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New Hope Partners, LLC hopes to construct the one-story building at 3785 N. Center, a near 10-acre spot where a crew would raze a home and outbuildings next spring to clear the path for the new center.
K. Rumi Shahzad, New Hope Partners founder, co-owner and managing director, said the facility will focus on the social, emotional, intellectual and physical well-being of residents. New Hope Partners has seven doctors and one surgeon as co-owners who have a cumulative of 150 years experience, Shahzad said.
The facility will hire 35 full-time employees, and plans to hire local contractors to build the center before the end of next year.
The 27,355-square-foot building will be divided into two wings. One will focus on the elderly who need assisted-living services, the other on patients who face age-related memory impairment, he said.
The two quarters will have separate group dining spaces, sun rooms, and living spaces to gather, Shazad said.
First, the Township Planning Commission and the Township Board of Trustees will decide whether to sign off on a special-use permit to build on the site zoned for farmland, said Bridget Smith, township assistant director for community development.
The planning commission meets at 7 p.m. today at the Township Hall, 4980 Shattuck. The township board will review the plans next month.
The assisted-living center will put seniors within walking distance of Zauel Memorial Library, the Center Courts fieldhouse, and the township’s walking path behind the fieldhouse along Center, officials said.
Shahzad hopes the facility will open prior to the end of next year.
