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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Building design and engineering for well-being

wellbeingHOUSTON: Creating buildings that respond to the needs of end users is becoming increasingly important for architects and engineers. Design and engineering consultancy Atkins is putting this at the forefront of its designs, particularly when it comes to designing for people’s well-being.

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

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

The Woodlands-based Avanti Senior Living is slated to break ground on a new $15 million assisted living and memory care community near Kuykendahl and West Rayford roads in Tomball in early Read More »

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Planning authorities need to abandon link to car-parking

jeremyWASHINGTON, D.C.: The success of The Commons in Brunswick has spurred on plans for a new and even more innovative apartment building called Nightingale.

If you’re developing an apartment block in a narrow, dead-end street that’s next to a railway station, bike path, car share service, Read More »

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