Plans announced for luxury senior living at Kiawah Island
July 23, 2018
Kiawah Partners, master developer of Kiawah Island and owner of the private Kiawah Island Club, has partnered with Big Rock Partners, a real estate investment management and development firm, to build a senior living rental community in Freshfields Village.
The 200-unit community for seniors aged 55+ will consist of club residences for independent living, assisted living units, and memory care units. Big Rock Partners, based out of Florida and California, is an industry leader in new-generation senior living and has opened two similar senior living communities in the past year. Its communities, set in other prime locations and with resort-style amenities, offer a rental alternative to traditional continuing care retirement communities that require upfront entrance fees.
The as-of-yet unnamed community, estimated to cost $125 million, will be built overlooking the lake next to Freshfields Village, a town-center style mix of shopping, dining, and businesses, and across from the Andell Inn.
With plans to break ground in late Q4 2018, Kiawah Partners and Big Rock Partners have assembled a best-in-class design and architecture team, including architects at LS3P, landscape architects at SGA Architecture, general contractor Balfour Beatty, and the Kiawah Partners design and development team. Life Care Services, an LCS Company, will manage the new community upon completion.
The community will have its own movie facility, multiple pools, a state-of-the-art fitness facility with a yoga studio, and multiple food and beverage options.
The community is currently slated for completion in Q1 2020.
About Kiawah Partners
Kiawah Island is a 10,000-acre barrier island located 21 miles south of Charleston, South Carolinas that has been masterfully developed by Kiawah Partners for over 40 years. Kiawah Partners owns and operates the only brokerage firm with offices on the Island, Kiawah Island Real Estate, as well as the private Kiawah Island Club. The Club encompasses the River Course by Tom Fazio, the Cassique Course by Tom Watson, the Beach Club by Robert A.M. Stern, Sasanqua Spa, the sporting club and 9,000-square-foot Sports Pavilion, three private restaurants and the Golf Learning Center. The island is home to hundreds of species of animals and ten miles of pristine beach due to the developer’s lifelong commitment to conservation and respect for the natural environment.
