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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.
Who is ready to turn the corner on everything that has been in front of us in the last couple of months? I know I am. While The Douglas Company has been fortunate and grateful to continue operations as an essential business during this pandemic, it has, of course, prevented me from getting out and […]
May 14, 2020
What is BIM? BIM stands for Building Information Modeling; essentially, it is a software that allows the entire project team to integrate their respective components into a 3-D model. When appropriately used it can help streamline not only the design stage of a project but also the build of a project. Some of the advantages […]
April 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has the spotlight of construction industry news across the county right now. Rightfully so, as it has been extremely disruptive to developers, contractors, and suppliers alike. While there is great debate on how to address the spread of the disease, all of us in the AEC industry are trying to determine what […]
March 26, 2020
A Message from Our President, Pete Douglas Our number one priority at The Douglas Company is to support the safety and well-being of our clients, associates, families, and communities while maintaining the highest level of service. As COVID-19 impacts us all nationwide, we’d like to take the time to inform you of the steps that […]
March 24, 2020
As I talk with both senior living and multi-family developers, there is a big focus and many questions relating to “active adult” or “age-restricted’ apartments. It makes sense for many reasons, but the average age of entry stands out the most. Today the average age at which a person moves into traditional senior housing is […]
March 18, 2020
Last week I was sitting in a presentation with an experienced developer for a project we will be starting soon. This same developer is currently building a facility in Columbus, Ohio, with an institutional contractor, which is not going well. Over and over, he said, “how much of a pleasure it is to be working […]
March 4, 2020
After years of attending the NIC and ASHA conferences, I feel a need to shout out about the construction costs that one of our competitors supply to them for senior living. Frankly, I don’t know how anyone could make the numbers work for a project with the costs that they promote. First of all, construction […]
February 27, 2020
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
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 “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 […]
December 11, 2019
The Douglas Company, General Contractor, celebrates the completion of construction on its seventh project with owner, Kaplan Development Group, LLC. The $13.4 million, All American at Kingston, is a 58,000 square-foot, 112 bed assisted living and memory care community located in Kingston, New Hampshire. All American at Kingston was designed by EGA Architects and boasts […]
October 22, 2019
One thing was clear at the National Investment Center for Senior Housing (NIC) fall conference that was held recently in Chicago. The interest in senior housing continues to grow. With more than 3,300 attendees at NIC, it was a whirlwind of activity meeting with developers, operators, equity providers and lenders, all who are optimistic about […]
October 18, 2019
The Douglas Company has done a lot of work on developing Mid-market senior living prototypes that are cost-effective, functional and durable. Though we have expertise in senior living construction, we are not experts in the operations of these communities. So while we can attack the cost of the physical plan, which is really is only […]
