Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The four hundred and thirty-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Rooftop Housing Group is behind the scheme for the disused garage and warehouse in Brick Kiln Street – and the social housing provider was showered with praise Read More »

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New minimum room sizes risk social housing supply

DETROIT: A plan to enforce minimum room sizes across the city risks the supply of much-needed affordable housing, it is claimed.

A rule is being considered whereby one-bed accommodation would be no smaller than 398sqft.

But a local developer claims such a move has already Read More »

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How cities can design for aging baby boomers

OKLAHOMA CITY: Cities need to prepare for an older citizenry. A new report called “Aging in Cities,” from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a membership group of 30-plus countries that focuses on the global economy, notes:

In OECD countries, the population share Read More »

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Broomfield’s Accera appoints CEO to advance Alzheimer’s drug trials

AUSTIN: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for only five drugs to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Broomfield-based Accera Inc. wants to develop the sixth and this week named a new CEO to lead the charge.

Dr. Charles Stacey, a former Read More »

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