Small-homes, Technology, Redevelopment: 3 Trends Take Center Stage in Memory Care Design

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 […]

Inside Architecture and Design Trends to Attract a New Generation of Senior Living Residents

As senior living operators look to serve a future generation of older adults, they are in turn designing communities to go bigger on themes such as luxury, wellness, and intergenerational connectivity. Operators, designers and developers are looking to designs with open-kitchen concepts, high-end finishes and biophilic design to keep their communities attractive and full in […]

Movers and Shakers: Emerald Communities Promotes CFO; Health Dimensions Group Appoints SVP 

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Best CCRC Lite Design of 2023: Innovative Community With Connections to D.C. 

The designers and project planners behind Brightview Dulles Corner had an overarching mission to foster interactions between residents and the outside world. With a location in the Washington, D.C. area and proximity to public transportation and green spaces, the community makes good on that mission. Today, the community pushes the “envelope of what senior housing […]

How Architecture and Design is Elevating Memory Care, and Where Innovators Are Focused Next

By Sloane Airey Architects and designers are increasingly exploring how their work can improve outcomes and quality of life for older adults with dementia. “Because people are living longer, we are seeing more people who are living with some kind of mild cognitive or even more severe cognitive impairment,” Cynthia Shonaiya, a principal with Baltimore-based […]

New Greystar Push Into Modular Construction Holds Promise for Middle-Market Senior Living

Greystar is ramping up production at a modular construction factory in a move that could help take middle-market senior housing to its next evolution in the future. This week, the Charleston, South Carolina-based multifamily and senior housing operator, developer and builder announced the opening of a flagship manufacturing facility in western Pennsylvania supporting its modular […]

Perkins Eastman, Hord Coplan Macht, Ryan Cos. Top New Senior Living Design Firm Rankings

Perkins Eastman, Hord Coplan Macht and Ryan Companies’ architectural and engineering division Ryan A+E are the top three companies on a new list of 80 senior living architecture firms. Compiled by design and construction publication Building Design + Construction as part of its annual Giants 400 Report, the “Top 80 Senior Living Facility Architecture + […]

In the Pipeline: Sunrise Plans Community in Canada; Hudson Enters Active Adult Space

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends and the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Sunrise Plans New Community in Canada Sunrise Senior Living is working with construction […]