Building envelope finished for $54M Braemar assisted living project

Richard Filaski, managing director of developer FilBen Group, says that the $54 million assisted living project Braemar at Montebello is on track to open next year with the recent completion of the building’s structural system and building envelope. FilBen is the owner/developer of the project, which includes equity partner RSF Partners, general contractor McAlpine Contracting and designer H2M Architects + Engineers.

The facility will have a total of 133 residential units. There will be 66 one-person studios of approximately 400 square feet each, 14 one-bedroom units and 53 two-bedroom “Friendship” units both approximately 600-square feet each.

Public spaces include a 3,500-square foot main dining room and a private dining room for celebrations and private dinners. There will be a 1,200 square-foot pub and game room. There also will be a café, business lounge, general store, arts and crafts room, family lounge with an adjacent kids’ room, a beauty salon, coffee shop, and fitness center adjacent to a wellness center.

The Montebello property will be FilBen’s third Braemar assisted living facility. The Braemar at Medford in Medford, New York, opened in 2008. The Braemar at Wallkill in Middletown, the second property to open under the brand, welcomed its first residents in 2015. FilBen plans to begin construction of its fourth property, a 152-bed assisted living community in Carmel, N.Y. in the coming months.