Best CCRC/LPC Lite Design of 2024: Living Well While Going Green

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 […]

Acanthus Launches Management, Development Model to Add Senior Living Communities to Church Grounds

Acanthus Development is moving forward with a new development and management model, with plans for a handful of senior living communities on properties owned by Catholic churches and potentially more after that. The company, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, expects to break ground on the first of five projects in and near Phoenix, Arizona, by April, […]

‘Goofy’ but Worth It: Why Maplewood, Felician Services, Senior Lifestyle Adapt Older Buildings

Architects and developers are finding ways to get creative with the practice of adaptive reuse, where old buildings are converted into new senior housing offerings. While the practice isn’t for the faint of heart due to the costs and challenges with bringing buildings up to code, it comes with unique opportunities and marketing possibilities once […]

Healthcare Campus With Focus on Aging, Senior Living Tech Coming Together Near Latitude Margaritaville Community 

A healthcare campus is coming together near a Latitude Margaritaville community in the Sunshine State – all part of a bid to meet future demand from residents for wellness and aging in place. Real estate company St. Joe (NYSE: JOE) is developing a new healthcare campus with partners Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare and Florida State University’s […]

Senior Living Investment Gap Continues to Widen Amid Slow Rate of New Development 

The senior living industry’s “investment gap” is continuing to grow and could widen to nearly $800 billion by 2050 if the industry does not speed up the rate of new development. As previously outlined, the senior living industry faces a $275 billion development “supply gap” by 2030 at its current rate of new development. Although […]

Senior Living Operators, Architects Lean on Renovations, Technology to Bolster Wellness

Hear more insights on designing for wellness and other topics from industry veterans at our upcoming ReBUILD event in Chicago on November 20 and 21. Tickets are available here. Senior living operators are preparing for the baby boomer generation by outfitting communities with more sophisticated wellness offerings through new designs and technology. Both architects and […]

Atria, Presbyterian Homes & Services Push Through Headwinds to Upgrade Communities and Expand

With new construction starts near record lows due to the state of capital markets and the cost of materials, senior housing operators – including Atria Senior Living and Presbyterian Homes & Services – are being strategic about how to renovate, reposition and expand. Along with these struggles related to costs, cities and municipalities have been […]