Buckner Villas Launches $29M Expansion In North Austin

NORTH AUSTIN, TX — Buckner Villas, one of Austin’s largest providers of senior living, recently hosted a ribbon cutting today on a $29 million expansion of its GreenRidge independent living residences.

The ceremony officially opened the 122,331-square-foot expansion and celebrated a 16,010-square-foot remodeling project. The expansion includes new apartment homes and amenities, as well as the renovation of

existing common areas to cater to current residents’ needs, as well as those of the retiring baby boomer generation.

Speakers at the July 13 ribbon-cutting ceremony included Charlie Wilson, senior vice president for Buckner Retirement Services, Doyle Antle, executive director of Buckner Villas and Albert Reyes, president/CEO of Buckner International. Buckner Villas partnered with Hill and Wilkinson General Contractors, Barbara J. Vessels Interiors, Inc., an interior design firm, as well as architectural firm D2 Architecture, on the project. In addition, the Buckner International board of trustees, which staged its summer meeting in Austin, participated in the event.

“This expansion was necessary to meet the growing demand from seniors in the Austin area,” Antle said. “This is our second major expansion project in less than seven years and we continue seeing more and more seniors wanting to live at Buckner. Our vision is to inspire residents to live full and happy lives.”

The expansion and renovation project adds 69 one- and two-bedroom apartment homes and 70 underground parking spaces. In addition, it includes an overhaul of the common areas by enlarging the dining room, extending the bistro, adding a theater, broadening the salon and the spa, building a new, larger meeting space, as well as refreshing décor and interior design throughout.

“Our goal has always been to listen to the needs of the GreenRidge residents and many of our renovations incorporate their suggestions and ideas to accommodate their active lifestyles," Antle added. “By increasing our independent living housing and amenities, we have the opportunity to serve up to 138 additional seniors.”

Buckner Villas was acquired by Buckner Retirement Services in 1970 and celebrates its 48th anniversary this year. Buckner Villas, a Buckner Retirement Services senior living community, is a faith-based non-profit community located on a 25-acre campus in North Austin. For more information about Buckner Villas, please visit the community website at www.BucknerVillas.org.

Officials celebrate Buckner Villas expansion during ribbon-cutting ceremony

About Buckner International (provided text):

Buckner International is a faith-based ministry dedicated to transforming the lives of or-phans, vulnerable children, families and senior adults in the United States and internationally. Founded in 1879 in Dallas, Texas, today Buckner serves people through a variety of programs designed to protect children and build strong families. These programs include foster care and adoption, family transition programs, community-based family preservation programs and retirement services for senior adults. Buckner also provides humanitarian aid and crisis relief to poverty-stricken children and families. Learn more and get involved at Buckner.org.

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