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Villa Maria (Victoria) buys prime village site from Macquarie Bank's Retirement Villages Group (RVG)
Nov 19 2009
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The highly regarded CEO of Villa Maria, Valerie Lyons, achieved a coup by securing a key inner-city Camberwell property with approval for 64 ILU village for $8.75 million. This equates to a land value of $137,000 per ILU in a AAA prime location. The irony is that the seller was a Macquarie Bank offshoot, an organization known for its tough negotiation, and Villa Maria is a Not For Profit.

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