THE specialist market for retirement developments has proven one of

the most resilient market sectors. The appeal to buyers of

self-contained luxury flats within managed developments -- complete with

residents' lounge, guest suite and landscaped private gardens -- is

based on the combination of privacy and security.

McCarthy and Stone pioneered the idea of owner-occupied retirement

flats in the 1970's and have been at the forefront of this thriving

market sector ever since. Their new developments of one and two-bedroom

flats at Fairview Court, Milngavie, and Muirfield Court, Muirend, are

close to shops and railway stations -- the convenient up-market

residential locations are as important in the retirement sector as in

any other market sector.