as colorado gathers for a ‘virtual’ thanksgiving, here are 15 ways to have grandparents living closer by in 2021
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By Mark Samuelson | Published November 27, 2020
Although Coloradans aren’t getting near enough of a chance to ‘gather together’ this particular Thanksgiving, Denver area real estate agents all agree that the virus emergency has people thinking about family—one factor, they say, that is driving the fast-paced, low-inventory market now.
Buyers want to be closer to the family, want to relocate closer to kids and grandkids—and to create more space and comfort in the places where they spend the most time. “We’ve had more calls over the last year from clients wanting to really change their lifestyle than any time in our company’s history,” says Conrad Steller, managing broker of The Steller Group, agents specializing in senior moves.
“Usually a move is prompted by a job relocation or a need to change schools or to upsize or downsize. This year, people just want to find peace and a more practical living situation,” he adds.
With those thoughts on lots of minds, here are 15 ideas about places to relocate, all of them providing single-level living. Included are concepts for age-55-plus master-planned communities by local builders; rental retirement communities offering lots of services and amenities; some novel ‘cooperative’ concepts that combine the advantages of owning and renting; and some all-ranch enclaves that are open to buyers of all ages.
Most of the concepts are long on opportunities to form new relationships with others—with attractive amenities that prompt the formation of groups and social activities. Those are hard to fully realize during this season’s many restrictions; but builders are getting clever about creating socially-distanced ways of doing that now, according to Lindsey Linkow, marketing director for Newland, developer of Inspiration, a Douglas County community with an age-55-plus enclave.
Opportunities are available throughout Metro Denver, including in the core city, northeast near DIA, in Southeast and Southwest, and in Colorado Springs.