March 30 sees over 50 leading speakers at the Retirement Communities World Conference in Sydney, including Paul Klaassen who founded and still runs Sunrise Seniors Living, operating over 440 villages in the US, Canada, Germany and UK. Given the housing market in each of those countries, he will have an unrivalled insight into the challenges of new sales. See http://www.terrapinn.com/2009/rcw_au/programme.stm for the full program.
Exclusive: Aveo to sell off its retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania
Tony Randello, CEO of the nation’s leading retirement village provider, said the impending sale of its 16 retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania “aligns with Aveo’s regular strategic review of opportunities across its portfolio”. The...