A 27-acre plot in Southport, Connecticut, will be the site of Maplewood Senior Living’s next assisted living and memory-care community. Maplewood at Southport will be a traditional assisted living/memory-care residence and luxurious in every sense. The design of the 92,000-square-foot, 98-unit community will evoke the tradition of rambling Adirondack and coastal New England resorts of the early 20th century, iconic themes that should blend well in the upscale Mill Hill neighborhood in which the land is situated.
The focal point of the Southport property, which is also adjacent to Mill Hill Elementary School, is nature—old-growth trees, flowering plants, and native wildlife such as deer and wild turkeys. A farm in nearby Easton that Maplewood recently purchased to provide fresh produce and a “farm-to-table” experience for all its assisted living facilities in Fairfield County will be especially convenient to Maplewood at Southport residents and their families who wish to visit the farm and meander through its vineyards and orchards.
Maplewood is also working with Aspetuck Land Trust, a not-for-profit organization that works to preserve open spaces, to conserve a substantial section of the Maplewood at Southport site for public recreation and enjoyment—walking trails and educational opportunities, for example. Terraced gardens will overlook the five-acre Mill Pond and a timber entrance bridge. Undoubtedly, it will be lovely.
Maplewood Senior Living, based in Westport, currently owns and operates six assisted living and memory-care communities in Connecticut’s Fairfield County and another in Chardon, Ohio. In addition, Maplewood maintains a portfolio of professional office projects for medical office use. In the near future, Greg Smith, CEO, expects Maplewood to have as many as nine assisted living/memory-care facilities in Fairfield County. The company recently closed on development projects in New Jersey and Massachusetts.
