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Cohousing in a Senior Living Environment

Amy Bursey, Henrickson, submits this link regarding cohousing in senior living.

 2010-03-31 09:35:00 View
Multi-Generational Housing Partnership

Ecumen has signed a pre-development contract with Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington to explore the feasibility of multi-generational housing on their campus.

 2010-12-08 09:45:00 View
Using Social Media to Build Community in Senior Housing

Ecumen Connects is a new technology feature that we're using to build community in senior housing.

 2011-01-20 11:53:00 View
Reuniting in Senior Housing After Nearly 80 Years and Joining the Ecumen Centenarian Club

Senior housing development is all about building community.

 2011-10-14 16:33:00 View
Expanding and Improving Senior Living & Services at St. Mark's in Austin

St. Mark's Lutheran Home has closed on financing for a $13.4 million redevelopment and expansion of the Austin senior community campus. Renovation and expansion will add or enhance: assisted living apartments, memory care apartments, short-term rehabilitation services, long term care, occupational and physical therapy, gathering spaces and entryways.

 2012-01-17 15:41:00 View
Senior Housing Communities Developed by Ecumen Win National Awards for Design Approach for Alzheimer's

Two senior housing communities developed by Ecumen were honored this week with national awards for innovative interior design approaches for housing for people with Alzheimer's or dementia.

Read the full article online here.

 2012-02-16 15:20:00 View
The Growth of Memory Care in Assisted Living Development

The nation is gearing up for an impending “silver tsunami,” and part of that includes making sure senior housing communities are prepared to care for a growing number of seniors with memory impairments.

 2012-03-19 09:43:00 View
Housing hot spots - Ecumen featured by Star Tribune

High on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and I-35E, a construction crew toils away on a 120 unit senior housing community being built by Southview Senior Living and developer John Wall.

Although located in the tiny town of Lilydale, the development takes place in one of the hot spots for senior housing in the Twin Cities -- Dakota County. Southview has developments in West St. Paul and Inver Grove Heights, as well as communities in other parts of the metro.

And Dakota County Community Development Agency manages 24 senior housing complexes with more than 1,300 units, one of the larger senior portfolios in the region. But Dakota County is hardly alone in seeing more senior housing as the region and the nation climb out of a recession.

"Senior housing is one of the darlings of the real estate industry now, along with single occupancy apartments," said Thomas R. Melchior, director of market research at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. "Projects are being planned all around the Twin Cities. Name a community and there's someone planning to do a senior housing project in it, or right next door."

 2012-04-04 11:32:00 View