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Building: Deliberate
Life plan neighborhood Sagewood has introduced plans for a future enlargement on the campus. The neighborhood first opened in 2010 and now consists of 417 items of impartial dwelling with greater than 600 residents.
Within the final 15, Sagewood added assisted dwelling and reminiscence care, 5 totally different onsite eating choices, a big occasion area, and a state-of-the-art placing course.
Sagewood is now “actively conducting” focus teams and surveys with present and future residents to find out what options can be most wanted in a deliberate enlargement venture.
“We’re excited to have fun our 15-year anniversary and announce our neighborhood enlargement and upgrades,” says Ed Smith, govt director of Sagewood. “It has been an honor serving Arizona seniors and we’re trying ahead to creating our neighborhood even higher as we proceed to develop. Our purpose is to all the time guarantee residents have one of the best dwelling expertise and studying first-hand what they need within the enlargement is a very particular technique to collaborate in creating the way forward for our neighborhood.”
Solinity Growth companions with Scott County to develop 100-acre grasp plan
Solinity Growth has partnered with the Scott County Financial Growth Authority because the grasp plan developer to supervise the 100-acre multigenerational, mixed-use neighborhood in Tennessee.
The event, often known as Riverside, will embody age-restricted housing and companies together with energetic grownup, impartial dwelling, assisted dwelling and reminiscence care.


Additionally, the realm will embody non-age-restricted housing with workforce housing, eating places, retail, daycare and inexperienced areas in an age-friendly design.
Sagora renovates Oklahoma communities
Sagora Senior Dwelling will quickly begin development on renovations to 2 Oklahoma communities.
Initiatives will likely be accomplished by the tip of this 12 months at Asher Level impartial dwelling areas in Bartlesville and Tulsa. Renovations embody up to date eating rooms, new corridors and up to date public areas together with new flooring, paint, fixtures, decor and furnishings.
Renovations will begin later this spring and are anticipated to be accomplished in August.
“We’re devoted to creating areas the place residents can actually chill out and revel in life,” mentioned Gary Fernandez, VP of Gross sales and Advertising for Sagora. “By creating fashionable, inviting areas—we’re crafting communities that aren’t solely comfy however locations persons are proud to name house.”
Building: In Progress
The James of Irvine begins development
The James of Irvine, a brand new senior dwelling neighborhood below development in Irvine, California, not too long ago broke floor on the web site and work stays underway.
The neighborhood is the primary upscale, luxurious senior dwelling property within the space and can embody 350 studio, one- and two-bedroom residences for impartial dwelling, assisted dwelling and reminiscence care. The eight-story neighborhood is scheduled to open in mid-2027.


In December, the venture was introduced by JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims as the most important tax-exempt senior dwelling financing venture of 2024 and largest bond challenge of its variety out there, involving Harbert South Bay Companions, LAMB Properties, P3 Basis and Momentum Senior Dwelling for the 35-year financing.
“This venture has been years within the making, with so many devoted groups working collectively since 2017,” mentioned Adam Arnold, Managing Director of Harbert South Bay Companions, who served as emcee. “However as they are saying, good issues come to those that wait — and that is going to be one thing particular, bringing over 200 full-time jobs to the Irvine space.”
The constructing is owned by the P3 Basis and is being developed by Harbert South Bay Companions and will likely be managed by Momentum Senior Dwelling.
“The James will likely be totally built-in into the Irvine neighborhood so residents can actually expertise every part it has to supply,” mentioned Josh Johnson, CEO of Momentum Senior Dwelling. “This will likely be a brand new class of senior dwelling, the place the purpose is straightforward: serving to individuals stay longer and higher. And with our company workplace simply 2 miles away, we’re proper right here to make that imaginative and prescient a actuality.”
Neighborhood shared facilities will embody bar/lounge, eating venues, gymnasium, indoor pool and spa, salon, remedy rooms, and yoga studio. Extra facilities embody artwork studio, barbecue grills, bocce courts, courtyards with seating areas, fireplace pits, golf simulator, media lounge, canine park with washroom, theaters and placing inexperienced.
Building: Accomplished
Kendal at Oberlin completes part considered one of renovation effort
Kendal at Oberlin not too long ago introduced the completion of part considered one of renovations that included updates to eating and customary areas, together with care enhancements, in accordance with a Kendal information launch.
Renovations included a “full redesign” of the neighborhood’s eating room, gathering area and the nursing station for the Stephens Care Heart. Additionally, the seven current residential care rooms had been integrated right into a reminiscence care help space of the neighborhood.


The reminiscence help neighborhood now includes a circadian lighting system designed to regulate all through the day to imitate pure daylight patterns to have a constructive influence on older adults dwelling with dementia.
This spring, the neighborhood will begin on part two of its grasp plan that features enhancements to the primary kitchen and eating areas and the doorway of the neighborhood.