Stockland’s MD re-kindles FKP rumours

Nov 25 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Stocklands Managing Director has told investors that the company's focus was still split three ways - retirement, residential and retail. His comments quickly had tongues wagging that FKP's retirement business could be the next target now that Stockland has successfully acquired Aevum.

RIP: We are seeing the death of the family-run aged care operator

It feels like I am writing an obituary to family-run aged care facilities. Once the backbone of the sector, multi-generation operators are now selling out at a pace not seen before. The sell-off is accelerating, with three landmark deals in just two...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Sep 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Opal HealthCare powers ahead with triple Victorian acquisition

Australia’s largest aged care operator, Opal HealthCare, has added three more homes to its Victorian footprint after completing the acquisition of Australian Aged Care Group (AACG) on 1 September 2025.

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Caroline Egan

09 Sep 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Scape’s Craig Carracher: Aveo deal cost closer to $4.5B, not $3.85B

Brookfield Asset Management hailed the sale of Aveo as the largest direct real estate transaction in Australian history, quoting a price tag of $3.85 billion.

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Ian Horswill

08 Sep 2025

Opinion

Is the DMF model dead? Anglicare CEO Simon Miller says yes

After buying 50% of LDK Senior’s Living from Cromwell Property Group in November 2022, Anglicare CEO Simon Miller is going all in on private aged care. Speaking at the DCM Group’s Ask the Visionaries’ Anything breakfast forum at...

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Ian Horswill

16 Sep 2025

Breaking down silos: Whiddon’s regional pilots are transforming aged care

Six 12-week Collaborative Health Care (CHC) Initiative pilots are now live across regional NSW, bringing aged care providers, hospitals, insurers, and Government agencies together to tackle some of the biggest pressure points in health and aged care.

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66 recipients of Aged Care Capital Assistance Program grants announced

The Australia Government has announced 66 recipients of its Aged Care Capital Assistance Program with grants worth $300 million. The largest - a grant of more than $50 million - has gone to Southern Cross Care (QLD) to build a new 94-bed residential care home in Broken Hill, NSW.

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Would you invest in a business with zero margin?

The latest AN-ACC prices and weightings, released late last Friday, confirmed what many feared: after an initial uplift, the clawback has begun. Operators who saw gains since AN-ACC’s 2023 launch now face funding being stripped back.

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Dr Rodney Jilek to take patients living with dementia aged care providers “refuse” to take

Effective immediately, Dr Rodney Jilek’s Community Home Australia has entered into an agreement with Nepean and Blue Mountains Local Health District to provide specialised dementia accommodation for patients aged care providers “refuse” to take.

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Caroline Egan

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