They have achieved this with just eight head office staff. Resales are additional. This ranks them the 10th largest village developer across the country.

They concentrate on regional markets, with villages in Angle Vale (SA), Wodonga (VIC), Griffith (southern NSW) and Tamworth (northern NSW). They have three separate Retirement Village Acts to manage.

The Gannon family are veterans of the village sector. Mavis and Tom Senior led the family in developing nine villages up to their sale to Meridian (now RetireAustralia) in 2007.

Watch a video of Mavis and Tom Senior HERE talking about the Gannon value proposition which focuses on resident satisfaction to generate local goodwill.

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