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Ilima at Leihano -- Kopolei, Oahu, HI  (posted 5/5/08)

Maravilla Scottsdale -- Scottsdale, AZ  (posted 5/5/08)

Sunrise at Holladay -- Salt Lake City, UT  (posted 5/5/08)

Four Seasons at Olde Liberty -- Youngsville, NC  (posted 5/5/08)

Carillon at Cambridge Lakes -- Pingree, IL  (posted 5/5/08)

Madison Crossing at Birch Hill -- Old Bridge, NJ  (posted 5/5/08)

Erickson Retirement Community (Unnamed) --
Forsyth County, GA (Near Atlanta)  (posted 4/1/08)

Diamond Resort Retirement Community -- Surprise, AZ  (posted 4/1/08)

The Villas at Southbury -- Oswego, Il (posted 4/1/08)

The Grandview at Longwood -- Verona, PA  (posted 4/1/08)

Timber Ridge at Talus -- Issaquah, WA  (posted 4/1/08)

Four Seasons Charlottesville -- Ruckersville, BA  (posted 4/1/08)

Four Seasons Rancho del Lago -- Vail, AZ  (posted 3/11/08)

Fox Hill Senior Condominium Community - 
Bethesda, MD  (posted 3/11/08)

Wilshire Estates -- Lubbock, TX  (posted 3/1108)

Wellington Crossing -- Waltham, MA  (posted 3/11/08)

Ilima at Leihano -- Kopolei, Oahu, HI

The information center for Ilima at Leihano, a new continuing care retirement community on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, has just opened. The community will include independent living, assisted living, memory support, and skilled nursing all located on a single campus. The first phase of the Ilima at Leihano project, scheduled to begin construction in summer 2008, will include 26 garden homes and 96 apartments in a six story building. It is to be opened for its first residents sometime in 2009. 

The entry fee for residences in the community start at approximately $300,000 with 90% of that fee refunded to the resident or the resident's estate if they leave the facility. Housekeeping and maintenance services are provided for an additional monthly fee that includes on-site security, parking, Internet service, and access to wellness programs and recreation facilities. 

The community is located near shopping, parks, a new library, golf courses and the new University of Hawaii's West Oahu campus. All Leihano residents will be connected by lushly landscaped walking trails that lead to a wide variety of neighborhood amenities including a fully equipped fitness center, a spa, quaint shops, and a variety of restaurants and cafes. 

Ilima at Leihano is part of a new village -- Maile at Leihano -- being built by Brookfield Homes Hawaii and Kisco Senior Living. The 40-acre development will include 344 homes for active adults age 55-plus. For more information, call 808-674-4150 or visit: http://www.brookfieldhawaii.com/maile/care.html
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Maravilla Scottsdale -- Scottsdale, AZ

Scheduled to open by the spring of 2011, Maravilla Scottsdale is a resort-style continuing care retirement community that will feature 410 residences and offer a variety of housing options ranging from casitas and independent living to assisted living and memory care residences. 

Situated on 25 acres in the northern end of Scottsdale, adjacent to the Fairmont Scottsdale Resort and TCP Golf Course, Maravilla Scottsdale will feature Spanish Colonial architectural styling and innovative design along with high-end amenities and services such as: gourmet restaurants, a café, clubhouse, enclosed and outdoor swimming pools, beauty salon and barber shop, bank, spa and other enriching amenities and recreational and social spaces. Residents will be able to enjoy meandering trails and gardens as well as cultural meeting and performing venues. 

The community will operate as a Senior Residential Entrance Fee Contract community offering two entrance fee programs from which to choose: a fully amortizing program and a 50 percent refundable program. In addition, a monthly fee will be charged. For more information, call 480-538-5600 or visit: www.maravillascottsdale.com
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Sunrise at Holladay -- Salt Lake City, UT

Sunrise Senior Living, a leading provider of senior living services, opened its newest community, Sunrise at Holladay, at the end of April. It is the company's third community in Utah and will be the first Sunrise community in the state to offer Independent Living. 

The new four-story, 132,000-square-foot facility will have 150 residents who will receive individualized care and services. It will include healthcare coordination and flexible care options for residents as their health and personal needs change. Residents will enjoy restaurant style dining, daily afternoon socials, and concierge services, among other services and amenities. For those residents needing assistance with activities like bathing, dressing, medication management and eating, the facility also offers Assisted Living. Additionally, a specially designed Reminiscence neighborhood is dedicated to caring and serving residents with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss. For more information, call 801-424-2200 or visit: http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/community/
CommunityHome.do?from_search=1&commid=5901
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Four Seasons at Olde Liberty -- Youngsville, NC

Four Seasons at Olde Liberty is K. Hovnanian's latest 55+ community. It is situated on farmland and woods in Youngsville (Franklin County), N.C. The community will offer 275 homes with up to 3 bedrooms, 2 to 3 baths and 1- or 2-car garages. The homes will range in size from approximately 1,700 to more than 3,000 square feet, with all of the conveniences normally offered by K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons program. Prices start at $257,900 for a 1,625-square-foot home. 

