South Perth multigenerational apartment boom continues

harper_1bb2sif-1bb2sigDALLAS: The Perth apartment construction boom shows no signs of abating with developer Finbar trumpeting a development approval for its $50 million Harper Terrace project in South Perth.

The Metro Central Joint Development Assessment Panel has given the green light for the nine-storey, mixed-use project Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime CHICAGO: 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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Hope of Alzheimer’s early warning test emerges

Early-morningWASHINGTON, D.C.: A simple memory test costing a few cents can give up to two years’ warning of the full onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a landmark study has found.

Scientists believe they could use it to catch patients at a “sweet spot”, where there is time Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy1 NEW YORK: The eighty-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels claims his Copenhagen housing development has accomplished the social mission Brutalist architects Alison and Peter Smithson set out to achieve with their “streets in sky” concept in Read More »

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