This was a contentious project. There was unfortunately a lot of citizen opposition, which we were really surprised about ? because you're talking very low use of a site.

We don't think we are going to have any problems filling the rooms because there is such a demand for affordable assisted living facilities. Even our market-rate units will be below what Sunrise [Assisted Living] units are going for.

We finally got the last of the building permits on Friday the 13th, which we thought was rather ironic. This project has had a lot of potholes along the way, but we're all very excited.

It's been a good exercise in patience. But I kind of consider this like childbirth ? as soon as the baby is born you forget about all of the pain.

On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.