Westport-based Maplewood Senior Living has announced that it has closed on a 27-acre parcel of land in Southport where it will build Maplewood at Southport, a three-story, 98-unit assisted living and memory care community. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer.
“Maplewood is excited to begin work on the construction of our newest senior living community and appreciate the town”™s assistance in making this project a reality,” said Gregory D. Smith, president and CEO of Maplewood Senior Living. “We had been waiting for the right opportunity to extend our services to the Southport-Fairfield area and believe Maplewood at Southport will answer the demand for much needed services to local seniors.”
The 92,000-square-foot senior living community will “evoke the tradition of the rambling Adirondack and coastal New England style resort hotels of the early 20th century,” according to a press release. The property overlooks Sherwood Mill Pond and is adjacent to Mill Hill Elementary school.
Stein-Troost of Norwalk is the architect, Landtech Engineering is the civil engineer, Milone & McBroom is the landscape architect and KBE Building Corporation of Farmington is the contractor for the project.
Separately, Maplewood Senior Living announced that it will begin construction this summer on a 34-unit expansion of its Maplewood at Darien location. The expansion will increase the 66-unit development to 97 units. Maplewood bought an adjacent property that will be demolished to accommodate the addition. Stein-Troost of Norwalk is the architect and Redniss and Mead is the civil engineer for this project.
Maplewood Senior Living owns and operates six assisted living and memory care communities in Connecticut, as well as additional locations in Massachusetts and Ohio. Future developments include Princeton, New Jersey, as well as the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
