Development

Only in SATURDAY: why future proofing villages building to 9C pays

Building retirement villages to Class 9C standards can add up to 10% to the total cost of construction. But for a growing number of operators, the upgrade is no longer optional.

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Caroline Egan

17 Sep 2025

Development

St Bart’s $46M aged care home for homeless partly funded by $30M Federal grant

St Bart’s has secured Federal funding for its long-planned aged care home in East Perth, with the Albanese Government confirming this afternoon it will contribute $30 million towards the $46 million build.

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Ian Horswill

17 Sep 2025

Development

$29M renewal of Lutheran Aged Care Albury’s Dellacourt delivers for half the cost of a new build

Lutheran Aged Care Albury has completed a $29 million, 4.5-year renewal of its 120-bed Dellacourt aged care home on the NSW-Victorian border – achieving a contemporary facility for about half the cost of a new build.

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Caroline Egan

17 Sep 2025

Community Living

Stockland’s Halcyon brand emerges as runaway land lease leader

When Tarun Gupta took over as Stockland CEO in July 2021, he staked his name on land lease communities with a bold $620 million acquisition of Queensland’s Halcyon Group. The move trumped rival offers from Ingenia Communities and Serenitas – and cemented Stockland’s ambition to dominate “the fastest growing lifestyle segment – the Over 50s market.”

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Development

Bocina Group unveils first land lease community in QLD’s Lockyer Valley

Gold Coast-based Bocina Group has lodged plans for its first land lease community, a 267-home project in Gatton in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Development

Uniting gets go-ahead for 152-unit Shellharbour development

Uniting NSW.ACT has secured approval for the first stage of its new Shellharbour development, which will deliver 152 independent living apartments and assisted living services in the Illawarra, about 100km south of Sydney’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Development

Summerset’s second continuum of care village takes shape in Melbourne’s Chirnside Park

New Zealand-based operator Summerset Group has provided an update on its $146 million retirement community under construction in Chirnside Park, 38km east of Melbourne’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Development

Oliver Hume lines up second land lease community in Adelaide

Residential developer Oliver Hume has lodged plans for its second land lease community – this time in South Australia. The company, which launched ReGen Living for its first project now under way in Waurn Ponds, Geelong, is proposing a 6.3ha community at Aldinga, 45km south of Adelaide’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Development

Christian Homes Tasmania lodges plans for Kingston ILUs

Christian Homes Tasmania has lodged plans for a new retirement village in Kingston, with Circa Morris-Nunn Chua Architects submitting a development application for 44 two-bedroom independent living units on a 2.85ha site. The units, each 120sqm, would be delivered in 22 duplexes across three different designs.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Government Policy

Property Council urges Cessnock to ease path for senior housing

The Property Council of Australia has called on Cessnock City Council in the NSW Hunter Valley to take bold action to unlock more housing choices as the region, 154km north of Sydney, continues to grow at record pace.

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Ian Horswill

15 Sep 2025

Redevelopments

Construction begins on Australia’s first timber aged care home

After a “long gestation,” work has finally begun on the extension and refurbishment of Hardi Aged Care Blacktown, 45km west of the Sydney CBD, architect John Flower has confirmed.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Development

TLC reveals $490M five-year pipeline as $170M Melbourne healthcare precinct approved

TLC Healthcare has unveiled a $490 million development pipeline to be rolled out over the next five years, beginning with its most ambitious healthcare precinct yet – a $170 million development in Hallam, Melbourne.

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Ian Horswill

10 Sep 2025

Development

UnitingCare Queensland returns to retirement village development after 12 years

UnitingCare Queensland has unveiled plans for its first new retirement village in over a decade, with Stage One of Bokarina Beach Village on the Sunshine Coast set to deliver 28 freestanding three-bedroom homes under its BlueCare brand.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025