Designers Reevaluate Common Spaces in Senior Living

Developer Panorama Senior Housing has announced plans to build an assisted living and memory care community in Beverly Hills. The market is undersupplied for senior housing units, and the developer is working with designers and architects KTGY Architecture + Planning to create a quality property with ample community spaces and amenities for residents with an average age of 85.

“The idea was to bring this use to a neighborhood that has a huge amount of seniors and make it work in a setting where there is not a lot of land available and without compromising the quality of life that we are looking to provide for these residents,” Daniel Kianmahd, founder and principal at Panorama Senior Housing, tells GlobeSt.com. “The main feature of this building it that we have a common area floor below grade, but that space still has a ton of natural light with light wells and patios that open up to the sky.”

The property has a total of 80 rooms, including 62 assisted-living rooms and 18 rooms for residents experiencing cognitive decline. The floor for cogitative decline care will include a common area, dining room and patio. The remainder of the five-story building will feature a rooftop deck with bocce ball, BBQ, putting green and other fresh-air activities; a multi-purpose patio area; fire pits and raised planters for gardening.