First-floor bedrooms are so rare in some areas of the U.S. that adding one offers the owners not only the ability to age in place but a good financial investment should they choose to sell instead.

Q: I’m moving into a new apartment, and while I’d have preferred to be on a higher floor, the only apartment available in the complex I chose is on the first floor. I live alone, and I’ll admit that I ...

Lafayette College’s new dorms are now a popular home for seniors at the Easton college. But nobody’s on the first floor. That’s because the college is trying to figure out the best tenant to put there ...

Wallace Library’s first floor is undergoing extensive demolition and renovation this winter, and the makeover will be stunning. The library building will reopen to the RIT community in fall 2023, ...