Hello,

How many home mailing addresses have you had in your life?

I have had more than 40 different addresses that I have called home these past 60 years. Like many people I ‘moved with my job’.

I am from England and for half of my career I managed hotels, including 5 star hotels and resorts in Europe, United States and here in Canada.

What I have learned from personal experience is ‘home is where you live’.

From this experience and from my experience of operating hotels and resorts around the world I have come to understand and appreciate what I and my generation need to make a living space a home.

That space and the home it makes changes over time to reflect our evolving family, economic and work situations. Those changes are at first driven by need as one moves from being single, married, a family and then (hopefully) an empty-nester! After need has been responsibly taken care of we move to a position of desire or want. It has been said that ‘Youth is wasted on the young!’. But I have come to learn that young and old are not separated by years but by mind-set.

What is your mind-set?

The purpose of sharing a little about myself is that I have not met you (yet) so I hope that my story will help you better understand what and why I have created “The Residence at Orchards Walk”.

There are a variety of seniors’s and retirement apartments in Kamloops. The average age of the residents in these types of buildings is 85 years. I and most fellow Baby Boomers are about 25 years away from that age. What I and many people like me are looking for is to Downsize UP to extraordinary living in a community designed with our lifestyle needs in mind.

The Residence is a new and unique lifestyle option for those of us that have ‘graduated from need to desire in where and how we live. While it is a place for ‘mature living’ I have outlawed the terms and concepts of ‘senior’ and ‘retirement’. These labels undermine us as individuals. The Residence welcomes us home to a place where we can spend our time enjoying this well deserved phase in our life – plenty of memories to look back on and exciting life yet to be lived. The freedom and flexibility The Residence gives us comes exactly at the right time and in the right way!

Where and what is The Residence?

It is located in the heart of Kamloops premier new residential community, Orchards Walk, located 10 minutes east of downtown, off the Trans-Canada and overlooking the Thompson River. The Residence is an upscale condo-style building offering one and two bedroom suites with full-size fitted kitchens and laundry rooms. A few studio suites are also available. At the heart of The Residence is an elegant Restaurant-style dining room open to those that call it home. The Residence also features a variety of in-house and adjacent amenities such as a health club, screening room and beauty spa.

People living at The Residence are neither residents nor tenants – they are exclusive Members of the Orchard Club. Members are eligible for special services, discounts and recognition at selected area stores, restaurants and golf clubs. The Residence has its privileges.

Come and see for yourself!

– Ian West, Vice President

Originally published in “Progress” by Kamloops This Week. View the full publication here.