Retirement and Community Living

Revenue NSW updates land tax ruling for retirement villages and aged care
Updated land tax guidance has been issued by Revenue NSW around exemptions for aged care…

Hometown Australia LLC homes in Port Macquarie NSW sell for same as local median price
Stage One of the new Hometown Glenfern Thrumster land lease community, which is 10 minutes’…

Uniting Communities’ U City is first carbon neutral building in SA
Uniting Communities’ 20-storey U City development, a mix of retirement living, accessible accommodation, social services…

New retirement village customers will be able to sell their homes quickly, unlike 2008-12
When the GFC kicked off in October 2007, retirement village sales stopped overnight as potential…

RetireAustralia’s annual underlying profit $56.5M, up 87% despite COVID-19
RetireAustralia is reportedly on the market for around $1 billion and from its joint owner…

Did you miss the Design and Architecture issue of SATURDAY?
Our Design and Architecture issue last Saturday looked at a range of important issues for…

Running the numbers: how many people will a village support in its lifetime? Around 560 across 32 years
As the population continues to age and the baby boomers look to downsize, having a…

Facing being a quadriplegic, PGS CEO Adam Slijderink aims to create retirement village for people with disabilities
Developer Adam Slijderink, who no longer has use of his right arm or shoulder after…

Uniting wants to build massive integrated care facility on former TAFE site in Charlestown, NSW Lake Macquarie
Uniting NSW.ACT, which aims to invest around $3 billion in the next decade, is inviting…

Sales open for Ryman’s Highett retirement village in Victoria
Construction is well underway on Ryman Healthcare’s $180 million Highett retirement village in Melbourne, with…

RAAFA take ownership of Challenger Court from City of Rockingham in Perth, WA
RAAFA, which owns and operates retirement living and aged care homes in WA, has taken…

Richard Crookes Construction to build The Falls Estate CAPS development on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, priced from $2M
Demolition and bulk excavation work has begun at The Falls Estate in Oxford Falls Valley…