20-acre mixed-use development planned for Washington D.C.

mixed use dev CHICAGO: MidCity, a real estate development and investment firm, and Perkins Eastman, an architecture and planning firm, have teamed to design and develop a 20-acre mixed-use development in Northeast Washington on the south side of Rhode Island Avenue, east of Brentwood Road and west of Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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 to effectively Read More »

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Alzheimer’s disease could be caused by herpes virus, warn experts

oral-hsv MIAMI: Alzheimer’s disease could be caused by viruses like herpes, a group of renowned dementia experts have warned, as they call for urgent investigation into the link.

The worldwide team of 31 senior scientists and clinicians, which include specialists from Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Manchester Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The one hundred and fiftieth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Zero Gravity, a teen nightclub for more than two decades, will close its doors later this month to make way for an assisted senior living complex on the Read More »

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