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Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf: industry leaders share vision for the future of care in retirement living

Three leading operators in the over 50s retirement living market have spoken about where the sector is heading at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf held in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The event featured: Glen Brown, Co-Founder...

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Ian Horswill

12 hours ago

Awards

David Moran and Rosemary Southgate appointed Honorary Life Members of Retirement Living Council

At the start of the 2025 Property Council of Australia National Retirement Living Summit, the Retirement Living Council (RLC) inducted two of the sector’s most respected leaders: David Moran, CEO of Southern Cross Care SA, VIC & NT, and...

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Ian Horswill

13 hours ago

Redevelopments

Mercy Health to replace former aged care home with 60 retirement apartments in inner-city Melbourne

The original brown brick and concrete building on Abbotsford, 2km northeast of the Staqte’s capital city centre, was built in 1977 as an aged hostel for the convent’s nuns. It was bought by he Nof For Profit in 2015 and permanently closed in April...

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Ian Horswill

13 hours ago

Community Living

7,200 new retirement units over three years fall short of demand: PwC/Property Council Retirement Living Census

In February, the Retirement Living Council’s Executive Director Daniel Gannon said: “Between now and 2030, the retirement industry requires 67,000 homes to be built to meet existing levels of demand from older Australians. Of this amount, only...

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Ian Horswill

14 hours ago

Development

Work begins on Springtree’s second land lease community in Victoria

The brand founded by Elka Capital, the creation of David Laing and Tom McDonald, and The Lowy Family Group-backed Assembly Funds Management, has broken ground on its second land lease community in Yarrawonga, on the south bank of the Murray River...

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Ian Horswill

14 hours ago

Development

OneCare eyes major retirement living expansion at Port Sorell aged care facility in Tasmania

OneCare CEO Peter Williams said the independent living units will be the first at Rubicon Grove

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Ian Horswill

14 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Law firm Russell Kennedy expands team with retirement living and aged care specialists

“Not only do Catherine and Nicola, complement our property offering but they bring experience in key sectors of focus, Aged Care & Retirement Living and Education in our Sydney office,” said Russell Kennedy’s Managing Director, Paul...

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Ian Horswill

14 hours ago

Retirement and Community Living

Ingenia’s Seachange Toowoomba sells out with 167th home sold

“Our residents are the ones who bring our communities to life, and our purpose is to create communities that not only reflect the location, but the residents’ needs, and kind of lifestyle and amenities they are after,“ said Ingenia Lifestyle...

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Ian Horswill

14 hours ago

Record Breaking

Stockland debuts largest-ever land lease project, Halcyon Bayside, from $900K

The diversified property developer – set to become Australia’s largest land lease community operator once its current pipeline is complete – says it is ushering in a new era of resort-style living in Brisbane’s southern bayside. Located on...

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Profit margins show why the $12B land lease sector has institutional investors salivating

GemLife’s IPO documents showing its revenue and earnings illustrate how far the land lease sector has come from its humble beginning as caravan parks. Will there be a further transformation? When the then-new Stockland CEO Tarun Gupta announced the...

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Ian Horswill

20 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

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