Buckner International announced its newest senior housing development, a high-rise CCRC in Dallas to be called Ventana by Buckner. The $118 million project will be built on nearly three acres of land in the North Park neighborhood of Dallas and feature twin 12-story towers with a total of 314 apartments: 182 independent living, 36 assisted living, 24 memory care, 48 skilled nursing, and 24 short-term rehabilitation. The project will also have three dining areas, a wellness center, pool, chapel, theater, business center, day spa, roof terraces, gardens, and indoor parking. D2 Architecture, also in Dallas, designed the community, which is expected to take four years to complete.
Buckner International is one of the oldest faith-based social services organizations dedicated to “meeting the needs of vulnerable children and senior adults.” Buckner started in Dallas in 1879 as an orphanage with three resident children and initial funding of just $27. Buckner Retirement Services began in 1954 with the opening of the organization’s first retirement community, the Mary E. Trew Home, in Dallas. A nursing center was added in 1966, and the community was renamed Buckner Retirement Village. Since then, Buckner has opened communities in Austin, Longview, Houston, Beaumont, San Angelo, and Burnet, Texas. Ventana by Buckner will be the company’s eighth senior living community.
