Alexis Ohanian’s predictions about senior living disruption caught the attention of Senior Housing News’ readership last year. The Reddit co-founder’s interest in developing tech solutions for seniors was our top-read story of 2019, ending a two-year stranglehold on the top spot by Jimmy Buffett’s Latitude Margaritaville expansion. In fact, the intersection of innovation and senior […]
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Buildings designed to promote wellness, ambitious urban communities, clusters of small homes created with cutting-edge tech — and even senior living at sea. These are among the ideas shaping the future of senior living development, as revealed earlier this year at Senior Housing News’ inaugural BUILD event. With the Fourth of July fast approaching, we’re […]
Storylines is not the first senior living-at-sea concept to be floated over the years. But there is one thing separating it from those other concepts that sank, Storylines Co-CEO, founder and Chairman Alister Punton said May 8 during Senior Housing News’ BUILD event in Chicago. “The fundamental difference is we’ve got the ship,” he said. […]
Senior living at sea appears to be moving closer to reality. A company called Storylines is targeting the summer of 2020 to launch a cruise ship retrofitted with 630 living units available for purchase. And it’s possible that some of these nautical condos will be owned by senior living providers. “We see ourselves as potentially […]
The coming wave of seniors will be looking for a wide array of housing options, some experts, like PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute, have said after studying the market. One company is trying to serve retirees looking for something beyond a typical active adult or independent living community by enabling them to live at sea, aboard […]