Knox gets a $20 million Arcare facility

Topic - Developments

Oak Tree Group Co-founder Mark Bindon returns to sector with a high-end boutique retirement village and one caveat

Mark Bindon and fellow Oak Tree Group co-founder Franco De Pasquale spent two years researching the retirement sector before setting up the business in 2004. Oak Tree Group grew to own and operate 31 retirement villages across Queensland, New South...

Topic - Developments

Seniors housing faces becoming “the roadkill of the NSW planning system”

Two major policies recently exhibited by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure (DPHI) could have major implications on seniors housing, said Ethos Urban Director Daniel West. The Weekly SOURCE stated last Tuesday that Daniel...

Topic - Developments

Nine years after talks began, Goodwin to build sixth retirement village

Talks began with Community Housing Canberra, the owner of the land in Downer, in Canberra’s north, in 2015, Goodwin’s chair Liesel Wett said. “We were fortunate to finally reach agreement for the sale of the land in 2020,“ she said. A development...

Topic - Developments

First residents move into Summerset Group’s first retirement village in Australia

Summerset Group, the New Zealand-based continuum of care operator, has welcomed Doug and Leslie as its first residents in its first retirement village in Australia: Summerset Cranbourne North, 39km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD. “Sales have picked...