Great neighborhoods create value through connection—not just housing.

At Arise Knox Square, a 55+ living community integrated into a larger single-family neighborhood, the goal is to create more than a place to live. It’s to create a place to belong.

The data tells a compelling story:

• 73% of adults 50+ want to remain in their communities as they age.
• 74% consider safe, accessible sidewalks important to their community.
• Nearly 1 in 4 adults 65+ living independently in their communities experience social isolation.

What typically happens?

Developments focus on housing types, amenities, and density.

But overlook the everyday connections that turn a collection of homes into a neighborhood.

What if you did this instead?

Design connection into the neighborhood from the beginning.

• Create walkable streets that encourage daily interaction.
• Integrate 55+ living into a broader neighborhood rather than separating generations.
• Make shared greens, gathering spaces, and pedestrian connections part of everyday life.
• Design homes around a community—not simply alongside one another.

At Arise Knox Square, we’re approaching neighborhood design with the understanding that the spaces between buildings can be just as valuable as the buildings themselves.

Because great neighborhoods don’t just create places to live. They create reasons to stay, relationships that last, and value that grows through belonging.

Sources: AARP 2024 Home & Community Preferences Survey; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults (2020).