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Lifestyle Communities CFO Darren Rowland resigns, with successor named

Lifestyle Communities has announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer (and Joint Company Secretary) Darren Rowland, effective end of January 2026. He has served as CFO since May 2018.

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Development

Levande lodges new SSDA to rebuild 40-year-old Killara retirement village

Levande has returned with a fresh State Significant Development Application (SSDA) to redevelop the 40-plus-year-old Lourdes Retirement Village at Killara, 14km north-west of the Sydney CBD – more than 18 months after the Sydney North Planning Panel rejected an earlier proposal, a decision the operator called “deeply disappointing.”

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Retirement and Community Living

Thousands of NSW village residents to benefit from embedded network price cap

Embedded electricity networks – common in retirement villages, land lease communities, apartment blocks and shopping centres – supply multiple premises from a single grid connection and may include electricity, gas, hot water, chilled water or air conditioning. An estimated 95,000 NSW households are covered by these arrangements.

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Government Policy

Further moves to accelerate retirement living in SA sit on desk of Planning Minister

South Australia – now at the epicentre of Australia’s aged care crisis – is yet to decide whether to allow greater building heights for large retirement villages and supported living developments, despite mounting pressure to expand accommodation options for its ageing population.

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Community Living

Colliers: what’s the average cost of a land lease community development in 2025?

Colliers Engineering & Design has released its 2025 Land Lease Community Cost Per Site Report: QLD, NSW & VIC, offering detailed insights into the economics of developing land lease communities across Australia’s East Coast.

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Redevelopments

Independent Planning Commission to have final say on Uniting Kingscliff redevelopment

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has approved the State Significant Development Application (SSDA) by Uniting NSW.ACT to redevelop its aged care home in Kingscliff, in the state’s Northern Rivers region.

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Community Living

SATURDAY is business: Warrigal sees retirement villages as the future of ageing

With aged care no longer delivering sustainable returns, Not For Profit Warrigal is doubling down on retirement villages – embedding care and clinical capability so residents can age and die in place.

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Sector Moves & People

GemLife appoints Adam Fairfax as Group Head of Investor Relations and Strategy

GemLife has appointed Adam Fairfax as its new Group Head of Investor Relations and Strategy, following the company’s landmark listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in July – the largest IPO of the year.

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Community Living

Victorian Liberal Party backs land lease communities motion

Caravan & Residential Parks Victoria’s Senior Adviser David Pratt, supported by CEO Scott Parker, has successfully led a Residential Land Lease Communities (RLLCs) motion which was passed at the Victorian Liberal Party State Council. The peak...

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Retirement and Community Living

Land for Ryman Healthcare’s “biggest-ever project” in Melbourne up for sale

Ryman Healthcare’s once-flagship Melbourne development site – billed as its largest project in Australia – has hit the market, marking another sign of the company’s near-total pause on new projects.

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Development

OneCare announces plans for new Barossa Living retirement village in Glenorchy, TAS

Not For Profit aged care provider OneCare has unveiled plans for its newest retirement village, Barossa Living by OneCare, to be developed alongside its existing Barossa Park Lodge community in Glenorchy, a northern suburb of Hobart.

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Development

Stage One of Keyton-managed Sunrise Beach Retirement Village to open in December

More than 50% of the 29 villas in Stage One of the Sunrise Beach Retirement Village have already been sold ahead of the community’s official opening on Tuesday, 8 December. The first stage will include the villas, a community clubhouse, and 15 co-located apartments.

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