Highland Park City Council Approves Assisted Living Facility

HIGHLAND PARK, IL — The City Council unanimously voted to grant permission to a developer to build a new assisted living facility on the 900 block of Central Avenue and Deerfield Road, Pioneer Press reported. The developer has offered to create a pedestrian crossing extending into Sunset Woods Park as a public benefit, as well as extend the Deerfield Road sidewalk and improve the Central Avenue sidewalk with landscaping and seating.

Capitol Seniors Housing, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm, purchased 12 parcels, including 10 single-family homes it intends to demolish, to assemble a 1.8-acre site. The firm plans a 86-room three-story facility known as Atria Highland Park. It will have 64 assisted living suites and 22 memory care suites.

The facility would be managed by to be managed by the same firm set to run the forthcoming Atria Glenview, a $28 million project currently under construction. Capitol also owns the Summit of Uptown in Park Ridge, while Atria manages senior residential developments in Bolingbrook, Glen Ellyn and Deer Park.

The firm told the Highland Park news earlier this month it is also under contract to purchase two more nearby properties and has offered full asking price for a home at 1050 Central Ave. where Deerfield and Central meet.

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