Ryman Healthcare's rapid expansion across Victoria is continuing apace, with the company announcing it has purchased another site in Melbourne, where it plans to build a new AUD 165 million retirement village. Ryman, a New Zealand-based company, is now one of the fastest-growing operators in the aged care and retirement living sector in Victoria, building villages that combine beautiful apartments or villas with full-service care centres, including dementia care. Lionsville is currently operating as retirement accommodation provided by the Lions Club of Essendon, and the deal includes a large parcel of unoccupied land for development. Ryman opened its first village at Wheelers Hill in Melbourne in 2014 and now has more than 900 residents in Victoria.