Repurposing, Wellness Key for MOBs and Seniors
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Dekker: “There’s a focus on building healthy communities in body, mind and spirit.”
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Trends in medical-office building and senior-living development are surprisingly simpatico, locally based Dekker/Perich/Sabatini’s founding principal and architect Dale Dekker tells GlobeSt.com. Dekker will be moderating a panel session on trends in these two sectors during NAIOP’s Commercial Real Estate Conference on October 14 in Toronto.
During the session, Dekker will present the finalists in the organization’s “Niche Development” design competition. Winning entries were submitted by design firms KGD Architecture, Arlington, VA; Meyer, Ardmore, PA; andWare Malcomb, Irvine, CA. The competition, which is in its fourth year, invited architectural firms and design teams who work with developers and owners to conceptualize and design the products in niche development—primarily senior living and medical office/medical. The competition, whose presentation is sponsored by CenterPoint Properties, Duke Realty, Geopac, IDI Gazeley, Majestic Realty Co. and The Rockefeller Group, challenged the firms to conceive the opportunities arising from demographic, cultural and political shifts…
