By Catherine Reagor
The Arizona Republic
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Now, Scottsdale-based real-estate firm DMB wants to reinvent retirement living for the Baby Boomers on 1,200 acres in its Buckeye community of Verrado.
The developer doesn’t have a plan for building a new type of retirement community yet.
“We don’t want to repeat developments of the past,” said Nick Taratsas, senior vice present and general manager of the DMB’s active-adult community in Verrado. “The Baby Boomer generation has different expectations of how they want to live the last half or quarter of their lives.”
Before approaching architects or land planners about a look, feel or design for its first retirement community, the real estate company is going to the experts on aging: doctors, gerontologists, fitness gurus, current retirees and baby Boomers.
DMB, known for its extensive planning and research for its developments, will start running advertisements next week asking current retirees and winter visitors in Arizona to participate in a survey about their lifestyles, housing needs and wants.
