Retirement and Community Living

Lifestyle Communities reduces unsold homes by 16% in 1Q FY26

The Victorian land lease community operator provided a trading update for the quarter ended 30 September on Wednesday, 8 October. It said 54 new homes had been settled in the quarter, which puts it on track to break FY25’s total net sales of 139 for...

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Ian Horswill

13 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Second StewartBrown Retirement Living Performance Survey launched with dashboard reporting tools

A large proportion of Not-for-Profit providers participated in the FY24 Survey to benchmark their own financial performance, enhance their reporting capabilities and support their strategic planning as they continue evolving to meet the needs of an...

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Ian Horswill

07 Oct 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Summerset Group starts construction on fourth Australian village as it breaks sales record again

The New Zealand-based retirement village operator is reaping the rewards of introducing upfront payments for its care suites, reporting record sales in the second quarter of the year.

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Ian Horswill

07 Oct 2025

Opinion

These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now

Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s...

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Ian Horswill

07 Oct 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Only in SATURDAY: Not For Profit Warrigal’s plan to bridge the gap in aged care beds

Read the full feature in the new issue of SATURDAY, released on Friday. Not a subscriber? Sign up here

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Lauren Broomham

07 Oct 2025

Development

First homes near lock-up at Halcyon Gables – Stockland’s first land lease community in NSW

The first homes in Stage One of Stockland Halcyon Gables, the developer’s first land lease community in New South Wales, are approaching lock-up as construction accelerates within the Gables masterplanned community in Sydney’s Hills Shire, 52km northwest of the CBD.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Legal Issues

Land lease community and hospital plan in QLD’s Agnes Water heads to court after council refuses extension

Plans for a major land lease community and hospital in Agnes Water, Central Queensland, are now before the Planning and Environment Court after Gladstone Regional Council refused to extend the project’s development approval.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Development

New 121-home relocatable park adds to retirement living boom in Toowoomba

Toowoomba’s status as one of Queensland’s major retirement living hotspots continues to grow, with a new 121-dwelling relocatable home park proposed for the city’s southwest.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Two Australians take charge as Ryman Healthcare lists on ASX amid $1B reset

New Zealand’s largest retirement operator, Ryman Healthcare, officially joined the ASX last Wednesday (1 October), marking its dual listing with a bell-ringing ceremony in Sydney led by new Chief Executive Officer Naomi James and Chief Financial Officer Matthew Prior – both Australians.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Community Living

“Way to Live”: Lifestyle Communities launches rebrand amid $195M loss and legal turmoil

Embattled Victorian land lease operator Lifestyle Communities is trying to rebuild its image with a sweeping new national rebrand, just months after posting a $195.3 million operating loss for FY25.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Developments

More than 50% of apartments pre-sold at Goodwin’s new Canberra retirement village

Goodwin Aged Care Services has achieved more than 50% pre-sales at its newest retirement community, Goodwin Village Downer, in Canberra’s inner north – marking strong demand for the Not For Profit provider’s next-generation village model.

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Ian Horswill

06 Oct 2025

Sector Moves & People

SA’s largest retirement living operator and home care provider ECH appoints new CEO

Alan Morrrison, the Chief Executive Officer of the private Burnside Hospital in Adelaide and Deputy Chair of HESTA Super Fund, has been appointed Chief Executive of the profit-for-purpose organisation founded in 1964. He will assume his role in...

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Ian Horswill

02 Oct 2025

Developments

IRT to unveil new vision for integrated seniors’ living community on NSW South Coast

Community-owned provider IRT will reveal a “bold new vision” for its proposed seniors’ living community in Milton, 222km southwest of Sydney, at a series of community drop-in sessions and an online webinar in mid-October.

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Ian Horswill

03 Oct 2025