by Frank Lee
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Plans for a proposed senior facility campus in St. Joseph were presented April 11 at a St. Joseph Planning Commission meeting.
Country Manor Campus, GLTA Architects and Alliance Building Corp. gave a presentation about the facility, which would be located along CR 121, west of Kennedy Community School.
The project would include 60 independent living units and 24 units for memory care, and stores and services such as a beauty shop and spa, a general store with an in-house coffee shop, a convenience store, a chapel, a bistro, outpatient rehabilitation and underground parking, according to Country Manor Campus CEO Brian Kelm.
The senior living apartments will range in size from 675 to 1,250 square feet while the 24 memory-care apartments will range in size from 394 to 848 square feet.
Assisted-living services will be offered to senior living tenants on an as-needed basis and in the privacy of their own apartment homes.
According to St. Joseph City Administrator Judy Weyrens, construction for the facility, which will cost an estimated $14 million to $16 million, could start this summer after public hearings and an environmental review by the St. Joseph City Council.
If approved, Country Manor’s new development will be situated on 135 acres of land on the south side of St. Joseph.
Country Manor has remained a leader in the health-care industry, offering a continuum of care on their growing 25-acre Sartell-based campus.
