NEW YORK: The twenty-fourth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.
The master planned continuous care retirement community (CCRC) is an undertaking of Joe Johnston, a real estate developer in Gilbert, Arizona. Since the turn of the century, Johnston has been diligently building out 160 acres of his family-owned farmland to create Agritopia, a modern day village set within the urban fabric of the Phoenix metro area.
Comprised of 450 residential lots along with tracts for commercial, agricultural and open space development, the name Agritopia is about preserving urban agriculture and integrating it into a community that breaks down traditional barriers to encourage the formation of “real community” among people of various backgrounds, from children to families to seniors…
