Brisbane City Council is one of the largest in Australia and its own planning taskforce is predicting a housing shortage crisis for the elderly. Perhaps a first for a council, the taskforce is recommending development fees for retirement villages and aged care facilities be cut by 50%, developments should be given priority status for three years, aged care facilities should be fast tracked and universal housing designs be included in DA approvals.
Retirement living for the “well-heeled”: Residents begin to move into Retirement by Moran’s second venture: Sage in Cronulla
Shane Moran, the Founder and Chief Executive of Retirement by Moran, concedes admission to his residences is “not inexpensive”. Sage is an eight-storey development of 37 two- and three-bedroom apartments. The art-deco- meets-coastal-chic...