The Luther Crest Senior Living Community in Allentown, Pennsylvania underwent an expansive renovation plan that included a complete transformation of the community’s culinary and dining experience. As part of a $11 million renovation project for the community center on campus, leaders transformed the dining experience from a typical, buffet-style layout into a modernized culinary experience […]

The LiveWell team had a vision to create a unique, co-living dementia care model centered on creating a home-like environment for residents living with cognitive decline. To get there, the company embarked on a multi-year journey to create a new option for people to live their lives to the fullest while seamlessly incorporating resident safety […]

Leaders at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas, knew they would need to embark on an expansive revitalization effort to bring a building at the senior living community into the 21st century. Virtually unchanged since 1968, the five-story concrete building, known as the Redwood building, was practically “stuck in a time capsule.”. In the 1990s, the […]

Situated between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Atlanta, Georgia, The Wescott blends luxury living with a locally inspired look and feel for active adult residents. Designed by Foley Design and Associates and managed by Meridian Group, the 120-unit active adult community in Canton, Georgia, meshes with the local downtown district to offer unique views and […]

To Mather CEO Mary Leary, the organization’s newest life plan community in the Washington, D.C. market has an opportunity to redefine senior living wellness and lifestyle standards for a new generation of residents. The community, built in a master-planned area in Tysons, Virginia, that includes a public park, spans two towers and conforms to Leadership […]

Healthcare and social connections blend seamlessly in a new Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) location in Winchester, Virginia. The organization behind the project, Blue Ridge, was inspired by the “community village” concept in its new concept, which is a PACE center that conjures a more homelike than clinical atmosphere. The program resides […]

Kisco Senior Living’s The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center project centered on two big ideas: Allowing residents to live fully while promoting sustainability with the surrounding area. With 40% of its eight acre urban site to reforestation efforts and features such as walking paths, biophilic landscape design and rainwater filtration systems, the community is designed to […]

Spanning an entire city block in Coral Gables, Florida, Belmont Village Coral Gables  balances social connectivity and modern style with connections to the outdoors and nature. To Belmont Village CEO Patricia Will, the mixed-use project is a “garden in the sky” with 10 stories housing multiple landscaped terraces. The project’s design emphasizes resident health and […]

By: Courtney Ryan For the last few years, the senior living industry has faced high construction costs and financing hurdles, slowing the development of new projects and communities. The memory care sector has been no exception. In the past, many operators would use each new community as a new blueprint for evolution or innovation. Given […]

Senior Housing News, a WTWH Healthcare publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards (https://shnawards.com). Communities across the United States and the globe submitted new construction and renovation/repositioning projects this year, vying for top honors across 20 categories: “The entries for the 2024 SHN Architecture […]