Salem Towers, Part of Boston Capital’s #1 Portfolio

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Leslie Saul & Associates recently completed the interiors of Salem Towers,  a senior housing apartment building  in Malden, MA.   Randy Johnson did the architecture.  We are proud to be part of Boston Capital's team. Via Bisnow:   "Boston Capital COO Jeff Goldstein says that it’s gratifying for the 38-year-old  multifamily investment … [Read more...]

Designing for Everyone

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Now that 2011 is drawing to a close, we're looking forward to seeing where the design world is going! One of the big trends for 2012 is undoubtedly universal design. According to the Institute for Human Centered Design, Universal Design is a framework for the design of places, things, information, communication and policy to be usable by the widest range of … [Read more...]

Healing Green

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 Greening up a space can also mean adding greenery to a space. There is an interesting study that compared patient responses to the same doctors’ office with and without green plants in the waiting room.  The patients’ perception of the quality of the medical care they would receive in the office was greatly influenced by the presence or absence of … [Read more...]

Social Spaces in Senior Centers

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March is green here on the blog. Green can mean young-- a sapling, a seedling, a shoot. Of course, eventually we all grow some bark, and lose our leaves. But as the rings in our trunks increase, it's still important to keep branching out, while keeping our roots in the fertile soil of... of... Sorry. That metaphor clearly got out of hand. This is all a … [Read more...]