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 Gay Seniors Homes Proposed In Vancouver
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: April 16, 2008 - 5:00 pm ET
(Vancouver, British Columbia) Plans have been
unveiled for a condominium for Vancouver's LGBT seniors to be built by an
American company that already has completed a similar project in New Mexico.
RainbowVision Properties has opened its facility
in Santa Fe and is working on LGBT seniors condos in Palm Springs and the San
Francisco area.
It is partnering with British Columbia's Plum Living
Properties.
The proposal is for 150 suites along with a communal
dining room for those who do not, or cannot prepare food in their
apartments. There also would be a fitness centre, a lounge and a cabaret.
The units would be sold at market value the
companies said.
"Gays and lesbians, especially in the [baby] boomer age … are
interested as they age to be with people who at least have come common
interests … and this type of community is something that they're looking
for," Plum Living Properties president Dean Malone told the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation.
The project still needs planning board
approval. It would be built in East Vancouver and construction could begin in 2010.
The project is already receiving wide interest
and about 30 people already have paid a $1,000 deposit.
The deposits are held in trust and the
company said they are fully refundable at any time, or at the depositor’s
option, may be credited against additional commitments or towards the purchase
of a specific condominium.
Joan Ford and her partner are among those who
made a deposit.
"I don't want to have to face going back into the closet because
there's someone looking after me who's homophobic," Ford told the CBC.
A similar project announced by a separate company
in Toronto two years ago never got off the ground.
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