Welcome to the 2015 Concept Community, “Baby Boomerang.” This year we’re taking a look at the housing wants and needs of baby boomers, the nation’s second-largest generation, with our partners Holland Residential, J Turner Research and David Baker Architects.
How do millennials and boomers differ in their housing wants and needs? Some of... More
What do your residents want in their community? A 2014 survey conducted by J Turner Research of multifamily residents nationwide has the answers. More
Over the next decade, more than half of all new renter households created will be... More
What do your residents do in their spare time? How do multifamily residents use their apartment? J Turner Research asked these questions and more of 27,642 respondents to the 2014 MFE Concept Community Survey. Take a look. More
After Mother Nature obliterated New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Columbia Residential and JHP Architecture wanted to nourish the environment with eco-friendly development as the city rebuilt its housing stock. That sentiment, and the desire to provide homes for displaced seniors, drove Heritage Senior Residences at Columbia Parc. More
A public–private partnership between Pennrose and The Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld Fund established the John C. Anderson Apartments, the first LGBT-friendly senior housing community built in Philadelphia and only the third of its kind in the nation. More
The Lofts at McKinley certainly has originality on its side: The property is the first senior housing development to be constructed in downtown Phoenix in almost 20 years, and it’s the first LEED Platinum–certified multifamily senior housing development in Arizona. More
The Architectural Team knows how to produce seniors housing. Over the years, the Chelsea, Mass.–based firm has built 55 assisted-living facilities, and it has another 20 in the pipeline. More
Do residents plan to get out of multifamily housing? Who among them prefers apartment living? How many of your residents plan to buy a home in the next five year? A nationwide survey by J Turner Research for the MFE Concept Community has the answers. More
When designing and operating a building, you don’t have to necessarily tailor amenities to one generation or the other, experts said during a panel discussion at the Multifamily Executive Conference on Monday. More
