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Sector Moves & People

Levande COO Michelle Bruggeman appointed Retirement Living Council Vice-President

Michelle, who has been with Levande since June 2022, has been elected to the role vacated in the sector’s peak body by Claire Scapinello who resigned as CEO of South Australia’s largest retirement living provider ECH last month. With more than 25...

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19 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

GemLife reveal board with Centuria Capital Group head Kristie Brown as Chair

The Queensland-based land lease community operator yesterday afternoon announced a fully underwritten Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 180.3 million Securities at a price of $4.16 per Security to raise approximately $750 million. GemLife is majority...

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Retirement and Community Living

18 Jun 2025

Inaugural StewartBrown FY24 Retirement Living Performance Survey released

The first annual Retirement Living Report joins the stable of detailed granular sector reports StewartBrown first established in 1995 with the Aged Care Financial Performance Report highly regaqrded by the Department of Health, Disability and...

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News & Issues

Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf: The future of retirement villages

The latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf was held in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, featuring Glen Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Reside Communities; Sean Graham, CEO of Aura Holdings; and Andrew Hudson, Operations Manager of Eureka Group...

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Government Policy

Peak bodies applaud retirement villages’ permanent exemption from QLD’s Residential Services (Accreditation) regulation

The Queensland Government has, after lobbying from the peak bodies, permanently exempted retirement villages in the Residential Services (Accreditation) (Retirement Village Schemes) Amendment Regulation 2025 on 12 June. The Residential Services...

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Retirement and Community Living

There’s nothing like SATURDAY: where are land lease community operators heading?

“In my opinion, retirement villages have not been able to compete with the flow of capital from land lease communities in greenfield areas and has therefore had to pivot to vertical opportunities,” Luke Chadwick, Director at Chadwick Property...

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Technology

Operate the retirement village of tomorrow now and see the profit margin grow

The Baby Boomers want more, not less. They want smart, connected retirement villages with high-speed private networks, automated systems, and clean, affordable energy. Some are already there. Their staff roam with iPads, residents access seamless...

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Funding

Land lease operator GemLife’s IPO to surpass Virgin Australia, with 3 July listing confirmed

Adrian Puljich, his father Peter and Singapore diversified company Thakral Corporation opened talks on the possibilility of becoming a publicly listed business in April. A prospectus for the float will be lodged with the Australian Securities and...

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Development

New village entrant turns sod on first site in Melbourne, 11 months after launch

“Our vision is simple, to build a place where senior Australians feel valued, supported and inspired,“ said Orion International Group Director, Myles Qin, at the sod turning ceremony . Dux Churchill, designed by VIA Architects and Studio Tate, is in...

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Government Policy

Retirement village residents stopped from attending Cairns Regional Council Ordinary Meeting ahead of rates decision

A council spokesman said the cap on protesters was put in place to allow other community members into the gallery despite more than a dozen spare seats left empty during the meeting, Cairns Post reported

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Government Policy

WA Government lists 16,692sqm infill site rezoned for seniors housing

Western Australian Minister for Planning and Lands, John Carey, said the release of the land for sale highlights the government’s strategic approach to infill development and commitment to creating more age-friendly communities across Perth’s...

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Developments

Platino Properties’ $190M bid to add 317 units to Frenchs Forest Over 55s development Jardin

A Concept and Stage 1 development application for a mixed use seniors housing development comprising of approximately 317 independent living units and a residential aged care facility for the Northern Beaches suburb, 15km from Sydney’s CBD, has been...

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