Dave RahmProject director, Brinkmann Constructors When we started building the 84-acre Wind Crest retirement community in Highlands Ranch in 2012, there were no hints of the grand treasure that would be found underground – seven years after the ambitious project’s start. By this summer, we had completed construction of a 127,000-square foot continuing care center,…

Changing demographics and an aging population mean that the number of seniors in Colorado, and nationally, is growing. With that growth comes an increased need for housing options that both appeal to and provide for the needs of the senior population, which has in turn prompted more real estate developers and investors to enter the market to build and own senior living facilities.

Biophilic design promotes elements that allow the outdoor natural world to be brought inside, or provide views to the outside and access to sunlight from within.

Senior housing is aging well in the Denver area, but there is a bit of oversupply in the sector, keeping it from going through another growth spurt. “I think we are going to have a very strong 2018 for senior housing in Denver,” said Pamela Pyms, managing director for the Denver office of Blueprint Healthcare…

There is no simple answer to sum up the state of the senior housing industry along the Front Range. “It’s a big market with 10 different product types,” Elisabeth Borden told me. Borden, principal of The Highland Group, a consulting group in Boulder that provides research, planning and marketing solutions for senior housing and care…