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Retirement Communities & Senior Housing
This section of our site contains information on selected new retirement communities that are under development or have recently opened. The information will remain in this location for three months after it is posted, then it will be removed. If you are looking for a new community, you should bookmark this page and keep checking it. New information will be added regularly.
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Park
Centre Homes at La Posada --
Green Valley, AZ (Posted 12/04/08)
Prairie Landing -- Carmel, IN -- (Posted 12/04/08)
Summersgate -- Salisbury, MD -- (Posted 12/04/08)
The Retreat at Carmel -- Carmel, NY (Posted 12/04/08)
KB
Home/Martha Stewart Active Adult Community --
La Qunita, CA (Posted 12/04/08)
Belmont Village Westwood -- Los Angeles, CA (Posted 12/04/08)
Southern Landing -- Lake Park, GA (Posted 11/04/08)
The Cascades at Verdae -- Greenwille, SC (Posted 11/04/08)
The Village at Orchard Ridge -- Winchester, VA (Posted 11/04/08)
Central Parke at Milford Ponds -- Milford, DE (Posted 11/04/08)
Montgomery Walk -- Montgomery Township, PA (Posted 11/04/08)
The Willows at Worcester -- Worchester, MA (Posted 11/04/08)
Brookhaven at Johns Creek -- Johns Creek, GA (Posted 10/6/08)
Wellington Place -- Zanesville, OH (Posted 10/6/08)
Village at Gleannloch Farms -- Spring, TX (Posted 10/6/08)
Clayton on the Park -- St. Louis, MO (Posted 10/6/08)
Grant's Farm Manor -- St. Louis, MO (Posted 10/6/08)
AgeSong at Bayside Park -- Emeryville, CA (Posted 10/6/08)
Park Centre
Homes at La Posada -- Green Valley, AZ
Homes for independent living are now being added to La Posada, a continuing care retirement community located on 100 acres in Green Valley, Ariz. The community is now home to 700 residents. Beginning in the fall of 2009 construction will begin on Park Centre Homes which will consist of 35 "green" homes. The normal entry fee will apply as well as the monthly service fee.
There are two "great room" style floor plans being offered. The first, 1,875 square feet, offers two elevations. A larger home with 2,118 square feet also offers two elevations.
The Park Centre Homes are being designed to be compliant with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) residential standards. The LEED home program was unveiled by the United States National Green Building Council in 2007. La Posada intends for the Park Centre Homes to qualify for a LEED designation, underscoring La Posada's commitment for energy conservation and reducing carbon emissions in the environment.
The homes will offer a selection of green amenities include Energy Star® appliances (refrigerator, dryer, washer, dishwasher); high efficiency air conditioner unit (14 Seer-rated); digital programmable thermostats; low VOC paints; bio-based insulation; energy efficient windows and doors; DuPont flex wrap flashing at all exterior window frame sills, dark sky rates exterior lighting, soft water system, dual flush toilets, and compact fluorescent lighting.
Beginning January 6, 2009, future
residents can sign up for one of the new homes. For more information,
call 520-648-8131 or visit: http://www.parkcentrehomes.com/.
For information about La Posada, go to: http://www.laposadagv.com/
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When it opens in 2011 or 2012, Prairie Landing will be the newest continuing care retirement community in Indiana's Hamilton County. It will offer a range of living options, including a community of both freestanding cottage homes and spacious one- and two-bedroom apartments.
The community will offer amenities such as a spa, community center, library, fitness center, aquatics center, walking trails, a variety of fine and casual dining options, and a full continuum of healthcare onsite.
Located on a 35-acre campus in Carmel, Prairie Landing will be part of the Legacy commercial development on 146th Street and River Road. A welcome center will be located just west of the site in the Noble West Shoppes at 146th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway.
Prairie Landing is owned and will be
managed by BHI Retirement Communities, a local, financially stable,
faith-based not-for-profit company. For more information call
877-660-6890. There is no web site at this time.
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Summersgate is a new active adult community located on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Salisbury. When completed it will have condominiums, duplex-style villas, and single-family homes. The first phase of the development will include 94 villas, each with a two-car garage, and 100 condos with optional garages. Plans also call for 22 single-family homes to be built.
Sidewalks and walking trails will wind throughout the community. Residents will also have the exclusive use of a 7,500-square-foot clubhouse with a library, a computer suite, a fitness center, a game room, a party and meeting room, and a swimming pool. Homeowner association fees, which are estimated at $225 per month for the villas and single-family homes, include snow removal from driveways and sidewalks, landscaping and pest control. Condominium fees are estimated to range from $240 to $282 per month.
