“In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects” (The Fremont) - Senior Housing News

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (8/29/2012)

August 29, 2012 by Alyssa Gerace Comments (0)

Construction: In the Process

Fremont Senior Living Breaks Ground on $6 Million Memory Care Building in Mo.

The Fremont Senior Living Campus in Springfield, Mo. is expanding with the addition of a $6 million assisted living and memory care building, bringing the total value of the campus to $14 million. 

Fremont Senior Living will get 56 beds of licensed assisted living and 16 beds of memory care to join its 22 existing villas and 33 apartments. 

The assisted living addition will provide personal care services, full-service, restaurant-style dining, and one-bedroom and studio apartments. On the memory care side, residents will have access to a home-like setting with innovative Alzheimer’s disease and dementia programming. 

With the addition of these buildings, the community will now offer a continuum of long-term care services in one location. The project is expected to be completed by the summer of 2013. 

Miller O’Reilly is the project developer, and Empire Bank is financing the construction. 

“The Fremont has experienced tremendous growth over the past 12 months, which prompted Miller O’Reilly to consider adding assisted living and memory care,” said Stephanie Harris, CEO of Arrow Senior Living Management, operator of the senior living campus. “We are excited to take this next step to offer more services for Springfield’s area seniors.”

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“The Fremont to break ground on expansion” (The Fremont) - Springfield Business Journal

SBJ Staff

Thursday, August 23, 2012 6:00 AM

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and officials with The Fremont retirement community have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony today for a planned expansion of the southeast Springfield campus.

The Fremont, 1520 E. Bates St., plans to add two buildings and 56 assisted-living beds and 16 memory-care beds to the community's existing 22 villas and 33 apartments, according to a news release.

The assisted living addition would add one-bedroom and studio apartments, as well as provide personal care services and restaurant-style dining. The memory care cottage would offer a home setting for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. The new buildings, which are being designed by H Design Group LLC and constructed by Build LLC, are expected to open in summer 2013. According to the release, The Fremont is owned by Miller-O'Reilly Co. Inc. and managed by Arrow Senior Living Management, a St. Louis-based senior living management company.

"The addition of senior health care services enables Miller-O'Reilly to meet a full spectrum of housing needs for Springfield from student housing to senior housing," said Pat O'Reilly, Miller-O'Reilly partner with Matt Miller, in the release. "It was our original vision to provide a healthy community for seniors to thrive. The Fremont expansion truly gives seniors more programs to meet their changing needs and fulfills our vision."

Kinder and other officials will meet at The Fremont at 4 p.m.

“It is such an honor to have the state’s leading advocate for seniors recognizing the efforts of Miller-O’Reilly,” said Stephanie Harris, CEO of Arrow Senior Living Management, in the release, pointing to Kinder. “The Fremont has experienced tremendous growth during the past 12 months, which prompted Miller-O’Reilly to consider adding assisted living and memory care."

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