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SATURDAY: 83% of over-55s surveyed want to live in a strata apartment

May 22 2023 Updated June 16, 2023

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Cedar Woods undertook extensive market research before deciding to build its first over-55s development, Bloom, which will be part of the Perth-based company’s $400 million master planned Glenside estate in Adelaide.

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