Senior Housing News February 17, 2025
Leaders at Brewster Place in Topeka, Kansas, knew they would need to embark on an expansive revitalization effort to bring a building at the senior living community into the 21st century.
Virtually unchanged since 1968, the five-story concrete building, known as the Redwood building, was practically “stuck in a time capsule.”. In the 1990s, the community added a covered canopy, which had a post-modern feel. But the designs were dated and didn’t meet the needs of the surrounding community as of the 2020s.
“Redwood was our oldest building on campus,” Brewster Place CEO Mary Blubaugh told Senior Housing News. “We knew we wanted to help bring this community into the future.”
The community underwent a sweeping renovation plan that added...