A new 47-apartment assisted living and memory care senior living community is nearly ready to roll out the red carpet and welcome its first residents to their new home.
It’s a plan that’s been brewing for quite some time, according to Josh Crisp, CEO of Solinity, a company that focuses on building boutique-style senior living communities with multigenerational components. The company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, but has partnered with local developers to bring the venture to life right in the center of the city.
“Solinity is excited to form this partnership with the local owners of the community to meet the growing need and insufficient senior housing needs of Plant City,” Crisp said. “I was inspired by the vision that was shared with me by the late owner, Mark Jordan. It seems like not too long ago, Mark was sharing his vision. But that was nearly two years ago. Shortly after his unexpected death, his son Jimmy and business partner, Mike Tatum determined to carry forward his passion and that has inspired us to be part of the team.”
Jordan owned the property for years and originally used it as a palm tree nursery. Over the years, as he waited for the trees to mature, he watched as older adults in the community had to move away to find suitable assisted living facilitates. Looking around his tree nursery, he realized he could utilize it to be “more mission-driven.”
He reached out and began the process of getting the state-of-the-art facility built on his land while keeping many of the trees to add to the aesthetic, hence the name Palm Cove Living.
Right off I-4, the facility will feature nearly 50 apartments built with the latest technology at the residents’ fingertips. Crisp said they want the community to be “future-proof,” so they’re making the community cloud-based. That will help not only cater to the residents’ streaming needs, but will also store all of the facility’s care systems.
The community will also be built with visitors in mind in hopes that adult children or friends of the residents will enjoy relaxing at the facility while visiting their loved ones. There will be a small coffee shop and market with self-serve coffee, barber shop and salon, a spa and wellness room, a therapy center, a game room and more.
Palm Cove will also do things a little less traditionally. Rather than have dining hall-style communal meals, it will feature an all-day dining schedule. Residents will have the choice and flexibility to eat at their own schedule and will be able to order what they want, when they want and have it hot and ready to go a their leisure.
This is the first phase of the facility, according to Crisp, and the hope is at least one more will follow on its heels.
At the end of the month, a leasing and hospitality center will open at 110 S. Collins Street. Folks are invited to schedule an appointment to learn more about the facility.
Visit PalmCoveLiving.com or call 813.444.5299 for leasing information.
“It’s been under construction for six months and if all goes as planned, and if mother nature cooperates, we will open around October of this year,” Crisp said. “There’s 47 apartments and we are really excited about the variety of floor plans and what we can offer to the community. We’re not just excited for the residents and their families that will hopefully find everything they’re looking for here, but we’re also looking forward to the employment opportunities that will come from bringing this community to Plant City.”