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Lincoln Place hits $44M in development acquisitions in nine months

Land lease community operator Lincoln Place, founded in 2019 by Ben Hindmarsh and Nicholas Collishaw, has added another major project to its pipeline, acquiring a 16.3-hectare greenfield site in Wangaratta, 98km from Shepparton, Victoria.

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Ian Horswill

24 minutes ago

Living with Dementia

Dementia specialists HammondCare win tender for Canberra first

The aged care provider has been selected to lead the transformation of the former Curtin Primary School, 8km southwest of Canberra’s CBD, into a best-practice dementia care village following a competitive tender process.

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Ian Horswill

5 hours ago

Development

Aged care operator Hall & Prior in historic first

The $89 million Sister Kate’s Health and Aged Care Facility, on the in Queens Park, 11km from the CBD, will be developed by Hall & Prior Health & Aged Care Group in partnership with Sister Kate’s Children 1934–1953 Aboriginal...

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Ian Horswill

5 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Levande CEO Kevin McCoy: “Our biggest risk”

Levande Chief Executive Officer Kevin McCoy told the Senior Living Innovation Forum in Los Angeles that the operator’s growth is being driven by disciplined curiosity – letting customer insight, not assumptions, set the brief.

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Ian Horswill

29 Oct 2025

Development

GemLife wins approval for second VIC land lease resort at New Gisborne

Macedon Ranges Shire Council has approved GemLife New Gisborne, the ASX-listed operator’s second Victorian Over-50s lifestyle resort.

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Ian Horswill

29 Oct 2025

Redevelopments

HammondCare to build $300M centre of excellence for complex older person care at Sydney’s Greenwich Hospital

HammondCare will redevelop its Greenwich Hospital site into an integrated health campus combining sub-acute hospital services, dementia-specific residential care, older persons’ mental health, research, and seniors living – a $300-$350 million investment the Not For Profit says is the largest in its history.

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Ian Horswill

28 Oct 2025

Community Living

Meet the main client of Eureka’s all-age communities: retirees

In an investor strategy and market update, Managing Director and CEO Simon Owen said around 60% of residents in Eureka’s growing all-age rental communities are retirees – predominantly singles and couples – who stay long term with low turnover.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Community Living

Cut stamp duty: RBA Governor Michelle Bullock aids Retirement Living Council call

The Reserve Bank of Australia Governor has criticised stamp duty as a barrier to retirees downsizing, amid shrinking household sizes and a national housing crisis.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Government Policy

SA Govt heeds Retirement Living Council call to accelerate village development

South Australia has finalised planning reforms to boost the supply of seniors housing, adopting key recommendations from the Retirement Living Council’s Retirement Ready national planning report card.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Development

Lincoln Place proposes 325-home land lease community for QLD’s Mackay region

Rapidly expanding Lincoln Place has submitted a development application to Mackay Regional Council for a 325-home over-50s land lease community on a 16.5ha site at Greenmount, about 21km south-west of Mackay’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Record Breaking

This $55M land lease community club looks like a 5-star resort – and it’s just for over-50s

Palm Lake Group has unveiled The Springs Country Club at Palm Lake Resort Pelican Waters on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast – a $55 million, 15,000m² architectural showpiece that could easily pass for a luxury resort.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Ageing

Call to retirement living operators: designated seniors housing land next to Western Sydney hospital

With more than 104,000 over-50s already in the local catchment, Arrow Advisory Group has opened Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Blacktown Integrated Seniors Living & Healthcare Precinct – a 2,791m² flagship site directly adjacent to...

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025

Community Living

More than 400 attend launch of Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club’s ‘The Riverly’ seniors living project

More than 400 people turned out for the launch of The Riverly, a $40 million retirement living development opposite Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club in Denistone, 16km north-west of the Sydney CBD.

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Ian Horswill

27 Oct 2025