Next door is the Olde Liberty Golf and Country Club that will offer residents a variety of amenities, including a clubhouse, golf course, pools and a tot lot. The clubhouse will provide ample space for card games or a workout session and will have two pools - one exclusively for residents and one for community guests. For more information call 919-556-9520 or visit: http://www.khov.com/Home/NC/FSOL/_Properties_AUTH.htm
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Carillon at Cambridge Lakes -- Pingree, IL

Carillon at Cambridge Lakes in Pingree, Ill., is a new active adult community in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is located on 405 acres (129 acres of open space) and will have 1,297 ranch-style homes offering maintenance-free living. The community will include a clubhouse with an indoor and outdoor pool, tennis and bocce courts, horseshoes, walking trails, a three-hole golf course, a community garden and a play area for visiting grandchildren. 

Home designs include the Bayside series townhouses and Resort series single-family homes, as well the Composer series of single-family attached homes. The Bayside series features four ranch-style townhouse designs ranging from 1,161 to 1,332 square feet with one bedroom and den to two bedrooms, one to two baths and two-car garages. 

They are built as back-to-back duplexes with four homes attached so that every home is on the end. The Composer series consists of four ranch-style single-family attached designs ranging from 1,401 to 1,716 square feet with two bedrooms, two baths and two-car attached garages. The Resort series features five single-family plans. Four of the plans are ranch designs and one is a two-story version with a main-level master suite. The homes range from 1,475 to 2,322 square feet with two to three bedrooms (with up to four available per plan), two to 2˝ baths, two-car garages and optional basements. Additionally, buyers will be able to opt for three-car garages. All homes will be Energy Star certified. Prices range from $178,000 to $289,000. For more information call 847-984-4872 or visit http://www.drhorton.com/corp/GetCommunity.do?dv=C4&pr=44432
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Madison Crossing at Birch Hill -- Old Bridge, NJ

Madison Crossing at Birch Hill, located in Old Bridge, N.J. (45-miles south of the George Washington Bridge) offers three different and distinct types of homes. Condos: Two and three-bedroom, single level condos located in a mid-rise elevator building with up to 1,549 square feet and underground parking plus additional storage space. 

Townhomes: Feature multilevel residences each with a personal elevator for the owner's convenience with up to 2,490 square feet of space. The homes include 2 bedrooms, a bonus room and either a 1- or 2-car garage with a basement. Villas: These homes have first floor master suites, loft space and an additional bedroom and bath, 1- or 2-car garages. They have up to 3,165 square feet and include a full basement. 

On site amenities to be completed in the summer of 2008 include a 7,500-square-foot clubhouse, tennis courts, a bocce court and a heated outdoor pool. For more information call 732-536-8900 or visit: http://www.prchomesvip.com/overview.cfm?CommunityID=1
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Erickson Retirement Community (Unnamed) -- 
Forsyth County, GA (Near Atlanta

Erickson Retirement Communities, based in Catonsville, Md., has announced plans to build a 1,500-unit independent living retirement community at the intersection of McGinnis Ferry and Bethany Bend roads in Forsyth County, Ga., north of Atlanta. This will be the company's first community in Georgia. In addition to the independent living units, the 88-acre campus will include two clubhouses, 150 assisted living units and 100 skilled care units. The campus buildings will be arranged in what is currently anticipated to be two neighborhoods each containing six or seven residential buildings, with approximately 100 to 125 independent living units in each. There will also be 159 single-family homes. Residents must be age 62 or better. 

The Erickson concept focuses on providing middle-income retirees with a maintenance-free lifestyle that includes on-site amenities and stimulating social opportunities that improve both physical and mental health. The planned amenities include a fitness center with full-time trainers, an indoor pool, medical center with full-time physicians, a full-time pastoral staff, a chapel, hair salons, transportation to nearby shopping, full-service restaurants, a pharmacy, on-site convenience stores, banks, meeting rooms and wood shop - all accessible by climate-controlled walkways. 

