Developer plans senior housing on Kyle Parkway
A Dallas-based developer has an option to buy five acres on Kyle Parkway where it intends to build a 100-person assisted living and Alzheimer care facility.
To be built in the commercial portion of the Plum Creek development between TrustTexas Bank and the Vantage apartments, the Orchard Park of Kyle will house 60 assisted-living residents and have a separate, secure wing with capacity for 40 patients with Alzheimers, dementia and other memory-related illnesses.
The architect is Bedford-based Galier, Tolson and French.
Construction is expected to begin in mid-2012, said Josh Rosen, vice president of the McFarlin Group. Construction will be financed through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development but will be priced at market rates, Rosen said.
Orchard Park will be managed by Meridian Senior Living. McFarlin also plans a similar development in Georgetown.
Another developer recently submitted site development plans to the city of Kyle for an assisted living facility on Creekside Trail.
Plans for Phase 1 of the New Haven development call for two buildings of about 22,000 square feet each. A second phase would add another two buildings of the same size.
Winfield Inn honored by wedding website
The Winfield Inn, 900 Scott Street in Kyle, has been recognized by a leading wedding industry consumer group.
The inn currently has a five-star rating on Wedding Wire.com, which recently named the facility “Wedding Wire Rated 2011.” The inn participates in a program on which its guests are asked to rate their stay on the website.
Austin Regional clinic featured in healthcare PSA
Austin Regional Clinic, which maintains a facility on Kohlers Crossing in Kyle, is featured in a new public service campaign advocating for “accountable care organizations,” a health care reform model that seeks to tie reimbursement to overall improvements in the well being of patients as a group.
The project, www.5realanswers, is sponsored by the Council of Accountable Physician Practices, a subsidiary of the American Medical Group Association.
“The campaign strives to illustrate what health care that is accountable and patient-centered can look like when healthcare providers are properly motivated to work together,” said the group’s chairman, Dr. Francis J. Crosson.
