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Blue Care joins the high-rise rush
Oct 14 2007
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The Weekly Source

The Queensland arm of the UnitingCare, Blue Care, has achieved development approval for a four-storey, 147 ILU retirement village at Labrador. This project is one of up to 13 major village developments that Blue Care has on the books after its decision to aggressively re-enter the retirement village development market two years ago. Their development book is valued at close to $500 million.

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