Summersgate is being built by Vantage
Point Retirement Living. The company also owns Mallard Landing,
Coldstream Crossing, and Lakeside Assisted Living. For more
information, call 410-543-8750 or visit: www.summersgateonline.com.
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The Retreat at Carmel -- Carmel, NY
The Retreat at Carmel is a new active adult community located in Carmel, N.Y., in picturesque Putnam County. The community will feature 101 manor homes and 211 luxury condominiums -- all being built by Pulte Homes. There are five home designs to choose from ranging in size from 1,957 square feet with two bedrooms and two baths to 2,668 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths. Prices start at $489,900.
The community will have a 7,100 square-foot clubhouse with billiards, a game room, fitness center, and a heated pool. There will also be a three-hole pitch and putt golf course, a bocce court, tennis courts, a green house, and walking trails. Shopping and restaurants are within walking distance, and the highway and trains are only minutes away.
For more information, call
8345-228-1216 or visit: http://www.pulte.com/communities/ny/carmel/retreat-at-carmel/index.aspx
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KB
Home/Martha Stewart
Active Adult Community (Unnamed) -- La Quinta, CA
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and KB Home announced last month their newest project - an active adult community in La Quinta, Calif., as yet unnamed. These new KB homes created with Martha Stewart will represent KB Home's first community built exclusively for adults 55 and over.
Upon completion, the community will feature one-story ranch style homes. Homebuyers can choose from a variety of floor plans, ranging in size from 1,300 to 1,800 square feet, offering two to three bedrooms, two to three baths and two-car garages. The community will be gated and include an expansive clubhouse, which will offer residents a variety of recreational activities, meeting spaces and areas to enjoy with family and friends.
The homes will feature new exterior elevations inspired by Martha Stewart's many trips to Mexico, and the local landscape. Classic California Spanish style facades will be enhanced with ceramic tile work, awnings, eight foot shutters and expansive covered patios with great outdoor living spaces. The construction is set to begin in spring 2009.
The homes in La Quinta will also be environmentally friendly. All will be Energy Star® qualified and engineered to heat and cool efficiently and use less energy resources. Additionally, all homes will include low-E windows and Energy Star® qualified appliances.
For more information call 888-KB-Homes
or visit: http://www.kbhome.com/martha/neighborhood~CommID~00415301.aspx
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Belmont Village Westwood -- Los Angeles, CA
Sometime during 2009, the doors will swing open on Belmont Village Westwood, a new senior living community near Wilshire Boulevard and Warner Avenue in Los Angeles. It is within walking distance of UCLA and residents will have access to lectures, classes and cultural events. Priority placement in the units will be given first to retired faculty and staff; then to the parents of retired faculty and staff; then to current retirement-eligible faculty and staff; and lastly, to the parents of current faculty or staff. Residents must be at least 60 years old.
The six-story building, with three levels of underground parking, will offer 162 rental units, There will be separate sections for independent living, assisted living, and those with Alzheimer's or dementia.
The Houston-based Belmont Corp. has leased a former parking lot for 55 years from an adjacent church, Westwood United Methodist Church. The company is building and funding the entire project, which began construction last August. UCLA is not providing any funding, but the university has agreed to distribute marketing information about the new facility to the UCLA community.
Amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, bistro casual dining, restaurant style dining, library, full service salon, free scheduled transportation, social and educational programs, housekeeping and laundry, fitness center, computer room, and wireless Internet access.
For more information call 310-475-7501
or visit: http://www.belmontvillage.com/Default.asp?Page=187
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Southern Landing -- Lake Park, GA
Now under development, Southern Landing will be a gated active adult community (age 55 or better) in Lake Park, Ga. It is scheduled to open in the spring of 2009. A total of 670 homes will be built during Phase 1.
The 1,200-acre community will feature
land reserved for conservation, including miles of walking trails that
wind around a 40-acre lake, tennis courts and activity center. At the
heart of the community will be a town center with an activity building
that includes a ballroom, media room, spa and yoga center, plus other
amenities. The downtown square features a harbor with pedestrian
bridge, canoe rentals, amphitheater, tower and pavilion with activity
room and an observation deck. For more information on Southern Landing
call 888-831-0101 or visit SouthernLanding.com.
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The Cascades at Verdae -- Greenwille, SC
Banyan Senior Living, one of the Southeast's leading developers of continuing care retirement communities has just opened the doors of The Cascades at Verdae. It is located on 40 acres of the 1,100-acre master planned mixed-use community of Verdae. The community will include single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums, apartments and the Cascades. The commercial component of the development will feature hotels, retail and a variety of office and professional spaces.
