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Ian
Horswill

Barossa Villages’ promise to retirement village residents

Not For Profit Barossa Village – 60km north-east of Adelaide and operating independent living, residential, respite and home care – will soon begin building its next generation of Independent Living Units, embedding dementia-supportive design from the ground up.

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

SA fund manager ICAM extends seniors living portfolio into NSW

Adelaide-based fund manager ICAM has expanded its seniors living footprint into New South Wales with the acquisition of Signature Gardens Retirement Resort in Rutherford, in the Hunter region.

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Ian Horswill

7 hours ago

Community Living

Lester Group’s EdenLife Communities lines up a third land lease estate – with more to follow

Western Australian family-owned developer Lester Group is expanding its land lease platform, EdenLife Communities, steadily growing its footprint across the state’s south-west – with sold-out stages, an active project, and a third site now in planning.

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Ian Horswill

8 hours ago

Government Policy

Shared Care in villages: Canberra cracks the door open

A major step forward for the Shared Care model. The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing will convene online workshops with Support at Home providers to help design a pooled funding trial, slated for 2026, backed by $5.2 million in funding over three years announced by the Federal Government in December 2024.

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Ian Horswill

31 Oct 2025

Development

Lincoln Place hits $44M in development acquisitions in nine months

Land lease community operator Lincoln Place, founded in 2019 by Ben Hindmarsh and Nicholas Collishaw, has added another major project to its pipeline, acquiring a 16.3-hectare greenfield site in Wangaratta, 98km from Shepparton, Victoria.

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Ian Horswill

31 Oct 2025

Living with Dementia

Dementia specialists HammondCare win tender for Canberra first

The aged care provider has been selected to lead the transformation of the former Curtin Primary School, 8km southwest of Canberra’s CBD, into a best-practice dementia care village following a competitive tender process.

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Ian Horswill

31 Oct 2025

Development

Aged care operator Hall & Prior in historic first

The $89 million Sister Kate’s Health and Aged Care Facility, on the in Queens Park, 11km from the CBD, will be developed by Hall & Prior Health & Aged Care Group in partnership with Sister Kate’s Children 1934–1953 Aboriginal...

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Ian Horswill

31 Oct 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Levande CEO Kevin McCoy: “Our biggest risk”

Levande Chief Executive Officer Kevin McCoy told the Senior Living Innovation Forum in Los Angeles that the operator’s growth is being driven by disciplined curiosity – letting customer insight, not assumptions, set the brief.

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Ian Horswill

29 Oct 2025

Development

GemLife wins approval for second VIC land lease resort at New Gisborne

Macedon Ranges Shire Council has approved GemLife New Gisborne, the ASX-listed operator’s second Victorian Over-50s lifestyle resort.

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Ian Horswill

29 Oct 2025

Redevelopments

HammondCare to build $300M centre of excellence for complex older person care at Sydney’s Greenwich Hospital

HammondCare will redevelop its Greenwich Hospital site into an integrated health campus combining sub-acute hospital services, dementia-specific residential care, older persons’ mental health, research, and seniors living – a $300-$350 million investment the Not For Profit says is the largest in its history.

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Ian Horswill

28 Oct 2025

Community Living

Meet the main client of Eureka’s all-age communities: retirees

In an investor strategy and market update, Managing Director and CEO Simon Owen said around 60% of residents in Eureka’s growing all-age rental communities are retirees – predominantly singles and couples – who stay long term with low turnover.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Community Living

Cut stamp duty: RBA Governor Michelle Bullock aids Retirement Living Council call

The Reserve Bank of Australia Governor has criticised stamp duty as a barrier to retirees downsizing, amid shrinking household sizes and a national housing crisis.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Government Policy

SA Govt heeds Retirement Living Council call to accelerate village development

South Australia has finalised planning reforms to boost the supply of seniors housing, adopting key recommendations from the Retirement Living Council’s Retirement Ready national planning report card.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025