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Development

Port Douglas retirement village, approved in 2020, set to be a gated residential community

At the time, then-Mayor Michael Kerr said that following Douglas Shire Council’s approval of Obray’s 41 single-storey, one-and-two bedroom independent living units – ranging from 200msq to 350msq – he believed it was “a fantastic...

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Community Living

The new retirement village charging up to $4.15M for a unit

The sizes of the residences at Northbrook Wānaka, the resort town in New Zealand’s South Island, vary from 244msq and up to 607msqm, with prices starting at NZ$1.25 million and the larger three-bedroom homes going up to NZ$4.5 million...

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Selling

Cushman & Wakefield tip “active” retirement living and aged care for landholding in blue chip Melbourne suburb

A landmark landholding in Melbourne’s blue-chip suburb of Hampton is set to enter the market and receive peak interest from both high-end developers and the buoyant Aged Care and Retirement Living market. The 3,662sqm site at 28-34 Service Street...

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Aura Holdings lodges plan for a new retirement village in Brisbane

In partnership with the Anglican Church of Southern Queensland, the private operator plans to develop its seventh retirement village within the heritage-listed St Francis College campus in Milton, a riverside inner suburb of Brisbane. Since being...

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Summerset Group CEO visits its first Melbourne retirement village as company considers bond offer

CEO Scott Scoullar flew in from across the Tasman Sea to have a look at the progress of the first of six retirement villages planned in and around Melbourne. “The build is extremely impressive. We are looking forward to delivering our high...

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News & Headlines

Residents at heart of ABC attack on Lifestyle Communities have claims heard at VCAT

The residents are alleging their contracts are unfair and challenging the legality of the exit in light of a previous win in VCAT in 2018 and a series of settlements including a Consumer Action Law Centre action regarding another operator, Lifestyle...

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Legal Issues

2025 LEADERS SUMMIT: The latest on retirement village laws in Australia

Tammy Berghofer, Partner at MinterEllison specialising in Real Estate and Retirement Living, outlined recent developments in the Retirement Villages Acts across various states during day two of the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT. Tammy revealed how the...

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Community Living

The latest villages to endorse Anglicare Sydney’s Village Membership model

With the Deferred Management Fee (DMF) already replaced at the For Purpose Not For Profit’s Woolooware Shores retirement village in Taren Point, 18km south of Sydney’s CBD, the operator has taken it to a new village with staggering results...

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Government Policy

Retirement Living Council: Operators “hamstrung” in forming new pricing for Support at Home services

In a hook-up with retirement village members last Friday, the sector’s peak body heard operators were still missing vital compliance material for the new Aged Care Act on 1 July from the Department of Health and Aged Care. The Weekly SOURCE...

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Development

Keyton reveals new retirement village with almost 1,300 units being built across Australia

The retirement village operator is busy adding to its portfolio with the second vertical building completed at its Bernborough Ascot community in Brisbane and the topping out of the Banksia and Coolabah buildings at its Kingfisher Grove village in...

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Twilight Aged Care to launch $30M luxury retirement development in Mosman

Twilight Aged Care has received the green light to expand its retirement living portfolio with a $30 million luxury development in Mosman, 8km northeast of the Sydney CBD. The Mosman Local Planning Panel has approved plans for 22 premium independent...

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05 May 2025

Exclusive: Pariter’s $160M retirement living development approved at Cumberland Golf Club

A $160 million development by Pariter to build six independent living buildings at Cumberland Golf Club in Greystanes, 25km west of Sydney’s CBD, has received planning approval. Aimed at securing the club’s financial future, the project is the...

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