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Stories "Settlers Village expands into Serviced Apartments"
After opening with only three villas 10 years ago, the village currently has 114 independent living units and is set to open 29 serviced apartments this month. Established in 1998, Settlers Village offers the ideal lifestyle with luxury and security for over 55’s...more> "JSA Architects merges with Kennedy Associates Architects"
JSA Architects have provided architectural services to the retirement and aged care industry for over 30 years, during which time they have designed dozens of developments from small boutique projects to large villages and new towns for a range of clients from both the private and public sector...more> "If you enjoy the finer things...you'll love Rylands"
In 2007 Rylands of Kew was announced as winner of the “Special Purpose Living Award for Excellence” by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)...more> "How should we decide where to build a Retirement Village?"
Do you use some logical approach or do you use the SWAG approach? Recently in a court case over a property decision, a Judge described the “SWAG” approach, and then defined this as a “Scientific Wild Arse Guess”, and proceeded to rule against a party who could show little logic in their methodology of site selection...more> |
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Settlers
Village
Wagga Wagga,
NSW has
come
a long way
in just
a decade.
In
October 2007
JSA Architects,
well known
throughout
the retirement,
aged care
and child
care industry
as leaders
in the design
of high quality
and environmentally
sensitive
developments,
merged with
Kennedy Associates
Architects
one of Australia’s
leading architectural
practices.
The
three-story retirement
complex, Rylands
of Kew, VIC was
officially
opened in March
2007 and now has
only a limited
number of two
bedroom apartments
available. Rylands
offers high quality
living in both
apartment standards
and facilities
with almost one
third of the area
devoted to communal
spaces and community
living.
Building a retirement
village is a very big
investment for all
concerned. Anticipating
the demand for the
units is the big gamble
that can leave a developer
with a good profit,
or desperately looking
at vacant units he
cannot sell.