Providence Point, the region’s largest continuing care retirement community now under construction, has reached the 70% sales mark and is on track to begin its first occupancy phase this fall.
Located on the 32-acre former Kane Hospital site off Bower Hill Rd. in Scott Township, the $115 million LifeCare community will feature 35 patio homes and 222 independent living apartments, as well as 63 assisted living suites, 63 skilled nursing care rooms and 20 memory support areas.
“There was a seven-county search for a suitable property. Kane sat empty for twenty years. It’s a great a story,” says Eileen Moore, with Providence Point, who expects 500 people to live and 225 to work at the community by May 2009. “Aesthetically, it’ll feel like a neighborhood when you come in. All cars will be parked underground.”
Developed by
Baptist Homes of Western Pennsylvania, the 65,000-square-foot community will boast common areas, three dining venues, a wellness center and day spa, and a medical clinic. Further amenities planned include a 20-seat theater, pool, library, card room, and barbershop.
“Some buyers retired to Florida and North Carolina and are coming back here because they miss the cultural things and top-notch health care,” adds Moore, who says buyers also live in the South Hills, Pittsburgh’s East End and Washington County.
Designed by Lancaster-based
RLPS Architects and
Interior Design Associates of Nashville, Providence Point sits on a hill near the Jewish Community Center's South Hills facility. Site road construction has utilized 31,000 tons of recycled concrete and rock from the existing hospital foundation. General contractor is
Walsh Construction; construction manager is
Tedco.
Writer:
Jennifer Baron
Source: Eileen Moore, Providence Point;
David
Kosick, Sr., KMA Group
Image courtesy KMA