Editorials

Fairfield City Council approves rezoning for new village and care developer

May 31 2016 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Frank and Teresa D'Agostinos FTD Holdings has achieved a rezoning of an industrial warehouse location in Cabramatta (Sydneys Southwest) based on a plan to build 500 residential units plus100 retirement village units and a 100 bed aged care facility. To our knowledge this is their first aged accommodation initiative.

Breaking news: Government delays new Aged Care Act

Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae announced this morning that commencement of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 will be delayed four months until 1 November 2025.

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Caroline Egan

04 Jun 2025

Government Policy

RLC and StewartBrown lobbying sees retirement village operators’ proposed liquidity ratio cut from 10% to 2%

Daniel Gannon, Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s proposal to make residential aged care providers operating independent living units (ILUs) and retirement villages retain 10% of ILU and retirement village refundable amounts as liquid funds from 1 July this year, has been reduced to 2%.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Sector Moves & People

Land lease operator GemLife eyes $700M+ raise at $2B valuation

GemLife’s bankers, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Highbury Partnership, took about two dozen fund managers through four sites in Queensland on Monday and Tuesday last week, ahead of a non-deal roadshow planned for Asia this week as the business...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Opinion

Why the delayed Aged Care Act is a double-edged sword

Just 17 business days out from its long-awaited start, the Federal Government has delayed the new Aged Care Act – again. It’s the third time the legislation has been pushed back, and while the pause has been welcomed by peak bodies and providers, make no mistake: this delay comes at a cost.

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Lauren Broomham

05 Jun 2025

Eureka acquires its fourth all-age rental community with promise of more to come

In February, the nation’s only pure-play over-50s rental community provider announced its expansion into the all-ages rental market with the acquisition of Kin Kora, a mixed-use residential village and caravan park in Gladstone, 517km northwest of Brisbane.

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Ian Horswill

02 Jun 2025

Private

Mergers & Acquisitions

Parties interested in buying Keyton’s Western Australian retirement villages in due diligence

The leading retirement village operator’s decision to sell its entire portfolio of 10 retirement villages in Western Australia was made in September last year. “They are still on the market with interested parties doing due diligence. That’s all we can say at this point,“ said Keyton spokesperson.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Private

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lendlease may have nibble for its 25% stake in village operator Keyton

The builder and developer, which has been under shareholder pressure to sell its remaining 25.1% stake in the retirement village operator for at least three years, is reported to have received a handful of approaches to buy it, according to The Australian.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Private

Mergers & Acquisitions

Legal & General acquires 75% stake in owner of land lease operator Vantage

Vantage is AVID Property Group’s land lease community brand, which has marked its first year in the burgeoning sector. AVID spent $284.5 million to buy eight Living Gems communities to announce the brand in March last year, adding it had earmarked...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025