Development
Tapiolas family’s Parkside Group plans second retirement village
A retirement village proposal by the Tapiolas family’s Parkside Group is progressing through the Townsville planning system, with a development application now at public notification stage. The application for Parkside Annandale Retirement Village, lodged in December 2024 via town planners Brazier Motti, includes 159 dwellings – 65 Independent Living Units
Units built in 12 weeks as $28M extension of land lease community awaits decision
A 2.34 hectare site is set to to become Stage 4 of an existing land lease community in Perth, Western Australia. 68 homes are being proposed the site next to the family-owned Champion Lakes Lifestyle Village, in Champion Lakes, in the City of Armadale, which will be fully integrated
TriCare’s $87.6M integrated expansion of coastal retirement village on exhibition
The family-owned aged care and retirement village operator has been operating 91 independent living units across three buildings at the site which were approved in May 2007. Now TriCare wants to expand its site in Hastings Point, a town in NSW’s Tweed Shire, with a $87.6 million project
Housing News
Aspen: housing situation is diabolical and opportunities are massive
Aspen’s longer-stay rentals are “essentially full” and rents are rising across its models.
The Economy
“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
Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here
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Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find
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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...
