French game grows with support from developer

April 20,2009

A summertime trip to the Gulf Coast eight years ago changed Andy Isakson's sporting life. The managing partner of Isakson Living - the owners and operators of retirement communities across metro Atlanta - crossed paths with a Frenchman who introduced him to the game of petanque, a game akin to horse shoes or bocce.
"This man started a game in the community, and we played in the morning and again in the evening," Isakson said. "I got hooked on it, mostly because it's a really social game. While one person is throwing, the rest are standing around watching. There's a lot of camaraderie and conversation. Some people have even been known to have a cocktail while they play."

Site Smart Program Receives Grand Award from the Georgia Urban Forest Council

November 01, 2008

ATLANTA - The Site Smart program at Peachtree Hills Place received the Grand Award for Outstanding Business for 2008 from the Georgia Urban Forest Council (GUFC), a state-wide nonprofit organization with the mission of sustaining Georgia's green legacy by helping communities grow healthy trees. Peachtree Hills Place is an upscale residential premiere Buckhead retirement community for people ages 55 and older seeking a secure, independent lifestyle, developed by Isakson Living Properties. Isakson Living created the Site Smart program, a four-hour certification program to use in training construction superintendents and equipment operators on the role of trees in the environment and best practices for tree preservation, in partnership with the Chattahoochee Nature Center and the Georgia Forestry Commission.

Site Smart Program Receives Keep Georgia Beautiful Award

October 15, 2008

ATLANTA - The Site Smart program at Peachtree Hills Place received a third place award Thursday from Keep Georgia Beautiful, a community action and education organization dedicated to protecting and improving Georgia's environment. Peachtree Hills Place is an upscale residential Atlanta area retirement community in Buckhead for people ages 55 and older seeking a secure, independent lifestyle, developed by Isakson Living Properties. Isakson Living created the Site Smart program, a four-hour certification program to use in training construction superintendents and equipment operators on the role of trees in the environment and best practices for tree preservation, in partnership with the Chattahoochee Nature Center and the Georgia Forestry Commission.

Isakson Living Properties joins the U.S. Green Building Council

October 01, 2008

ATLANTA - Isakson Living Properties, LLC is proud to announce their membership in the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The USGBC is a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices.

Peachtree Hills Place featured in 50+ Housing Magazine

Summer 2007

Just because they are looking for a place to settle into retirement, marketers should not assume that 60+ buyers are ready to give up on popular design styles and the finer things that have enriched their lives thus far. If their 40-something children and 20-something grandchildren are looking at wide-planked hardwood floors, for example, more mature buyers are likely to find them desirable to.

Peachtree Hills Place Wins Gold at NAHB's Best of 50+ Housing Awards

May 30, 2008

ATLANTA - The Peachtree Hills Place clubhouse received Gold recognition at NAHB's Best of 50+ Housing Awards. Winners were announced Tuesday, May, 20 at NAHB's Boomers and Beyond Conference. Peachtree Hills Place won Gold in the 'Active Adult Housing: Clubhouse Interior Design "On the Boards" Large' category. Isakson Living Co., developers of Peachtree Hills Place, partnered with Foley Design Associates to design the interior and exterior of the luxurious clubhouse.

Isakson Receives 2008 Joseph D. Greene Community Service Award

May 12, 2008

ATLANTA - E. Andrew (Andy) Isakson, founder of Isakson-Living Properties, Inc., and Managing Partner of Isakson-Living Co., LLC, developer of Peachtree Hills Place, was named one of the 2008 recipients of the Joseph D. Greene Community Service Award by the Healthcare Georgia Foundation for his long-standing work with HealthMPowers, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that provides comprehensive health programming to schools throughout Georgia.

Preventive Medicine Specialist Roger Landry to Discuss Housing and Aging

January 24, 2008

ATLANTA - Peachtree Hills Place is excited to welcome Dr. Roger Landry, a doctor of preventive medicine specializing in healthy aging, to discuss the impact of how and where one lives on aging. His talk, "Does Where You Live Affect How You Age?" is hosted by Isakson Living, the award-winning developer of residential communities for seniors offering a continuum of care, including Park Springs in Stone Mountain and Peachtree Hills Place in Buckhead. The program will be held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on February 12, 2008, at the Capital City Club Brookhaven ballroom, 53 W. Brookhaven Drive NE, and is free and open to the public. Free, valet parking is provided.

Buildings come down, trees remain standing in Peachtree Hills

January 15, 2008

ATLANTA - The buildings are coming down on the new site of Peachtree Hills Place, but the trees are still standing due to an initiative that aims to protect more than half of the site's existing trees.

Peachtree Hills Place sponsors HealthMPowers at Morris Brandon

December 02, 2007

ATLANTA- Peachtree Hills Place, a residential community offering a continuum of care for members ages 55 and older, is bringing a message of wellness and health awareness to the children of Morris Brandon Elementary School in Buckhead. Representatives of the community announced the kick off of HealthMPowers with the school's PTA in October.

Peachtree Hills Place Raises the Bar on Tree Protection in Development

September 01, 2007

Isakson Living, Atlanta's developer of luxury communities offering a continuum of care for those ages 62 and older, is setting a new standard in responsible development in Atlanta. The organization's aggressive tree save initiative at its Peachtree Hills Place location will not only preserve 50 percent of the trees on-site, but it will serve as the pilot program for a tree protection certification program for construction workers.

Park Springs' Cobblestone Implements Montessori-based Activities in Memory Care Center

June 09, 2006

The caregivers at Cobblestone, the skilled nursing and assisted living component of Isakson Living's award-winning Park Springs continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Stone Mountain, have recently begun presenting Montessori-based activities to members in the memory care unit.