We'd like to thank our key partners and sponsors for their support of Retirment Communities World Australia
Minter Ellison has worked as strategic and legal advisers with key players in Australasia's retirement village and aged care industry for more than 20 years. We understand emerging industry trends; we understand what is driving government policy in this area and increasing industry regulation; and we understand the day-to-day issues facing developers, owners and operators of facilities.
With a strong team of specialists across Australia and New Zealand, we advise on the full spectrum of legal needs for the industry – from acquisition, development, on-going leasing and sale of villages and aged care facilities, to conveyancing of units to residents, to compliance with industry legislation.
Our strengths are cross-border seamless service, technical excellence and commercial, practical, results-oriented advice. Our commitment is to add value – delivering business solutions in an industry context. www.minterellison.com
DesignInc understand the demographic shift in Australia’s ageing population and have developed the right tools to meet this change, positioning us perfectly to respond to new accommodation expectations of the baby boomer generation. We apply the latest thinking to ensure the successful social integration of seniors within the urban landscape. www.designinc.com.au
Zadro Constructions are successful builders who have professionally delivered projects across all market sectors throughout NSW for more than 46 years. Since inception, we have completed in excess of 170 retirement type housing and specialised aged care facilities. The “Zadro Constructions” name is synonymous with integrity, quality and reliability to deliver the right economic solution for our clients.
At Zadro Constructions we believe a truly successful project is determined by the quality of the people and strength of the contractor-client relationship. Developing mutual respect and trust is the cornerstone that enables alignment of project objectives, team commitment and an attitude that any challenge will be managed. www.zadro.com.au
BurnsBridge Sweett, part of the global Cyril Sweett group, is an industry-leading strategic advisory, planning and project management consultancy. We strive to find solutions that deliver real and measurable value to our clients, having worked with some of the country’s largest – and smallest – aged care and retirement living providers. The key to our ability to unlock value and deliver world-class projects is the insight and intellect we bring to our client’s operational, financial and property challenges framed by the broader market context. www.burnsbridgesweett.com
Harvey Norman Commercial Division is a ‘One Stop Shop” for Major Builders, Home Builders, Developers, Architects/Designers and Plumbers. We are one of the largest suppliers of leading brand name quality products including Kitchen Appliances, PC/Laundry Items, Tiles, Home Entertainment Systems, Hot Water, and Heating/Cooling Systems in Sydney, ACT and the Central Coast Region. We’ve been selling direct to the building industry for over 14 years and during which time have been responsible for the fit-out of numerous high-rise and medium density projects throughout with a FF&E division that specialises in complete appliance and furniture packages for Retirement Villages, Resorts, Hotels & Serviced Apartments.
www.hncommercial.com.au
The Institutional Banking division provides specialist relationship management for institutional and government clients; including risk management, transaction services and complete capital solutions for domestic and international infrastructure and aviation related assets. www.commbank.com.au
Atkinson Vinden is one of the leading law firms in NSW dealing with retirement villages. The firm acts in various capacities for nearly 50 villages, from planning and development to transaction work. Led by Guy Vinden and Graham Rushforth the firm’s retirement village team can offer a complete service to any village operator. www.atkinvin.com.au
Associate Sponsor
ANZ Aged Care & Retirement Living industry specialisation recognises that operators and developers want a bank that understands the specific needs, challenges and opportunities in these industry sectors. Our dedicated team is located all over Australia and we work closely with operators, developers and key industry organisations to deliver comprehensive, tailored banking services that are leading edge in the market. www.anz.com
For more information please call:
Retirement Living - John Sweeney (03) 9273 0230 or 0411 249 244
Aged Care - Bill Mitchelmore (03) 9273 0032 or 0411 125 442
Retirement village manager, Village Care joined forces with SCV Group Limited earlier this year to form Australia’s largest independent retirement village management company. Village Care provides a range of professional services to retirement villages including operational management, marketing and sales of some 70 seniors communities. The company’s business model is based on a national platform working in cities and regional centres across Australia. www.villagecare.com.au
Press Release 20 August 2008
Village Care Promotes Management Model to Independent Operators
St.George Bank has industry solutions for Aged Care and Retirement Living. Whether you are seeking construction funding to meet the changing needs of your residents or finance to invest in superior care and compliance - our specialist industry managers can provide you with a strong foundation of local & industry knowledge, financial expertise and customised business solutions to reach your goals. St George Institutional and Business Bank has a full service finance capability in treasury and capital markets, commercial property and commercial finance, overdrafts, cashflow finance, electronic banking and vehicle and equipment leasing, foreign exchange, trade finance, commercial bills and securitisation. www.stgeorge.com.au
Premier is a recognised provider of project evaluation and project finance services in the aged care sector, delivering tailored project feasibility analysis, capital structuring and debt tendering.
