Redevelopments

Respect completes $4M redevelopment of Woodhaven aged care home in Lockhart, NSW

The specialist aged care provider has completed the redevelopment of its aged care home in the rural town of Lockhart, 520km southwest of Sydney. Respect acquired Woodhaven in 2019. The home, which has been in operation for more than 30 years, has...

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Caroline Egan

13 Aug 2025

Development

Whiddon adds three beds in $1.2M expansion to Bourke aged care home in far-northwest NSW

Whiddon has announced a $1.2 million upgrade of its 11-bed aged care home in the far-northwest town of Bourke, and has bought a neighbouring property for staff accommodation. CEO Chris Mamarelis said the expansion will strengthen access to aged care in the town.

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Caroline Egan

06 Aug 2025

Redevelopments

Helping Hand secures DA approval to upgrade Whyalla’s only two aged care homes in SA

SA provider Helping Hand has received approval from City of Whyalla council for the Copperhouse Court and Yeltana redevelopments in Whyalla, adding 8 rooms across the two sites. CEO Chris Stewart says they will take a phased approach to ensure rooms stay open amid strong demand for beds.

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Caroline Egan

30 Jul 2025

Rebuilds

Ceremony to mark Resthaven’s $100M 150-bed aged care home and Wellness Centre redevelopment

The Not For Profit South Australian aged care, retirement living, and home care provider Resthaven has turned the first sod on Stage One of its $100M Marion site redevelopment, at an event attended by CEO Darren Birbeck, with work set to begin late next month.

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Caroline Egan

30 Jul 2025

Development

BaptistCare reduces its Macquarie Park Sydney Concept Masterplan yet cost rises from $1.9bn to $2.5 bn

The concept masterplan for the Not For Profit’s renewal of its site in Macquarie Park, 13km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, has been resubmitted and was put out to public exhibition. It was in July 2022 that BaptistCare NSW & ACT revealed its $1.9...

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Ian Horswill

21 Jul 2025

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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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..

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Caroline Egan

29 May 2025