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Here, you’ll find a library of blog posts dedicated to different aspects of the commercial construction industry -- news and updates, upcoming trends, and past projects built by us at The Douglas Company.
There was a recent article in Senior Housing News that discussed the rising development costs in senior housing being to the tune of a 6.4% increase last year according to a report created by CBRE. During the same period, which was 2019, the average number of units per project decreased to 106 from 128. As […]
February 19, 2020
Introducing the award-winning John Arthur Flats, Cincinnati’s First LGBTQ+ Retirement Community The Douglas Company is proud to have served as the general contractor for John Arthur Flats, Cincinnati’s first LGBTQ+ affirming affordable senior housing community. Completed in November 2022, this pioneering development offers 57 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments tailored for residents aged 55 and […]
February 19, 2020
The Douglas Company, general contractor, is pleased to announce the completion of construction at the Carnegie Management & Development Corporation’s newest Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Rochester, New York. Designed by architects, DLR Group, the 93,000 square foot, one-story outpatient clinic will serve over 13,000 veterans and their families in the Greater […]
February 6, 2020
The Douglas Company, General Contractor, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jeremy Bartolovitch Vice President of the Southeast Division located in our Orlando, Florida office. Mr. Bartolovitch began his career with The Douglas Company in 2008 as a Project Coordinator progressing to Project Estimator, then Senior Estimator was later promoted to Chief Estimator, and […]
January 20, 2020
I learned early in my career how little I know. Though we have built more senior living than anyone I know and have been exposed to very successful senior living developers and operators, they all operate differently. Someone recently said to me, “An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less […]
January 10, 2020
The Douglas Company team volunteered at Family House over the holidays to bring a little holiday cheer. The day started off doing a holiday craft with the children to give their parents for Christmas, followed by a nacho bar for approximately 65 residents and a fun-filled movie party, including popcorn, candy bags, and hot cocoa […]
December 20, 2019
The “Silver Tsunami” of Baby Boomers is not knocking on the door of assisted living communities just yet and still has several years to go before they are. So how are senior living developers going to entice these folks to leave their homes? A recent article in Senior Housing News noted that in a survey […]
