Avenir’s 4,750-acre sprawl of land — which was formerly a ranch — is the last undeveloped area of its kind in the city.

Known in the industry as a micro-hospital for its smaller-than-average number of beds, it will be built at the community’s Town Center. It will be the first place of employment for Avenir, with about 50 workers.

The hospital will be one of three buildings to make up 13-acre “Avenir Health Park,” with the hospital on the western side and two medical office buildings on the eastern side. One of the medical office buildings is more than 46,000 square feet and three stories high, and the other is more than 25,000 square feet and two stories high.

The neighborhood hospital is “the perfect opportunity” to boost healthcare access in the region with top doctors and the latest advances in facilities, according to Dr. David R. Nelson, senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health.

Twenty hospital beds in nine patient rooms will sit on the second floor of the two-story hospital, and developers plan to add nine more over time.A road that will connect Northlake Boulevard and Avenir Drive will give drivers access to the health park. The road will have an 8-foot sidewalk on the west, a 12-foot pathway on the east side and 10 feet of landscaping on both sides.
Crews will build three covered parking structures with 412 regular parking spots and 10 spots with electric car charging stations that can charge two vehicles each.

Council member Marcie Tinsley questioned why the owners won’t have security on the site. A spokesperson for Cotleur and Hearing, the agent for the project, said a key-card system will provide access to the building.

Every council member praised the project and it passed with a unanimous vote.

“(The hospital) is in a perfect location. This is a win-win and a great facility,” council member Bert Premuroso said.

‘Anti-monotony’ model homes to arrive at Avenir

Council members approved 10 model homes to be built in a 51-acre neighborhood on Avenir’s western side, where 144 single-family homes will land.

Marty Minor with Urban Design Studios, the agent for the project, said that the neighborhood will focus on “anti-monotony standards.” They intend to break away from a cookie-cutter style of homes.

Each of the model homes will follow one of three design themes: “tropical modern” with cool-tone colors, “mediterranean” with warm tones or “florida vernacular” with neutral colors. 

The size of the homes will span from a 1,668-square-foot model with two bedrooms and two bathrooms to a model of 2,800 square feet with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Each lot will be 65 feet wide and 130 feet deep.

As for the landscaping on what is being called “model row” where the 10 homes will lie, Minor said that crews will plant wax myrtle, Japanese fern, Southern magnolia and palm trees.

Council members approved the plan in a unanimous vote.

“I love seeing the anti-monotony,” Mayor Chelsea Reed said. “I live in a neighborhood that has monotony and this matters. Hopefully, we will keep seeing more and more of that.”

Home permits, roadway construction underway

Nine residential neighborhoods within the Avenir community are under construction. As of November, the developer received more than 700 home permits and certificates of occupancy for more than 367 homes.

Construction for widening Northlake Boulevard from four lanes to six lanes from 140 Avenue North east to the future extension of State Road 7 is underway. Crews installed a traffic signal at Avenir Drive and Northlake Boulevard, which was set to activate by the end of November.

What’s being built in the luxury community of Avenir?

Over the next five years, other projects in the luxury community will include:

• A new Palm Beach Gardens fire station south and west of Coconut Boulevard and Avenir Drive. 
• A town center with a supermarket and drive-thru pharmacy, a drug store with a drive-thru window, 55,000 square feet of restaurant space and 250 townhomes, plus 120,000 square feet of office space.
• An 18-hole golf course and training facility designed by Jack Nicklaus and Justin Thomas.
• A 16,000-square-foot clubhouse on the west side of Avenir will have two pools, cabanas, pavilions, a fitness center, eight tennis courts, six pickleball courts, a spa and a kids’ zone.
• A 60-acre site that could have up to 1 million square feet of office space.
• A 600-student elementary charter school operated by Somerset Academy.

Maya Washburn covers northern Palm Beach County for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida-Network.

Verde Medical Center will be a 39,000-square-foot, Class A medical office building located at the southwest quadrant of Williams Field Road and Recker Road in south Gilbert. The building is part of a larger mixed-use project called Verde at Cooley Station which includes approximately 95,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and fitness operators, a 25,000 square foot of creative office building and three multi-family residential projects totaling more approximately 750 units.

“We are excited to enter the East Valley medical office market and to bring this exceptional project to life,” said Robert Sina, Principal with Sina Companies. “Verde Medical Center will provide an important new hub for healthcare in Gilbert and an important amenity for the region. This was an ideal opportunity for us to enter this market and create a significant new Class A medical property.”

Norman Brody, Managing Member of the team developing Verde at Cooley Station, said the new medical office building will be a key component in the overall development.

“We are pleased to have such an experienced medical office team in Sina Companies and Plaza Companies working with us on this exceptional project,” he said. “There’s a significant need for new medical office product in this area, and Verde Medical Center will be a high-quality addition to this growing part of the community.”

Already, Sina Companies and Plaza Companies have reached agreement with three tenants of the new medical office building, with more negotiations ongoing:

• Adventure ABA, LLC, a local Arizona company that provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy in Phoenix and surrounding areas for the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders.  This will be their fourth Valley location and they have been serving the Valley for more than five years.

• Desert Valley Pediatric Therapy:  Founded by a Speech Language Pathologist, Desert Valley Pediatric Therapy offers speech, occupational, and physical therapy to children with a variety of developmental delays and injuries. DV Pediatric Therapy has one other location in the Ahwatukee area and looks forward to serving the east valley families.