Our financial consulting is designed to match the ever-changing factors influencing the industry such as earnings deterioration, reducing investment returns, tighter credit regimes, and the analysis required to address the impediments associated with the redevelopment and/or replacement of dated building stock.
We are committed to providing value-add solutions in support of high-quality services to the aged care sector. www.premierpartners.com.au
Thomson Adsett Architects has contributed significantly to Australia’s aged care and retirement industry as trusted partners for over 30 years. Inspired by the unique disposition of a new generation of residents and international best practice, Thomson Adsett develops innovative models and holistic building solutions applicable within the Australian context. With specialist consultants involved in industry research and client development initiatives, Thomson Adsett’s personnel are driven to enable client success by providing future-focused retirement solutions. www.thomsonadsett.com
As part of Australian-owned BTAS, Community Living Technologies can efficiently tailor a solution to cater for any type of community living facility, including Retirement Villages, Hospitals & Rehabilitation Centres, Assisted Living & Aged Care Facilities, Gated Communities & Housing Estates, Resorts, Hotels & Motels, Student Accommodation providing a range of integrated systems including Emergency Response and Voice Systems, Communications Systems, Safety and Access Systems, TV and Entertainment systems, Integrated Billing Systems.
Community Living Technologies offers a genuine end-to-end solution, providing a range of specific, integrated technology solutions designed to address the technology requirements of community living with extremely competitive rates so as to provide operators with the ability to offer a genuinely attractive, reliable telephone and Internet service to their residents. www.communitylivingtechnologies.com.au
Round Table Sponsor
Having worked with some of Australia’s largest public and private health and aged care providers, Thomson Playford Cutlers has a wealth of industry knowledge to assist developers or investors operating in the sector. Our experts help clients achieve commercially successful outcomes for their projects, by finding the right structure, acquiring and disposing properties, retirement village documentation and sales, and advising on property trusts. www.thomsonplayfordcutlers.com.au
CAPITAL ARCHITECTURE specialises in creating innovative architectural solutions. Our aim is to create a mutually rewarding partnership; our goal is to achieve your goals. Our business activities are undertaken with the utmost integrity using processes which achieve ecologically sustainable outcomes, we seek solutions that demonstrate social justice principles and we are in a position to achieve impressive outcomes. Capital Architecture’s project experience extends particularly into aged care and lifestyle housing for seniors, and includes commercial, industrial, civic, educational, residential and health care. www.capitalarchitecture.com.au
Exhibitors
Masterton Constructions is the commercial building division of Masterton Homes which is one of NSW largest residential builders.
Masterton Constructions is structured for the efficient delivery of larger construction projects within a range of property sectors including retirement villages, multi residential and tourist resorts. Constructing independent and assisted care units and community facilities within the retirement village sector we are committed to delivering to our clients exceptional value for money with their projects built efficiently and to a high quality of construction. We provide a wide range of value adding services such as budget construction estimates, design review, value management, project and construction management services. Building with Masterton Constructions will ensure the successful delivery of a well built development constructed efficiently, on time and within budget. Please visit
www.masterton.com.au/multiresidential.htm or call our retirement sector business development manager Keith Stratten on 0417 269 056
Polyflor is a market leader in healthcare and aged care flooring with sales offices and warehousing throughout Australia & New Zealand providing professional service and technical expertise. With excellent durability, low maintenance, hygiene and endless design possibilities, Polyflor’s floorcoverings provide the ideal flooring solution for a wide variety of aged care, healthcare, retail and commercial installations both nationally and internationally.
Flooring design for a better environment. As a manufacturer Polyflor has held ISO 14001 Environmental Management System accreditation since 2000.
Polyflor uses the world renowned independent third party organization known as BRE, to do science based LCA (life cycle analysis) assessment of the whole of life environmental impact of our flooring. These results have been confirmed in Australia & NZ and can be viewed at ecospecifier.org listed on their eco preferable material data base in the top 25% of resilient flooring finishes.
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