2025 SAGE Awards

Celebrating over 30 years of Shaping Advancements in Generational Environments (SAGE), these annual awards honor the innovative professionals, projects and programs that have contributed to the enhancement of life for residents age 55 and better through many different life stages. Projects are submitted by BIASC Members who work in 14 Western United States.

SAGE Project Awards were evaluated by a jury for creativity, execution and outcome based on
Design/Appeal:

Creativity
Value (Quality & Price)
Successful Implementation & Overall Execution
Plus the ability to Age in Place

The SAGE Awards Experience.

Join Us as we
Honor Kris Maher as our 2025 SAGE Person of the Year!

This year, we’re thrilled to honor Kris Maher, Senior Vice President of Community Development at Rancho Mission Viejo, as our SAGE Person of the Year. A trailblazer in her field, Kris has been instrumental in creating meaningful, connected communities for 55+ residents. Her work redefines aging with vitality, purpose, and play — never forgetting that youthfulness lives well beyond a number.

2025 Winners

Best 55+ Assisted Living/Special Needs Community

The Watermark at San Jose

Builder: Swenson Builders
Architect: HPI Architecture
Landscape Architect:: GGLO Design
Interior Design: RD Jones
Bernardo Grijalva

Best 55+Active Adult For-Sale Community

Citron at Citrus Square

Builder: Melia Homes
Architect: Bassenian Lagoni

Best 55+ Active Adult For-Sale Community
On the Boards

Del Webb Desert Retreat

Builder: Pulte Homes
Architect: WHA
Landscape Architect: Summers/Murphy & Partners
Interior Design: AI Design
3D Stills by: Marc Szabo Studios

Best 55+ Active Adult Market Rate Rental Community

Everleigh San Clemente

Builder: Greystar
Architect: Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA
Landscape Architect: MJS Landscape Architecture
Photography : Studio Six 5

Best 55+ Detached Home Plan

Regency at Tracy Lakes - Calero Collection –
The Rubicon Farmhouse

By: Toll Brothers
Architect: Bassenian Lagoni
Interior Design: Ryan Young Interiors

Best 55+ Affordable Rental Community

Pelican Harbor

Builder: Jamboree Housing Corporation
Architect: Architect Design Collaborative
Landscape Architect: Lifescapes International
Interior Design: JAG Interiors, Inc.
Juan Tallo

Best 55+ Assisted Living /Special Needs Community
On the Boards

Belmont Village - Rancho Santa Fe

Builder: W.E. O’Neil
Architect: HPI Architecture
Landscape Architect: Ridge Landscape Architects
Studio Six 5

SAGE Awards Gallery 2024

Past SAGE Awards & Honors

Person of the Year Honorees

Best Assisted Living/Special Needs Community – Low Rise

Belmont Village Los Gatos

Best Assisted Living/Special Needs Community – High Rise

The Variel

BEST 55+ Common
or Amenity Space

Avenida Palm Desert
Summers-Murphy & Partners, Inc.
Developer: Avenida Partners
Architect: KTGY

Best On the Boards Assisted Living or Special Needs Community — “Supportive/Affordable”

Huntington Beach Seniors
Jamboree Housing Corporation
Builder: Jamboree’s Quality Development and Construction
Architect: Architecture Design Collaborative