A substantial investor in Australias largest private village operator, RetireAustralia, is Americas J.P. Morgan Chase bank. The investment is through its Hong Kong based fund Global Special Opportunities Group which has US$2.1B under management. New US banking laws that limit what they can invest in, especially the Volker rule, are about to come into effect. Four American private equity funds have been shortlisted to negotiate with. The sale is not expected to affect RetireAustralia. J.P. Morgan bought the original shares from AMP Capital
NSW delivered big development lift: Seniors Housing bonus in R1, R2 and R3 zones part of new NSW Transport Oriented Development planning reforms
The call by planners to include seniors housing in the new building zones around 37 railway stations as part of changes to the Housing SEPP has been agreed. The seniors housing bonus, which includes bonus floor space incentives of between 15% and...