by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
All afternoon, people kept coming – long lines of them – followed by still more, even more vehicles and more lines of people to the Chateau Waters open house in Sartell.
From 2-5 p.m. Aug. 23, the deluxe senior-living apartment complex was open to the public.
Parked vehicles lined the road to the facility and were parked as far away as the PineCone Marketplace as people left their vehicles and walked – in some cases several blocks – to the complex in south Sartell right next to Lake Francis.
All who attended showed a keen interest in the apartment complex, which offers a plethora of amenities, including a spa and wellness center, a large heated pool, a movie theater, a chapel, a media center, a performance center, an art studio, a gift shop, a restaurant, a putting green, a pickleball court, manicured garden areas, a patio area by the lake – in short, such a variety of amenities that residents, if they so choose, would never have to leave the premises.
Visitors were encouraged to tour the entire four-story building, including several of the one- and two-bedroom apartments and the many areas of the complex with their wide-ranging amenities. There are 72 apartments in the building.
Chateau Waters is a $29-million project of the St. Benedict Senior Community. The lead architect for the complex is RSP Architects, an international firm based in Minneapolis; and the construction was under the direction of Welsh and Colliers International, a commercial real-estate group.
Many of the hundreds of people who toured Chateau Waters expressed admiration for Chateau Waters’ layout and amenities as they enjoyed free hors d’oeuvres and live piano music in a dining lounge.
This is the front of Cheateau Waters, a photo taken just after the 5 p.m. closing of its open house, which attracted a steady stream of hundreds, if not thousands, of visitors Aug. 23.
Visitors are welcomed to Chateau Waters senior-living complex by receptionists in its main lobby. The open house Aug. 23 resulted in a spectacular turnout.
Visitors check out the kitchen area of one of the apartments in Chateau Waters senior-living complex in south Sartell, which held an extremely well-attended open house Aug. 23. All apartments come with fireplaces and balconies.
