1,500 sites in 10 communities. Speaking at Barrenjoey’s Emerging Property Companies...

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Lauren Broomham

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

Housing News

15 new social homes planned for senior co-housing community in WA’s South West

“Whilst the project does not offer assisted living or nursing facilities, and each member is responsible for themselves, it is common in cohousing communities that if someone is sick, neighbours will help with activities like bringing them meals...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Apr 2025

Opinion

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Opinion

Moving deck chairs on the Titanic: Govt fails to shift the needle on aged care

The Albanese Government promised to fix aged care. But if this is “fixing it,” we’re in trouble. Let’s start with Example 1: Blair Comley’s 2025 Departmental Briefing to Health Minister Mark Butler – obtained via FOI – doesn’t list...

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Lauren Broomham

6 hours ago

Chris Baynes

Aveo transformation masterclass: turning $1.27B into $3.85B in 55 months

Today’s confirmation of the sale of Aveo is dated 26 June 2025. Brookfield took the keys to Aveo in November 2019, or four years and seven months ago. On first blush they made $2.58 billion profit in those 55 months, or did they make a lot more?...

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Chris Baynes

26 Jun 2025

Opinion

Going nowhere fast: aged care is shrinking yet the sector’s money keeps growing

KPMG’s latest deep dive into the aged care sector is out today – and it confirms what many of us already know. Demand is rising. So is the money. But the sector? It’s still shrinking. Take home care. Government funding soared 29.2% to $8.8...

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Lauren Broomham

26 Jun 2025

Funding

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Funding

Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Funding

Land lease operator GemLife’s IPO to surpass Virgin Australia, with 3 July listing confirmed

Adrian Puljich, his father Peter and Singapore diversified company Thakral Corporation opened talks on the possibilility of becoming a publicly listed business in April. A prospectus for the float will be lodged with the Australian Securities and...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Aged Care

“Burdensome and underfunded”: aged care sector tells IHACPA what they think of AN-ACC cost collection

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released a 46-page report outlining the feedback received from the sector in the latest round of consultations on their pricing methodology. IHACPA received submissions from...

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Caroline Egan

12 Jun 2025

Funding

Aspen Group raises $70M, launches bid for additional $4M in capital raise

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider – known for owning all its properties and projects – announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday (28 May), offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen securities without incurring broker fees, commissions, or other transaction costs.

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Ian Horswill

30 May 2025

The Economy

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Government Policy

“Development pipeline across sector not going to be sufficient for ageing population”

“The development pipeline across the industry is not going to be sufficient for the ageing population,” Tony told the Property Council

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Ian Horswill

20 Nov 2023

Aged Care

Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here

Read more about Australia’s ‘true’ occupancy rate – and the consolidation taking place in the residential care sector in SATURDAY – subscribe here

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Lauren Broomham

26 Oct 2023

Development

Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find

The Department of Health and Aged Care puts occupancy at 86.2%. Our investigations differ To find out why, subscribe to our premium digital magazine SATURDAY HERE

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Caroline Egan

26 Oct 2023

Home Care

Fiji PM hints at reducing PALM worker numbers

The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has indicated that the number of unskilled or semi-skilled workers that come to Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme could be cut, which could limit an important source of...

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Caroline Egan

26 Oct 2023

Community Living

New Zealand needs more retirement villages to meet the demand

A new report by real estate firm JLL on the sector across the Tasman Sea has found demand for places is outstripping supply. A total of 36 new villages were added to the development pipeline last year with 452 villages currently providing homes for...

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Ian Horswill

28 Aug 2023

The Weekly SOURCE

Will retirement living operators heed the call in Western Australia?

The state government has said it seeks to collaborate with the property and construction industry to “increase the supply and diversity of social housing”. The Department of Communities states it is particularly interested in submissions that...

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Ian Horswill

01 Aug 2023

Aged Care

IHACPA releases Consultation Paper for aged care funding in 2024–25

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 and asking for submissions from relevant stakeholders. The report...

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Caroline Egan

26 Jul 2023

The Economy

ONLY IN SATURDAY: Aveo Group CEO on making serviced apartments profitable

Serviced apartments, or assisted living options in retirement villages, have been a challenge for the retirement living sector. Ageing village serviced apartments with relatively high weekly fees to cover the mandated meals and other services are...

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Caroline Egan

25 Jul 2023

DCM Research

DCM Institute survey: How long Village Managers think they will stay in the role

The DCM Institute survey of 186 retirement village and community managers across Australia asked how long Village Managers intend to stay in the role and why they intend to leave. The survey found that 78% of Village Managers were generally...

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Section Editor

13 Jun 2023