Today, June 5, Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) is celebrating the grand opening of Vista Ridge, an independent living community on the 77-acre campus of Ware Presbyterian Village CCRC in Oxford, Pennsylvania. The $24.5 million expansion adds 31 one- and two-bedroom apartments and eight duplex “carriage houses” to Ware’s existing 79 independent living villas, 52 assisted living units, and 137 skilled nursing beds. A clubhouse with community space and a dining pavilion were also part of the expansion project.
Sustainability was a major factor that PSL incorporated into its plans for Vista Ridge. All apartment units will benefit from a geothermal HVAC system that uses underground temperatures for both heating and cooling, as well as from 30 underground storage areas for storm water runoff. PSL had to dig 110 wells, each several hundred yards deep, to install the systems—an expensive initial investment that PSL is sure will benefit the organization over the long term (expected ROI is five-to-eight years) and will reflect positively on resident fees.
Architectural Concepts, LLP designed Vista Ridge, and Benchmark Construction, LLC was the contractor; both firms are located in southeastern Pennsylvania. A second independent living apartment building—phase two of the Vista Ridge expansion project—is scheduled to begin shortly. PSL, based in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, provides housing, health-care, and related community services to approximately 6,000 seniors in 29 locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Delaware.
