It’s been a little more than two months since Covid-19 turned the world on its head — but the senior living industry is already contemplating creative ways to change how buildings are designed, to cope with current and future challenges. In the short-term, providers have come up with ways to keep residents and staff safe […]
While it’s uncertain how or when the Covid-19 pandemic will end, the disease’s unique pressures will likely shape how senior living communities are designed for years to come. Senior living providers across the U.S. are radically altering their normal operations to prevent or limit the spread of Covid-19, such as by canceling group activities and […]
Founded in 1997 by industry pioneer Tom Grape, Benchmark recently embarked on a new chapter, with a new private equity owner and an operating approach internally dubbed “Benchmark 2.0.” This next era is exemplified in one of the latest additions to the Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider’s portfolio, Adelaide of Newton Centre. Located about 10 miles west […]
If location is everything, then Tokyo’s Sun City Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen has it all. The nearly 600-unit community sits at the edge of Showa Memorial Park, a public park in the Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa that opened in 1983 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign of Japanese Emperor Showa. Situated on the […]
About 10 miles north of downtown Dallas sits a campus of buildings, walking paths and impeccable landscaping anchored around a five-acre pond. The connection of the buildings to the natural elements of the campus evokes a sense of tranquility and respite from the bustling Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. This is the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and […]
Originally opened in 1923, today Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri is recognized as a landmark shopping and office district in the City of Fountains — its architecture and design inspired by Moorish and Spanish influences. Walking distance from the plaza stands a five-story building. For years, it was a relic of 1980s office […]
When it comes to senior living communities, bigger is sometimes better. But as senior care innovator Dr. Bill Thomas remarked last year, the so-called “big box” model of senior living is no longer the only option for residents. Architects, capital providers, operators and entrepreneurs are exploring new concepts for smaller, more intimate styles of senior […]
Drivers traversing a busy stretch of North Central Expressway near downtown Dallas might spot Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on the side of the road. Not the late famed dance partners, of course. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the informal names of the two 12-story towers that comprise Ventana by Buckner, a continuing care […]
A senior housing community has become a linchpin in the revitalization plan for downtown South San Francisco, California — but the project almost did not come to pass. Rotary Terrace is an innovative public-private partnership led by HumanGood Affordable Housing on an urban infill site which connects residents to services and jobs, built with sustainability […]
The trend of innovative senior housing communities being built in urban, mixed-use settings is not limited to the nation’s major metropolitan areas, as proven by an assisted living community that opened its doors last year in the town of White River Junction, Vermont. The Village at White River Junction brought 80 senior living units to […]