Housing News

Anglicare Sydney opens new Over 55s social housing site at Port Kembla

Growthbuilt has built 30 studio apartments as social housing for over 55s for the Not for Profit on the former Steelworks Hotel site in the Wollongong suburb, 94km south of Sydney’s CBD. The $10 million development has been jointly funded by the NSW...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Hitting new heights: New split-level land lease homes at GemLife Gold Coast from $1.2M

The $200 million land lease resort under construction in Pimpama, a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, has already taken more than $72 million in sales. Now the Over-50s lifestyle resort developer has launched its most expensive homes: 39...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Housing

Micro apartments: “The opposition we received, the costs... and the objections faced... was nothing short of extraordinary – and quite disheartening”

177 people applied for the 54 affordable Sydney teilhaus, or micro apartments, in a six-year project led by Fresh Hope Communities CEO Dan Dwyer and Melbourne-based Nightingale Housing CEO Dan McKenna. It was all smiles as NSW Minister for Housing...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

Cam Ansell predicts private aged care in retirement villages is the growth service

About 11 years ago Cam Ansell jumped ship from advisory group Grant Thornton to establish his own advisory group, Ansell Strategic. Today he is at the forefront of the reshaping of retirement living and aged care, thanks to his in-demand mergers and...

Chris Baynes

26 Mar 2024

Retirement and Community Living

Only in SATURDAY: Retirement living energy revolution stores and distributes power and provides your own 5G network

With power prices increasing 40% in the past two years, and power outages becoming more commonplace, Mondo and Prospecta Utilities are offering something never experienced before in a retirement community. Mondo Business and Market Development...

Ian Horswill

25 Mar 2024

Housing News

Fresh Hope Communities moves into affordable living with innovating Nightingale Housing

The Not For Profit retirement living and aged care provider is launching a Build To Rent development with Melbourne-based Nightingale Housing in Marrickville, in Sydney’s Inner West. Designed by SJB, Nightingale Marrickville will have 54...

Ian Horswill

19 Feb 2024

Not for Profit

Only in SATURDAY: Community Home Australia (CHA) weighs up Bali ‘village’ for Aussie expats

The ink is barely dry on the deposit for its first international resort in Bali, but the innovative dementia care and disability provider already sees further opportunities to expand into accommodation for the growing Australian expat community. As...

Lauren Broomham

13 Feb 2024

Retirement and Community Living

The Sleeping Giant: Retirement Living Council’s five demands for inclusion in FY25 Federal Budget

“Retirement communities are the sleeping giant of Australia’s health and housing landscape given the benefits they provide to consumers and governments alike,” says the Retirement Living Council as it makes a submission to the Federal...

Ian Horswill

06 Feb 2024

Development

NZ village operator Summerset turns sod at second retirement village in Melbourne

An Aboriginal smoking ceremony took place as Summerset Group’s General Manager Development Australia Stewart Scott, General Manager Operations Eleanor Young (left) and General Manager Sales Kay Brodie turned the first sod at its second continuum...

Ian Horswill

20 Nov 2023

Development

SNL Building’s third attempt: 237 independent senior housing units in $98M Newcastle proposal

A development application has been lodged by SNL Building with Newcastle City Council for six multi-storey buildings to accommodate seniors housing and a child care centre on the 28,000sqm former Brickworks site, at Wallsend, 115km from Sydney. It...

Ian Horswill

10 Oct 2023

Opinion

New Zealand’s grim warning on aged care beds is the future reality for Australia

If you want to understand the future that could await Australia within the next three to five years, then you need to watch this video that we screened at our recent Masterclass in Sydney. The clip is from a new campaign, The Domino Effect, created...

Lauren Broomham

14 Sep 2023

Community Living

The Langlee by Mirvac’s display apartment open for its multi-million-dollar homes

The two-bedroom, two-bathroom display residence, styled in partnership with Coco Republic, reflects another top-quality over 55s development in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. “Opening the new display residence and sales office provides prospective...

Ian Horswill

12 Sep 2023

Aged Care

NewDirection Care aims to prove high rise and existing aged care housing stock can be adapted to small house model

Innovative aged care provider NewDirection Care, which has developed the trademarked MICRO TOWNS® concept in the suburb of Bellmere, 44km north of the Brisbane CBD, is setting out to prove that its small home model of care can be adapted to high...

Caroline Egan

06 Sep 2023