Pending rezoning approvals by the county, the company plans to break ground in 2009 and open the first building in 2010. The community will be built out over a 10-year period. Erickson does not have a Web site set up for this community but you can contact them through http://www.erickson.com or by calling 410-242-2880.
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Diamond Resort Retirement Community -- Surprise, AZ

A new style of vertical, urban condominiums is taking root in Surprise, Ariz., and the developer is hoping to sell seniors on the concept of living in a vibrant, urban setting. However, it is not an age-restricted community. The community will be built by British Columbia-based Avenir Group who expects to start construction soon at the corner of Paradise Lane and Parkview Place near Surprise Stadium Village. 

The 339-unit condominium project is expected to cost more than $100 million to build. It is designed to have an upscale, hotel-like feel and is to include a theater, pool and spa, fitness center and an-house kitchen that would offer meals for residents choosing to purchase a meal plan. Rents would range from $2,500 to $3,000 per month. 

The development will have three buildings. The first would include senior apartments for lease and the second would include 88 suite-style units for residents that may require minimal care. The third building would be condos for sale. This community does not have a Web site. For more information e-mail Joyce Brewster at jbrewsterhomes@aol.com or call her at 623-205-8112.
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The Villas at Southbury -- Oswego, IL

The Villas at Southbury, located in Oswego 45 miles southwest of Chicago, is being developed by Naperville-based Kensington Homes. It is an active adult age-targeted community rather than an age-restricted community which means it is aimed at seniors but others can live there. Floor plans of the homes range in size from 1,476 square feet to 2,527 square feet. The ranch-style homes (1,735 to 2,020 square feet) range from two bedrooms to two bedrooms and a study, two to three baths, basements and two-car attached garages. The homes feature spacious great rooms, formal dining rooms, kitchens with serving peninsulas and breakfast bars, sun room and covered porch per plan, main-floor laundry rooms and bedrooms separated from one another by the living area. Some plans offer second floors. These homes start at $249,990.

The community also has a 7,600-square-foot clubhouse and aquatic center that creates a country club-like environment and features a theater, craft and hobby room, game room, an adult spa, exercise facility, media center, kitchen, library, event area, tennis and volleyball, a community trail and a picnic terrace. The aquatic center features a lap pool, kiddie pool, an adult pool, and sun decks. For more information call 630-554-5803 or visit: http://www.kensingtonhome.com/communities/southbury.
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The Grandview at Longwood -- Verona, PA

In a few months, construction will start on The Grandview at Longwood - a five-story, 89-unit apartment building on the campus of Longwood at Oakmont, a continuing care retirement community in Verona, Pa. It is the fourth phase of a $70 million expansion project at the community. The new facility will feature an underground parking garage, restaurant, and interior and exterior entrances. A hallway will link the building to a dining hall for 100 people. Units in the 250,000-square-foot building will be 1,750 square feet, twice the size of current rooms. The project is expected to be completed in 2010. 

The expansion will also include a new resident wellness center, which will offer a variety of programs and therapies such as nutrition counseling, massage, exercise classes, and Tai Chi. Nearing completion this year on the campus is the community's 59-bed Hanna HealthCare Center. 

The Grandview at Longwood is the only independent continuing care retirement community in southwestern Pennsylvania now registered to be "green certified" through the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program for environmentally friendly design and construction. For more information call 412-826-5700 or visit: http://www.longwoodatoakmont.com/. Specific information about the new building is not yet on the community's web site.
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Timber Ridge at Talus -- Issaquah, WA

Timber Ridge at Talus, a continuing care retirement community in Issaquah, Wash., welcomed its first 20 residents last month. It is one of only a handful of communities in the nation adhering to nationally-established "green" building standards and is the only senior living community in the Seattle area in the process of becoming LEED certified. The community will be managed by Life Care Services, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company that services more than 80 communities nationwide. 

Phase 1 of the Timber Ridge development includes 184 independent living residences. The second and last phase of the project will add an additional 107 apartment homes. There will also be about 70 private rooms for assisted living or skilled nursing care. 

Timber Ridge will also have a 450,000-square-foot clubhouse and common areas that house a dining room, a library, fireside reading room, creative arts center, fitness center and wellness center. Dining options include a formal dining room, a private dining room and a café. There is also a cocktail lounge, convenience store, beauty salon/barber shop, business center and underground parking. For more information, call 888-427-2929 or visit: http://www.timberridgelcs.com.
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Four Seasons Charlottesville -- Ruckersville, VA

K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons Charlottesville, a new active adult community, will open its park of six model homes this month. The community is located in Ruckersville, Va., near Charlottesville in Greene County, and is 2-hours southwest of Washington, D.C. There are 15 floor plans offered. The smallest is 1,652 square feet priced at $299,990 and featuring two bedrooms, two baths and a two-car garage. The largest is 3,963 square feet with a base price of $409,990. It is two stories and has four bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a two-car garage. 