The Cascades at Verdae is a 450,000-square-foot, $100 million retirement community that will be home to 450 residents. Plans call for one-, two-, and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 979 to 3,210 square feet in 166 independent living apartment homes and the 43 cottages. The health services center is comprised of four buildings, each with a private entrance. They house 300- to 600-square-foot studio and one-bedroom assisted living suites with kitchenette and private bath. Memory care and skilled nursing suites are also in the health center.
Most of the amenities will be in the
52,000-square-foot clubhouse. They will include four dining venues, a
movie theater, library, ballroom, dinner theater, arts studio,
billiards room, a convenience market, business center, woodworking
studio, bank, computer center and classrooms for a host of educational
opportunities, an indoor lap pool, a therapy pool and sauna. For more
information call 888-220-6037 or visit: www.thecascadesverdae.com.
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The Village at Orchard Ridge -- Winchester, VA
The National Lutheran Home has opened an information center for The Village at Orchard Ridge, a new continuing care retirement community to be developed on 132 acres of land off of U.S. Route 50 just west of the Winchester Regional Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Phase 1 of the project will include construction of approximately 130 independent living units (apartments, townhouses and cottage homes), 30 assisted living units and 15 skilled nursing beds.
Community details have not yet been released but applications and $1,000 deposits are being taken at the information center. These people will be the first to receive floor plans, pricing and amenity information. Plans call for construction to start in 2010 and occupancy to begin in 2011.
National Lutheran is currently working
to get the property rezoned. The community plans to partner with
Winchester Regional Medical Center to offer exercise opportunities
until a pool and fitness center is constructed. For more information
call 540-723-0853 or 888-723-8867, or visit: www.OrchardRidgeVA.org.
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Central Parke at Milford Ponds -- Milford, DE
Central Parke at Milford Ponds is an active adult community being developed by Central Parke Communities, an award-winning developer of 55+ resort communities, and a division of Slenker Communities. Plans call for building only 725 homes. All homes will feature stylish architecture and will be constructed of high quality materials, with a wide-range of desirable options. Every home will enjoy the benefits of single-level living, with first-floor master suites, spacious floor plans and luxurious interior finishes.
Residents will find themselves just 20 minutes from Rehoboth Beach, 20 minutes from the state capital of Dover, an hour from Wilmington and 90 minutes from the Philadelphia International Airport.
At the center of the community will be
the clubhouse called the Private Resort Club. It will include indoor
and outdoor pools, a state-of-the-art exercise facility and game room
with billiard tables. There will also be a full-time lifestyle
director. For more information call 800-876-7549 or visit: http://www.centralparke.com/mp/index.htm
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Montgomery Walk -- Montgomery Township, PA
The grand opening celebration of Montgomery Walk, an active adult community under development in Montgomery Township, Pa., was held last month. It is being built by the David Cutler Group of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. Guests had the opportunity to see the picturesque courtyard and some model homes. Home prices start in the mid-$400's.
The 7,500-square-foot clubhouse at
Montgomery Walk is scheduled for completion during the winter of 2008.
It will include multi-purpose gathering rooms, a movie theatre,
fitness center, conference room, and more. Additionally, it will offer
a putting green for golf enthusiasts and a tennis court. The
Homeowner's Association will handle all exterior maintenance, lawn
care and snow removal. For more information call 215-619-2735 or click
here.
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The Willows at Worcester -- Worcester, MA
The Willows at Worcester, an independent living community with health care available is now being built in Worcester, Mass, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009. It will have 151 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes and 40 two-bedroom cottages. Each comes with a modern kitchen, washer and dryer, climate control, walk-in closet, and wall-to-wall carpeting. The campus will have a health center for short or long-term care. Residents pay for it only if needed.
The community will offer formal and
informal dining venues, an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, art
studio and woodworking shop, library, and a full-time recreation and
entertainment coordinator. Also available will be spa and massage
therapy, a hair salon and barber shop, housekeeping and transportation
services, a bank, and high-speed Internet access. For more information
call 508-755-0088 or visit: http://www.thewillowsatworcester.com/
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Brookhaven at Johns Creek -- Johns Creek, GA
Brookhaven at Johns Creek, a new active adult community near Atlanta, will have a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 18 during which visitors will be able to tour four model homes and the 5,000 square-foot clubhouse.
