Team

Family Owned and Operated for over 20 Years

Like any successful business, great leadership sets the tone for the entire company. Berwick Retirement Communities’ senior management team — helmed by owners Gordon and Chris Denford — has been working together for 23 years to carry out their vision of always offering seniors “the best possible quality of life, in the nicest possible surroundings.”

Gordon Denford has been building homes in Western Canada for over 50 years. In the mid 1980s Mr. Denford wanted to create a residence that was specifically designed for seniors, something that exceeded the standards of the day. It had to incorporate state-of-the-art communication systems within a purpose-built building. It also had to offer a full range of exceptional amenities and services within a caring community setting. Above all, it needed to be a “step up” for residents—a place that exceeded all expectations of what a retirement residence could be. His experience, research and discussion with seniors groups and leading local consultants, ultimately led to the creation of Berwick House Victoria in 1989. With the success of that first venture, he continued to raise the bar with four additional resort-style retirement communities, each individually unique and built specifically for their location.

Christopher Denford works with Berwick’s architectural team in the design of each retirement community. Mr. Denford has over 20 years of residential development experience, extensive knowledge of seniors’ housing requirements, as well as a keen eye for aesthetic details. This combination of skills enables him to assist in the design and development of award-winning independent living residences that, as he says, “he would be happy to live in himself”.