Growing Demand, Skilled Nursing Conversions Push Life Plan Communities to Expand Memory Care

As life plan communities seek to best position themselves to capture future demand, many are honing growth strategies, including swapping skilled nursing for other product types, including memory care. Memory care offerings in life plan communities have grown at a slower pace in recent years compared to non-life plan communities. According to NIC Head of […]

SHN BUILD Conference: Fireside Chat with Lantz-Boggio

This article is sponsored by Lantz-Boggio. This article is based on a Senior Housing News discussion with David Fik, President at Lantz-Boggio. The discussion took place on November 9, 2022 during the SHN BUILD Conference in Chicago. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. Senior Housing News: Lantz-Boggio is an architecture firm […]

‘Push the Envelope’: Architects Rethink Senior Living Design for the Boomers

Architects and designers are pushing the envelope of senior living design in an effort to meet the preferences of the incoming baby boomer generation. Though the bulk of the cohort is still years away from reaching average senior living age, companies are preparing now by reimagining the basic senior living community design with efficiency, resident […]

Lantz-Boggio Architects and Interior Designs Names Five New Partners

Lantz-Boggio Architects and Interior Designs has announced the addition of five new partners to the award-winning firm, which specializes in designing senior living and care environments. The firm announced in January that David Fik, Jigna Hammers, Dwight Miller, Tyler Depew and Bill Foster have been named partners of Lantz-Boggio Architects, their passion, inspiration and creativity […]

BUILD Talks: A Conversation with Lantz-Boggio

This article is sponsored by Lantz-Boggio. The article is based on an interview that took place during a live Q&A session with David Fik, President of Lantz-Boggio Architects, at the Senior Housing News BUILD event in Chicago held on November 17, 2021. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Senior Housing News: David, […]

In the Pipeline: Waterfront Senior Housing Planned in Virginia; New $190M Community in Colorado

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Cadence, Flournoy Start Work on Seattle Community Cadence Living and Flournoy Development Group have broken ground on Cadence at Kent-Meridian, a 128-unit senior living […]

Best Post-Acute Design of 2019: Bringing a Touch of Disney to Skilled Nursing

The most magical place on Earth.  That’s the well-known nickname for Disneyworld — and not a slogan that would seem to apply to a skilled nursing and post-acute care center. But AdventHealth’s Care Center Celebration manages to infuse some of the Disney magic in the unlikeliest of places, thanks to meticulous architecture and design. The […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (4/27/17)

Construction: Planned Dominion Senior Living to Open Third Kentucky Community Dominion Senior Living of Florence has plans to open a new faith-based senior living community in Florence, Kentucky, its third in the state. The two-story community is expected to cost about $10.3 million and will offer assisted living and memory care services in 61 apartments. […]