It is the beginning of a new era for senior living in China. Developers and operators are taking cues from U.S. senior living, combining the most modern amenities, care and technology with traditional Chinese design to create a resort-style atmosphere that also allows for aging in place across the care continuum. And all this is […]
Over the past decade, designing for the senior living industry has changed a great deal. Much of the senior living industry has moved away from institutional features, and instead embraced upscale concepts such as destination fast casual eateries or larger living units. That evolution in design and services has forced many interior designers to start thinking outside of the […]
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, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Life Care Services to Renovate Six Newly Acquired Communities in Dallas Life Care Services, […]
Construction: Planned CA Ventures Planning Assisted Living Project in Kansas City Area Chicago-based real estate investment, development and management firm CA Ventures gained approval from the Overland Park Planning Commission this week for a special-use permit and final development plan for a 116-bed assisted living facility it plans to build within a $350 million mixed-use […]
Construction: Planned Developers Propose 122-Unit Senior Housing Development in Mass. A group of housing developers and investors say their proposed 122-unit senior housing project in Wareham, Mass. would be a perfect fit within the the community, reports local WarehamVillageSoup.com. Representatives of real estate asset acquisition company Allied Ventures, housing developer Calamar, and G.A.F Engineering of […]
Construction: Planned NHI, Bickford Senior Living Breaking Ground on Five New Projects National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) last week announced that its joint venture with Olathe, Kan.-based operator Bickford Senior Living will develop five senior housing communities in Illinois and Virginia. Each community will consist of 60 private-pay assisted living and memory care units […]
Construction Planned: Trinity Courtyard Independent Living Announces Texas Facility Expansion Trinity Courtyard and Wind River Management announced this week the planned addition of an assisted living and memory care facility at the Trinity Courtyard Independent Living community in Fort Worth, Texas. The expansion, which is set to break ground this fall, will occur minutes from […]
A recently formed joint venture between an Arizona-based senior living operator and a multi-family housing developer from Michigan plans to bring several new luxury-style communities to the Phoenix metropolitan area in the years to come. Last week, Phoenix-based operator Retirement Community Specialists, Inc. (RCS) announced it would join forces with Investment Property Associates, LLC (IPA), […]
Senior Housing News wrote them, you read them and passed them along to your friends and colleagues. Here are the most shared posts from SHN this week: Harvard, AARP Say Seniors Housing is Next Big American Crisis – A shortage of caregivers for baby boomers, high cost of senior living products and services and lack […]
Wine cellars, wood-burning pizza ovens and other amenities once reserved for the hospitality industry are making their way into senior living communities, and designers are welcoming the opportunity to flex their creative muscles, says LuAnn Holec, principal of international, senior-centric design firm Thoma-Holec Design. While new housing products are being influenced by the hospitality sector and evolutions […]
