Ryman Healthcare announced that it is planning to build new retirement villages at Rangiora in Canterbury and Greenlane in Auckland. the expansion was needed to keep pace with growing demand for aged care services and retirement living. Ryman has also confirmed it has acquired the old Kingsgate Hotel site on Campbell Rd in Greenlane, Auckland.

The 1.7 hectare site will be redeveloped into a village with apartments and care services and will cost about $100 million to develop. The Greenlane village will include two and three-bedroom independent apartments, serviced apartments and a care centre with rest home care as well as specialist dementia and hospital level care. The Rangiora village, which will be built just west of The Oaks subdivision, will include two and three-bedroom independent townhouses and apartments.

Its care centre will include rest home care as well as specialist dementia and hospital-level care. Both villages will include the usual Ryman amenities such as gyms, bowling greens, hairdressing salons, chapels, movie theatres, and indoor swimming pools. Ryman will welcome its first residents at its new Bruce McLaren Retirement Village in Howick, Auckland.