New trend to convert office space to housing starting to emerge

PORTLAND: The regeneration emphasis is now seeing the reworking of office buildings into residential spaces.

Regeneration was previously just focused on the recycling of industrial buildings and warehouses.

But office buildings are now in the mix, as the push to be housed ‘downtown’ comes from Read More »

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Regional Awards section to be added to global event

NEW YORK: A Regional Awards section will be added to the Global Seniors Housing Award being held in London later this year.

One entrant is St Martins Green, a new apartment and townhouse complex hatched for a high-profile Christchurch industrial site.

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There’s an app to reduce dementia-related agitation

NEW ORLEANS: Computer applications (apps) on electronic tablets such as iPads may offer a safe, effective, nonpharmacologic option for addressing agitation in dementia patients who have associated behavioral problems, new research shows.

Preliminary results from a small pilot/feasibility study of geriatric psychiatry inpatients showed that Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The hundred and ninety-seventh entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

A 68-unit apartment building formerly referred to as The Downtowner is being converted to affordable housing.

The development is the fifth affordable housing endeavor in Rochester from Joe Read More »

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