Category: Focus

By Jane Gates

It’s the International Year of Older Persons, and we are being encouraged to try to break down intergenerational barriers between young and old people.

Oops — that’s older people.

But what does it mean to be an older person these days? It certainly doesn’t have the same meaning it did at the beginning of the century — for that matter, even in the middle. And it most certainly will not have the same meaning in another 50 years. read more

Out with the old, in with the new. Profit-driven developers are transforming old office buildings and schools into funky downtown abodes for a new generation of young, urban professionals and well-to-do empty-nesters.

A wave of young professionals and retired couples are opting for the convenience and panache of an urban lifestyle.

Conversions and additions to existing homes are key to meeting housing demand.