This gated community offers one level ranch-styled homes with low-maintenance living. The homes offer an array of options, including a bonus room with full bath and a large fireplace in the great room. All homes feature front porches, vaulted ceilings, over-sized master suites and other luxury features. The community will have two lighted tennis courts, walking trails, a heated pool, an outdoor fireplace, and a clubhouse with a fitness room.
Brookhaven at Johns Creek will also have a full-time lifestyles director who will plan activities such as themed parties, holiday get-togethers and planned excursions. Home prices begin at $290,000. For more information call 770-402-1876 or visit: http://www.jimchapmancommunities.com/brookhaven-at-johns-creek
Wellington Place -- Zanesville, OH
Wellington Place, a new ranch-style active adult condominium community now under construction in Zanesville, Ohio, held an open house last month to showcase it's newly constructed model home. There will be a total of five home designs to choose from. The 90-home community will offer two and three bedroom condos ranging from 1,324 square feet to 1,923 square feet. Prices start at $167,000 for the smaller unit and $212,000 for the larger unit.
The community will feature a deluxe
clubhouse with a large social room, full kitchen, fitness center and a
heated in-ground swimming pool. It is close to shopping, restaurants
and a golf course. For more information, call 740-452-6885. At present
there is no Web site.
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Village at Gleannloch Farms -- Spring, TX
The Village at Gleannloch Farms, located on 25 acres in the master-planned community of Gleannloch Farms in Spring, Texas, is a new not-for-profit continuing care retirement community designed to feel like a small village. It will have more than 130 independent living apartments and cottages for seniors age 62 and older, plus an additional 80 residences for those requiring assisted living, skilled care or memory support specialization.
The community will include a fitness
center, arts studio, salon/spa, a 100-seat chapel, several outdoor
patio areas, swimming pool, library/business center and a café. It is
also within close proximity to the Gleannloch Farms Golf Club -
recently rated one of the top public courses in the area by the
Houston Chronicle. For more information about this community call
281-569-2999 or visit http://www.villageatgleannlochfarms.com/
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Clayton on the Park -- St. Louis, MO
Sunrise Senior Living and Conrad Properties Corp. (St. Louis) have partnered to transform a nine-year-old property from a 23-story luxury boutique hotel and apartments into Clayton on the Park - a luxury independent senior living community. In addition to independent living, the community will offer on-site in-home healthcare coordination. Each residence is equipped with a voice-to-voice emergency response system, which will help provide safety and security 24-hours a day.
Rents will begin at $2,800 a month for a studio and go up to $9,200 for the six three-bedroom, two bath units. The rent includes housekeeping, laundry, utilities and a wide array of programs and services.
Amenities will include an art studio
with floor-to-ceiling windows, a theater, a business center, a spa, a
brain-fitness gym, dining rooms, and a wine bar. Some of the
facilities at Clayton on the Park will be open to the public,
including the restaurants, spa and fitness areas. For more information
call 314-725-9990 or visit: http://www.claytononthepark.com/index.aspx
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Grant's Farm Manor -- St. Louis, MO
Erickson Retirement Communities, which builds and manages retirement communities for the middle-income market, is starting development of Grant's Farm Manor located in the southwest suburbs of St. Louis. It will be located on 84 acres of rolling hills, trees and barns.
As with all Erickson communities, Grant's Farm Manor will be developed in phases based on market demand. It is tentatively scheduled to open with a few hundred units in late 2009. There will be approximately 95 apartment homes in the first building. The entry fee will range from $191,000 to $461,000.
The Welcome Center for prospective
residents is now open. For more information call 314-729-1100 or
800-215-4142. You can also visit their Web site at: http://www.ericksoncommunities.com/gfm/?typeList=GFM
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AgeSong at Bayside Park -- Emeryville, CA
Ground was broken in September for AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for seniors in Emeryville, Calif. This new community expands AgeSong's holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay area of San Francisco. It is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2010.
A five-story residence, AgeSong at Bayside Park is within walking distance to the city's retail and entertainment district, and Emeryville's bustling "triangle" neighborhood. The 125 apartments are divided into 29 independent living one-bedroom and studio apartments; 63 assisted-living one bedroom and studio apartments; and 33 dementia and gero-wellness studios and shared apartments. The independent and assisted-living apartments include full kitchens or kitchenettes.
Amenities include high ceilings, large windows, natural materials, outside garden patios, a Kneipp therapy pool, exercise and strength training center, expressive arts studio and a public café. For more information call 877-243-7664 or visit: http://www.agesong.com/communities/agesong_bayside_park.htm.