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96-unit senior housing community opens in Orland Park, Ill.

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96-unit senior housing community opens in Orland Park, Ill.

The units are split between assisted living apartments and memory care studios.


By David Malone, Associate Editor | April 24, 2018
Heartis village in Orland Park
Heartis village in Orland Park

Orland Park, Ill., is the new home to Pathway to Living’s new 96-unit assisted living community, Heartis Village.

The community’s 96 units will be spread across a 89,622-sf property. A three-story assisted living building will house the 72 assisted living apartments that range in size from 371 to 1,032 sf.

Options include one-bedroom/one-bath, one-bedroom-plus-den/one-bath, and two-bedroom/two-bath layouts, each with a kitchenette. A single-story memory care wing contains 24 memory care studios that measure approximately 260 to 360 sf and come in two layouts: one with a private shower and one with a shared shower.

 

See Also: New senior housing community is first in U.S. to offer Spark of Life dementia care

 

Heartis Village of Orland Park will offer residents all-day dining in The Grove dining room, a separate bistro, a movie theater, a chapel, community rooms, a salon and spa, a library and technology center, a therapy gym and fitness center, and a large courtyard with a walking path and raised gardens. Memory care residents will have access to their own central courtyard.

The project was developed by Caddis Healthcare Real Estate.

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