The Tuesday SOURCE

Levande COO Michelle Bruggeman appointed Retirement Living Council Vice-President

Michelle, who has been with Levande since June 2022, has been elected to the role vacated in the sector’s peak body by Claire Scapinello who resigned as CEO of South Australia’s largest retirement living provider ECH last month. With more than 25...

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Ian Horswill

19 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

GemLife reveal board with Centuria Capital Group head Kristie Brown as Chair

The Queensland-based land lease community operator yesterday afternoon announced a fully underwritten Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 180.3 million Securities at a price of $4.16 per Security to raise approximately $750 million. GemLife is majority...

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Ian Horswill

18 Jun 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Inaugural StewartBrown FY24 Retirement Living Performance Survey released

The first annual Retirement Living Report joins the stable of detailed granular sector reports StewartBrown first established in 1995 with the Aged Care Financial Performance Report highly regaqrded by the Department of Health, Disability and...

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Ian Horswill

17 Jun 2025

News & Issues

Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf: The future of retirement villages

The latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf was held in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, featuring Glen Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of Reside Communities; Sean Graham, CEO of Aura Holdings; and Andrew Hudson, Operations Manager of Eureka Group...

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Ian Horswill

17 Jun 2025

Government Policy

Peak bodies applaud retirement villages’ permanent exemption from QLD’s Residential Services (Accreditation) regulation

The Queensland Government has, after lobbying from the peak bodies, permanently exempted retirement villages in the Residential Services (Accreditation) (Retirement Village Schemes) Amendment Regulation 2025 on 12 June. The Residential Services...

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Ian Horswill

17 Jun 2025

Retirement and Community Living

There’s nothing like SATURDAY: where are land lease community operators heading?

“In my opinion, retirement villages have not been able to compete with the flow of capital from land lease communities in greenfield areas and has therefore had to pivot to vertical opportunities,” Luke Chadwick, Director at Chadwick Property...

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Ian Horswill

17 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

Stuart Nicholson returns to the retirement village sector to deliver high performance

One of the major figures in the sector through the 2000s to 2019, Stuart led Becton’s village portfolio, followed by M&A and private village investment portfolios. After an aged care stint he is in demand back in retirement living. Stuart has...

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Chris Baynes

16 Jun 2025

Technology

Operate the retirement village of tomorrow now and see the profit margin grow

The Baby Boomers want more, not less. They want smart, connected retirement villages with high-speed private networks, automated systems, and clean, affordable energy. Some are already there. Their staff roam with iPads, residents access seamless...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Development

Hometown Australia to build first wellness centre at SA land lease community

The major land lease operator, owned by Hometown America, has started selling stage one homes at its retirement village in the river port of Goolwa, 85km from Adelaide, with eight designs available. The 181 new homes, together with a brand new...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Out of the Ordinary

Council deny this 18ft high tree at Perth retirement village is a danger

Retention of the tuart tree, Eucalyptus gomphocephala, was a condition in the 2016 development approval for the retirement village despite it being known as one of the six forest giants of southwest Australia. Today, the tuart more than 40 years old...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Development

34 of 83 apartments sold at Aveo’s Bella Vista Haven, including $2.1M penthouses

The $52 million Corymbia building at the operator’s flagship retirement village, which is 33km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, and being constructed by Growthbuilt, is due for completion in the third quarter of 2025, with early sales ranging from...

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Development

Prolific builder Levande gets green light for 217-unit retirement village in Castle Hill

The village design was by CHROFI and Turf Design Studio

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Ian Horswill

16 Jun 2025

Opinion

It took a 28-year-old to reboot the retirement living sector – at speed

Adrian Puljich was 28 years of age when he conceived GemLife and then convinced Singapore diversified investment business Thakral Corporation to commit 50% of funds to create the business. Nine years later it is valued at $1.58 billion. How did he...

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Chris Baynes

16 Jun 2025