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A study focused on retirement planning risks found that many of today’s seniors are spending more time in retirement than in the years planning for it. The study, titled “The 2009 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey,” was conducted by the Schaumberg, Ill.-based Society of Actuaries, and asked respondents about a number of risks relating to retirement. […]
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A Minneapolis-St. Paul senior cooperative housing development will receive $4.7 million in funding from the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT). The project, to be constructed at Applewood Pointe of Roseville at Langton Lake, will create about 70 union construction jobs and will produce 48 housing units in a four-story building offering residents an array of […]
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BOOM Retirement Community Project Taking Shape in Southern California
By shn_admin| February 27, 2011There’s a booming sound coming from southern California and its a newly proposed 100+ acre retirement community. Originally designed as a retirement community for the LGBT community, the master planned community has evolved into a multi-generational project that will include 300 residences in eight neighborhoods, an entertainment complex, a boutique hotel, a gym, and other […]
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AIA, Perkins Eastman Report Promotes Senior Housing Best Practices
By shn_admin| February 7, 2011What is the state of senior housing design? The Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative, an arm of architecture firm Perkins Eastman, recently released "Design for Aging Review—10 Insights and Innovations: The State of Senior Housing." The 250 page report, produced together with the 2010 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design for Aging (DFA) Knowledge Community, examines […]
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Morningside of Fullerton Completes Expansion, Renovation
By shn_admin| January 24, 2011Morningside of Fullerton, a continuing care retirement community that originally opened in 1991, announced that it has completed a $2 million expansion and renovation of its Lakeview Hall, lake and surrounding courtyard features. Morningside’s campus setting encompasses 34 acres and the renovation work on Lakeview Hall doubled the hall’s original size of 4,500 to approximately […]
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Magnolia Court Senior Apartments Celebrates Grand Opening
By shn_admin| January 13, 2011Last month, Magnolia Court Apartments celebrated its grand opening for the 52 unit affordable housing project in Manteca, California . The San Joaquin County project, which is located on a 1.4 acre parcel, includes 6 studio, 35 one-bedroom, and 9 two-bedroom homes. Magnolia Court, developed by Affirmed Housing Group, was designed to meet LEED Platinum […]
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Baby Boomers and seniors in the United States are taking a more pragmatic approach to their housing choices as an effect of the economic downturn according to a new study released today. A joint study by the 50+ Housing Council of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the MetLife Mature Market Institute reveals […]
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Paric Selected To Lead $50 Million Expansion of Laclede Groves CCRC
By shn_admin| December 6, 2010Lutheran Senior Services has selected Paric to lead the $50 million upgrade and expansion of its existing Laclede Groves continuing care retirement community. The expansion project will include 80 new independent units and expansion of the existing care center with a total foot print of 350,000 square-feet. The skilled nursing areas will feature a communal […]
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Last month, the Mirabella Portland, a thirty story senior living community developed by Pacific Retirement Services, Inc. (PRS), celebrated its grand opening. The event showcased the project’s model homes and penthouse restaurant which showed off stunning views of the Portland, Oregon area. Mirabella Portland has 224 independent living apartments and includes 16 residential living apartments […]
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Long Beach Senior Housing Development Honored with 2010 SAGE Award
By shn_admin| November 16, 2010The Senior Artists Colony, an affordable housing development of Meta Housing Corporation designed by Studio One Eleven, recently captured the 2010 SAGE Award in the ‘On the Boards’ category. The Long Beach, California development project will feature 200 units of affordable senior housing units situated near the Metro rail line and the Anaheim Street bus […]