Park Place of Elmhurst, a 12 acre community in the metropolitan Chicago area, announced that construction has begun and the official celebration of the groundbreaking ceremony will commence later this month as it has secured $174 million for financing construction of the facility.  The 173 one-, two- or three-bedroom apartment project has 80 percent of [...]

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Vintage Burbank, Vintage Senior Living’s 22nd location, recently celebrated the grand opening of the 8-story residence designed for independent and assisted living programs.  Vintage Burbank teamed up with architects Tim Wilkes and Doug Pancake, along with interior design firm—Design Tec, Inc., to give the residence a contemporary California resort-style elegance with state-of-the-art technology. The 102-unit [...]

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Last month, Revera took ownership of Okotoks’ newest retirement residence located in Alberta, Canada.  Revera, which owns and operates 95 retirement residences across Canada, purchased the partially completed retirement community out of receivership and plans to work on completing the construction of the project by February 2011 with a grand opening slated for March 2011.  [...]

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St. Joseph’s Senior Apartments, a development by BRIDGE Housing Corporation, celebrated its groundbreaking in Oakland, California earlier this month and when construction is complete in June 2011, St. Joseph’s Senior Apartments will include 84 rental apartments for very-low-income seniors within the existing Main Building of the Oakland historic landmark. St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged [...]

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Touchtown, Inc., a provider of senior living community information systems, was recently awarded a U.S. patent for a key component of Touchtown Safety, the company’s emergency call and notification product. The system is designed to meet the emergency communications needs of the senior living industry by increasing safety for community residents by delivering instructions during [...]

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Village at Proprietors Green, a luxury senior rental community, announced its grand opening in Marshfield, Massachusetts.  Developed by Norwell-based Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group, in partnership with National Development Group, Village at Proprietors Green is opening with 40 percent of its independent living apartment homes reserved. The community features three distinctive neighborhoods including spacious independent [...]

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