Retirement Living & New Builds

Lifestyle Communities Cranbourne (VIC) sells 72 resort park homes in 12 months

Resort parks, also known as manufactured Home Parks, are becomng increasingly popular. One of the larger resort park operators is Lifestyle Communities in Victoria. They have been very successful, especially with their Cranbourne village, which has sold 72 new homes in 12 months.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 30, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Aged care fees snapshot

A quick review of basic fees for home care and aged care accommodation.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 28, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Stockland’s Retirement Villages delivers $41M operational profit on 787 village homes sales

major retirement village operator Stockland has delivered a healthy profit increase form its operation of 7,800 village homes.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 25, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

WA Parliament introduces three month limit to recurrent charges for retirement villages

The weekly fees to be paid in retirement villages to cover the operational costs of the village need to be paid by the resident, or their estate, until their leased retirement village home is leased to the next resident. Each state has different regulations on how long the retirement village operator can charge this fee. the WA Government is moving to limit the time it can be charged to just three months, where in NSW it is nine months.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 24, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

The RVA / Property Council partnership update – what it all means

The Retirement Village Association has moved to strengthen the position of the village sector by joining the Property Council

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 21, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Living Choice commits to $112M vertical village in Adelaide

Located in Fullerton, this new 142 apartment village will offer 5 star luxury. Already popular, it has sold 60% of its apartments off the plan

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 21, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

RVA and Property Council in Talks on New Voice for Retirement Sector

the industry peak body representing operators of retirement villages is the Retirement Village Association. It has just announced it is forming a new organisation together with the Property Council of Australia.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 16, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Stockland’s Retirement division delivers $41M operational profit on 787 sales – ave $52,000 per ILU

Australia's largest home builder, Stockland, is on track with its strategy to become one of the largest retirement village operators, with a $41 million profit in 2012. They have a massive pipeline of new retirement village homes that they plan to build over the next 5 years.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 12, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Regional NSW retirement village IRT continues to spread its wings – investing $75M on the Sunshine Coast

Australia's largest community based village and care operator IRT (the rebranded Illawarra Retirement Trust) has expanded in to Queensland with the purchase of three retirement villages located north of Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, investing $75 million.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 12, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Rental retirement village operator Eureka delivers on its profit promise

The largest rental village operator in Australia, Eureka, announces a profit after many years of losses post GFC for the 12 months to June 2012

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 10, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Goldman Sachs identifies value in Becton Retirement with $74 million funding

The well respected Becton Retirement Village group has received a confidence boost from global investment giant, Goldman Sachs, which has steeped in with $74 million in loan funds and opening discussions on a longer term relationship.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 10, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Revealing statistics emerge from QLD Gov Retirement Village enquiry – new retirement villages grew by eight per year between 2009 and 2012

The Queensland Government is the first to place retirement villages in the Housing portfolio, rather than the Consumer Affairs portfolio. As part of this move it has initiated a review of the retirement village sector and the Retirement Villages Act..

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 09, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Rosewood Aged Care Group prepared to walk away from $40 million aged care project after bank funding jeopardised by Federal Government changes

Leading West Australian aged care providor, Rosewood Aged Care Group, has joined most care providors in placing a hold on current and future new developments of low and high care facilities while seeking the Federal Govermnet to review its cuts in funding.

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 09, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Tall Trees Care Communities demonstrate the sales success

Tall Trees Care Communities offer low and high care in your own retirement village home to the end of your days

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 07, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Justin Laboo exits Aveo today – as quietly planned

Aveo CEO, Justin Laboo, leaves Australia's largest retirement village group after seven years to spend time with his young family

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By Christopher Baynes

Published on September 07, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Tall Trees Care Communities Introduction

Tall Trees Care Communities offer your own village home with low and high care built in.

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By Villages with care built in

Published on August 31, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Video: The Care Community village alternative to low/high care

The highly respected Queensland Director of Care, Gae Munsie, explains the unique Tall Trees Care Community program where people acquire their own home in a Tall Trees village and have full care services delivered into their home as they require it. Gae came out of retirement herself to fine tune what she now calls "the optimum care model that allows residents the dignity and control of their lives to the end of their days."

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By Interview: Gae Munsie

Published on August 31, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

Tall Trees Care Communities explained by Co Founder Phil usher

Tall trees Care Communities offer an alternative for people in need of care or facing being placed in a care facility - owning your own home where low and high care is delivered to you.

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By Alternative to aged care

Published on August 30, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

“Our home is safe...no steps”

We had decided it was time to move. We had a five bedroom home and we were sick of the gum leaves (and the maintenance).

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By Sally and Peter Southam

Published on July 24, 2012

Retirement Living & New Builds

KeyInvest - Chiton at Victor Harbour

At Chiton, you will be part of a vibrant, living community. At its beating heart will be a community centre where you can, indeed, commune with neighbours, make new friends or entertain old ones in style with indoor and outdoor dining areas, a library, plus the all-important bar. And if that just sounds like an invitation to put on weight, we would quickly point to the fitness room. Not that you'll be short of ways to get the heart pumping.

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By Anonymous

Published on July 03, 2012

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