The 21,000-square foot clubhouse will have indoor/outdoor pools and spa, ballroom, fitness center, cyber café, classrooms, billiards, game rooms, Bocce ball and tennis plus walking and biking trails. Adjacent to the property is 7-acre Lake Rucker. For more information call 866-568-4553 or visit: http://www.khov4seasons.com/Home/VA/FSCN/_Properties_AUTH.htm
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Four Seasons Rancho del Lago -- Vail, AZ

Construction is underway at K. Hovnanian's Four Seasons® Rancho del Lago, the company's first active adult community in Arizona. Located near Tucson in Vail, the age-restricted, highly amenitized community will include 522 homes upon completion. The first phase of home sales began in February in a pre-grand opening phase. The grand opening is set for this fall. 

The community will be the only age-restricted subdivision within the Rancho del Lago master plan, which includes 18 holes of golf, nine lakes and the del Lago Golf Club. 

There are three collections of floor plans ranging from 1,200 to more than 2,800 square feet. Twelve on-site, fully decorated model homes are now open. Prices start from the upper $180s. In addition to a sales pavilion, construction of the 13,900-square-foot recreation center is now underway. It includes a fitness center, lobby/living room central core, billiards room, arts and crafts room, a multi-purpose area and a catering/demonstration kitchen. Outdoor amenities will include two pools and a spa, tennis courts, racquetball courts, bocce ball courts, an events lawn, a three-hole putting green and walking trails. For more information, call 520-742-0400 or visit: http://www.khov.com/Home/AZ/RDL4SEASONS/_Properties_AUTH.htm
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Fox Hill Senior Condominium Community -- Bethesda, MD

Fox Hill Senior Condominium Community, located in Bethesda, Md., is an equity-based independent living condominium community offering seniors age 60 and older an upscale lifestyle by combining 16.4 wooded acres of forest preserve with luxury condominium residences, extensive amenities and personalized services. It is being developed by Sunrise Senior Living based in McLean, Va. The community will have a separate and distinct area offering short-term and long-term assisted living rental suites for seniors requiring assistance with daily living activities or memory care. Reservations for these 83 units will begin in March. 

Fox Hill's 240 independent living condominiums will include one-, two- and three-bedroom residences, ranging in size from 834 to 2,251 square feet, that overlook a golf course, forest preserve and courtyards. As of mid-February, 140 condominiums had already been reserved. Future residents can reserve a residence with a fully refundable 10 percent deposit on the purchase price. Construction is at 70 percent completion. 

Amenities in the gated community will include a spa and salon offering beauty and therapeutic treatments; a 200-seat performing arts center; a business center that is fully equipped with copy and fax machines, and a full service gift wrapping station; a recording studio, indoor driving range, artists' studio, card room, woodworking shop, library, and fully-equipped fitness center complete with an indoor swimming pool and whirlpool. 

A bank will be on the premises along with other services that include a full-service concierge desk, a variety of dining options, a temperature- and humidity-controlled private wine cellar for storing residents' favorite wines, housekeeping services, garage parking and transportation services. For more information call 301-469-8005 or visit: www.foxhillseniorcondominium.com
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Wilshire Estates -- Lubbock, TX

Wilshire Estates is a new gated active adult garden home community located on 68 acres in Lubbock, Tx. When completed it will include 273 homes, a 5,500-square-foot community center with a fitness center, swimming pool, and tennis courts. Other amenities include walking trails and parks. The project is being developed in three phases. Phase One contains a total of 104 garden home sites and senior apartment units. 

There are seven single family garden home floor plans that include large storage space with dual walk-in closets in the owners master suite, double car garage, large family area and entertainment center. Major living areas have 9-foot vaulted ceilings, high efficiency gas heating and large garden baths with double vanities and a walk-in shower. For more information call 888-733-7612 or 806-793-1616. You can also visit: http://www.wilshireestates.org/index.htm
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Wellington Crossing -- Waltham, MA

Michigan-based Pulte Homes is building Wellington Crossing in Waltham, Mass., just 10 miles west of Boston. Set on 26 acres and surrounded by 8 acres of conservation land, it will be a mix of age-qualified and all age homes that will include 19 townhomes and 99 garden style condos exclusively for active adults. In addition there will be 150 non-age restricted garden style condos. 

Wellington Crossing promotes an urban lifestyle with a pool, tennis courts and a clubhouse. Pulte is offering six floor plans ranging from 1,028 square feet to 1,410 square feet. Prices start at $326,900 for the smallest units and go to $399,000 for the largest. For more information call 781-899-3325 or visit: http://www.pulte.com/homefinder/community.asp?commorg_acctcode=2872
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