Development SA NFP Barunga Village Inc’s $24M 5-year masterplan dependent on Govt funding The South Australian Not For Profit provider has unveiled an ambitious five-year masterplan of its aged care site in Port Broughton, 175km northwest of Adelaide. Click here Caroline Egan 09 Jul 2025
Development Community Home Australia opens supported living opposite Westmead Hospital in Sydney’s West Dementia care and disability support provider Community Home Australia has opened ‘Kora House’, a four-storey, 18-studio supported living facility across the road from Westmead Hospital, with 150 applications so far. Click here Caroline Egan 09 Jul 2025
Redevelopments RSL LifeCare reveals reimagined vision for 86-year-old flagship village on Sydney’s Northern Beaches Since its establishment in 1939, the ANZAC Village in Narrabeen – 23 kilometres northeast of Sydney’s CBD – has evolved through 30 individual developments, growing into a community that offers retirement living, residential aged care, home... Click here Ian Horswill 27 Jun 2025
Redevelopments Mercy Health to replace former aged care home with 60 retirement apartments in inner-city Melbourne The original brown brick and concrete building on Abbotsford, 2km northeast of the Staqte’s capital city centre, was built in 1977 as an aged hostel for the convent’s nuns. It was bought by he Nof For Profit in 2015 and permanently closed in April... Click here Ian Horswill 23 Jun 2025
Development SATURDAY means business: Why St Basil’s Bexley project is more than just bricks and mortar As retirement living and aged care providers brace for the wave of Baby Boomers, St Basil NSW/ACT’s CEO Diana Horvatovic is betting on assisted living – and building the future now. The Bexley project – a proposed 70-80 unit development, 14km... Click here Lauren Broomham 23 Jun 2025
Development Regis Aged Care lodges redevelopment plans for Bulimba site in Brisbane ASX-listed Regis Aged Care has lodged plans with Brisbane City Council to demolish the existing 150-bed aged care home to make way for a purpose-built, four-storey aged care facility with 123 beds. Click here Caroline Egan 18 Jun 2025
Development $36M Resthaven Bellevue Heights redevelopment in Adelaide opens doors The South Australian Not For Profit provider has opened Stage 2 of the redevelopment of Resthaven Bellevue Heights in Mitcham, 7km south of Adelaide’s CBD. Click here Caroline Egan 12 Jun 2025
Development $1M per bed: Victorian Govt completes Rutherglen aged care home The Victorian Government has completed the $57.1 million construction of a 50-bed aged care home in Rutherglen, located 300km northeast of Melbourne, population 3,000., which equates to $1 million a bed.. Click here Caroline Egan 29 May 2025
Development Puttin’ on the Ritz - redevelopment of historic hotel in NSW’s Blue Mountains one step closer A community event was held last week for locals to provide feedback on Pathways Residences’ designs for the redevelopment of the historic Ritz Hotel in the NSW Blue Mountains’ historic village of Leura, into a 137-bed luxury aged care home through the State Significant Development pathway. Click here Caroline Egan 22 May 2025
Redevelopments $194M revamp of Uniting Wesley Gardens to deliver continuum of care on Sydney’s Northern Beaches The existing residential care home will be demolished by the Not for Profit for retirement and independent living apartments, co-located with on-site support services, including a new aged care home. Simon Furness Uniting has considered the future... Click here Ian Horswill 19 May 2025
Development Maronite Sisters’ planned $38M redevelopment of its aged care home in Marrickville, Sydney, on public exhibition The Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family Village plan to demolish their existing 54-bed aged care home, so-called Village 1, and build a new 99-room, four-storey facility with underground car parking. Click here Caroline Egan 15 May 2025
Development NewDirection Care submits Tasmania DA for second $20M MICRO TOWN® aged care community Innovative aged care provider NewDirection Care plans to open its second MICRO TOWN® in September 2026 after lodging the Development Application with Waratah-Wynyard Council in late April, according to Operations Manager Justin Chadwick. Click here Caroline Egan 07 May 2025
Development Eureka secures $180M in refinancing deal, acquires new site in QLD Eureka Group Holdings CEO Simon Owen is delivering on his ambition to make the company Australia’s market leader in both over-50s and all-age rental communities, after successfully refinancing and expanding its debt facilities. Click here Lauren Broomham 02 May 2025