Global investors lined up for over 50s housing fund

CHICAGO: A merchant bank has assembled a group of institutional investors to pour tens of millions in equity funding from around the globe into the over 50s housing sector.

The Salamanca Group is in advanced talks and expects to launch with an initial investment of Read More »

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Boomer marketing needs to be adopted by retirement community developers

SEATTLE: The boomer market is totally different to the veteran audience. Boomers think as independents, act as one man bands, believe they are unique, don’t believe healthcare applies to them and they all think they are still 31.

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Mechanism behind familial Alzheimer’s is different than thought

BOSTON: Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that mutations that trigger hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease function by decreasing, not increasing function of the presenilin-1 protein and gamma-secretase enzyme.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Commons multigenerational apartment building in Melbourne’s inner city Brunswick is now sustainability lore. With its rooftop gardens and bees, no airconditioning and no parking (but public transport Read More »

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