Ms. Ginna Ryan

For decades, real estate has been organized around separation—seniors in retirement communities, students on campuses, workers in office districts, and families in subdivisions. While this made projects easier to finance and manage, it also left us with inefficiencies, inequities, and single-use assets that are struggling to adapt. Today, demographic shifts, rising care demands, hybrid work, and the push for resilient, community-serving places are driving a new model: age-integrated real estate. These developments intentionally bring together multiple generations, services, and amenities into cohesive ecosystems. From senior-anchored, mixed-use hubs to fully intergenerational districts, they represent a new value proposition—projects that deliver care, connection, and community across life stages while also creating financial resilience and long-term market relevance. This panel will explore what it takes to make age-integration work—from design and operations to finance, policy, and risk management. Speakers will share lessons from global precedents and local innovations, along with the opportunities and challenges of scaling these models. A central focus will be the role of public/private partnerships in making projects viable. Attendees will leave with concrete strategies to reposition assets, unlock new tenant mixes, and meet emerging demand for communities that serve everyone—at every age.