Farmington-based KBE Building Corp., a $300 million commercial construction firm with another regional office in Maryland, broke ground recently on Bridgeport”™s new $72 million Jewish Senior Services facility.
Attendees included Gov. Dannel Malloy and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch.
KBE will work with Jewish Senior Services to demolish the existing building at 4200 Park Ave. and construct a new skilled-nursing and assisted living facility in its place. Comprising a new intergenerational campus and assisted living area, the building will provide a full continuum of senior living services to the community.
“We couldn”™t be more honored to work with Jewish Senior Services to bring this long-awaited project to fruition,” said Mike Kolakowski, KBE president and principal owner since 2007.
Financed by People”™s United Bank, the 372,000-square-foot campus will contain 18 assisted living units, plus 24 “households” incorporating 14 private bedrooms and bathrooms as well as dedicated short-term rehabilitation and memory care. The project is designed by New York City-based Perkins Eastman Architects.
Jewish Senior Services will also offer home care, hospice, adult day programs, child care, geriatric assessment and outpatient therapy. The organization”™s Institute on Aging and Center for Elder Abuse Prevention and Senior Choice at Home programs will continue to provide support for families in the community.
The project is slated for completion in April 2016.
KBE has managed more than $2.5 billion in construction volume over the last decade and is ranked among Engineering News-Record magazine’s top 400 construction companies nationally.
KBE also has donated more than $1.2 million and 5,000 volunteer hours to charity programs in Connecticut and Maryland since 2009 via its 50 Ways to Make a Difference program.
“We established the 50 Ways program 5Â years ago to celebrate our firm”™s 50 years in business, plus the renewed commitment we made to philanthropy when Eric Brown, Simon Etzel and I bought the company in 2007,” Kolakowski said.
