Senior living and care pioneer Dr. Bill Thomas and a team of colleagues today unveiled Kallimos Communities, a new concept in housing and services. The first two projects are already in their early stages in Colorado and Texas, Kallimos COO Megan Marama told Senior Housing News. Marama, Thomas and the Kallimos team have big ambitions, […]
Category: Architecture & Design
The Covid-19 pandemic raised the stakes for senior housing design, making it more important than ever for these buildings to promote the health and wellness of residents, staff and visitors. Private equity firm Harrison Street is seeking to be in the vanguard of healthy senior housing buildings, through a partnership with the Center for Active […]
Imagine living in a suite overlooking an atrium that has the atmosphere of a healing garden, at other times is a venue for musicians or performers, and sometimes is a social gathering place for friends, family and neighbors. This is the experience for older adults residing in care suites adjacent to the atrium winter garden […]
With a history that traces back to 1922, CC Young is one of the most venerable senior housing and care providers in Dallas. But with skilled nursing buildings dating to 1969 and 1974, the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) badly needed some upgrades at the dawn of the 21st century. “We had to make a […]
Ryan Companies recently did a deep dive into the market study data that the firm has accumulated since entering the senior living sector about eight years ago — and the Minneapolis-based development, architecture and construction company discovered some surprising findings. Those findings and a new approach to data analysis will help drive the company’s growth […]
Peachtree Hills Place doesn’t just resemble a high-end, exclusive club — it also includes one. Located on the campus of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead, Peachtree Hills Place caters to older adults who want to downsize and desire the security of senior housing, but still want to own […]
Standing at two stories with latticed windows and clad in shingles, Duxbury House at the Village might fit in on any residential street in New England. Part of the Village at Duxbury continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Duxbury, Massachusetts, the memory care center gives residents a homelike environment with sunny common spaces, an open-plan […]
The Fairhill neighborhood of Philadelphia dates back to the City of Brotherly Love’s founding, but it has changed a lot over the years — and a recently opened senior living community reflects the neighborhood’s culture while also meeting its current needs. In the 1950s, Fairhill became home to African Americans and Hispanic Americans, mainly Puerto […]
Nestled in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is a 10-story continuing care retirement community that, until a couple years ago, was on the brink of obsolescence. Built in 1960, Bayview’s interior and exterior looked extremely dated, compared to newer senior housing communities that opened in recent years. Eventually, the community’s board of directors recognized that a […]
The Spires at Berry College has a claim to fame, being located on the world’s largest college campus. And the recently opened continuing care retirement community (CCRC) makes the most of its location by integrating seamlessly with its picturesque surroundings and the neighboring school. Laurie Steber could tell that the community was going to be […]
