Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

Atlanta-based Thrive Senior Living has announced this week that it will be breaking ground this summer on an innovative new Assisted Living community in southeast Huntsville, AL. Read More »

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French fund manager eyes entry into “international” social housing market

SEATTLE: French fund manager Ciloger and developer RRP plan an institutional fund to invest $219m in intermediate housing in Paris Ile-de-France. They are targeting around 1,000 housing units over the next two years, and a net yield of 4.5%.

There are also plans to move Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

LOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers. But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing Read More »

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Major discovery may alter thinking on Alzheimer’s disease

BALTIMORE: Investigators recently discovered that the most significant genetic risk factor associated with Alzheimer’s disease, the Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) gene, leads to a decrease in brain synapses, which occurs frequently prior to the onset of amyloid plaques or tangles developing in Alzheimer’s patients. This discovery Read More »

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