• Ignite Physical Therapy provides Osteopractic physical therapy for adults, along with other services including integrative dry needling, ASTYM, Myofascial cupping, functional strengthening and more. Ignite PT has one other location in Chandler.

“We are very pleased with the leasing activity we’ve seen around Verde Medical Center and the excitement about what it will bring to the community,” said Margaret Lloyd, Senior Vice President-Brokerage Services with Plaza Companies. “This facility has already drawn a significant amount of interest from healthcare practices that want to expand their footprint in the East Valley, and we are looking forward to welcoming even more practices to this new building.”

The intersection of Williams Field Road and Recker Road has seen explosive growth in housing over the past couple of years with just under 5,000 multi-family and single-family housing units within walking distance of Verde Medical Center, and more under development. This growth is the driving force behind the need for this site and for more medical office out in the community, not just on hospital campuses.

Plaza Companies currently has approximately 12 million square feet in its overall property portfolio, including numerous high-profile projects including SkySong, The ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center, Park Central, the Creighton University-Phoenix Health Sciences Campus and the TGen Building, among others.

At least 125 new jobs will be created by the company’s capital investment of $55 million for its new 150,000-square-foot facility and manufacturing equipment. Average annual earnings per worker at the Tradition facility are estimated to be $47,000 plus benefits, 16% higher than St. Lucie County’s average wage.

Originally established in a garage in 2002 and now headquartered in Meriden, Connecticut, Accel currently operates three manufacturing facilities in Indiana and Connecticut. The company produces and distributes high-performance wire and cable products for use in aerospace, medical and telecommunications equipment.

“We are excited to expand our footprint into Florida and tap into the great resources that the city of Port St. Lucie has to offer. We also look forward to becoming an important part of the community,” said Accel Chief Financial Officer Tim Cummings.

“Accel will be a wonderful asset for our community. The company’s manufacturing jobs are exactly the type of higher-wage jobs we have been wanting for our county’s dynamic workforce,” said St. Lucie County Commission Chair Sean Mitchell. “Accel is also planning on training partnerships with our schools and that is a great opportunity for students throughout our county.”

“Today’s groundbreaking on Accel International’s 40 acres in the Tradition Center for Commerce is another milestone in the ongoing diversification of the city’s economy,” said Port St. Lucie Mayor Shannon Martin. “In addition to higher-wage jobs, investment by companies like Accel make it possible for the city to continue to provide a high level of services and amenities for our residents while also reducing tax rates.”

“We began our relationship with Accel over two years ago by initially searching for an exciting facility to renovate. Not being able to find a viable option, we considered many alternatives within the southeastern U.S. for a ground-up facility and finally chose Port St. Lucie,” said Malcolm Sina, executive chairman of Sina Companies, the project’s developer. “Having developed projects in over 30 states, it has been a real pleasure working with everyone in the city of Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, and the state of Florida.”

“This is what we do. It’s exactly what we need to be focusing on, in particular a focus on manufacturing,” said Florida Secretary of Commerce Mark Adler, who attended the Accel International Dec. 9 groundbreaking in his first official appearance following his appointment to the position of commerce secretary and interim president/CEO of Enterprise Florida on Dec. 8. “Florida is open for business.” The state funded $3 million in 2017 toward the development of road the facility is located on.

“Our focus on recruiting clean, high-paying manufacturing jobs to St. Lucie County continues to pay off,” said Pete Tesch, president of the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County. “We are very proud that Port St. Lucie was selected for Accel’s expansion over two sites in Connecticut and one in North Carolina.”

The company’s vice president of sales, Kyle Senk, told the approximately 100 groundbreaking ceremony attendees that Accel’s manufacturing equipment is expected to arrive at the new facility in June or July. Senk said the project is the company’s largest capital investment to date, and will be its most technologically advanced.

The EDC is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting economic vitality in St. Lucie County through the attraction, retention and expansion of businesses in the community. The EDC works in partnership with local governments and the private sector to advance its goals of creating more and better-paying jobs for residents, broadening the tax base and improving St. Lucie County’s economic quality of life. Contact the EDC at 772.336.6250 or www.youredc.com.

Accel is a premier manufacturer of high-performance conductors serving the aerospace, medical, industrial and computer marketplace with silver-plated, nickel-plated and tin-plated copper and copper alloy products. Established in 2006, Accel is a privately owned company with three manufacturing locations in Connecticut and Indiana, serving the domestic marketplace with international activity in Canada, Mexico and China.

Project partners, local officials, and residents commemorate the completion of $53 million luxury senior community in Palm Beach Gardens

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, November 16, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Arcadia Gardens ownership, project leadership, staff, and residents were joined by elected officials and members of the business community today for a Grand Opening Celebration commemorating the property’s completion. The $53 million luxury community, located at 3660 RCA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens, represents, an exciting new market-rate housing option for active-adults ages 55 and up seeking upscale, maintenance-free living in one of Florida’s premier retirement destinations.

Representatives from the new community’s ownership partners, Troy, New York-based United Group of Companies (United Group), Palm Beach Gardens-based Sina Companies LLC, and Mayan Properties, an affiliate of Miami-based Aztec Group, were on-hand for the day’s festivities. The Grand Opening Ceremony was highlighted by speeches from Arcadia Gardens’ leadership, as well as ambassadors from local government and the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce. Attendees were also treated to a reception, featuring a catered lunch and musical entertainment.

“Today, United Group is honored to stand alongside our incredible partners to celebrate the Grand Opening of Arcadia Gardens, a milestone that represents, not only the completion of a transformative and beneficial project for Palm Beach Gardens and its seniors but the start of a vibrant new community as well,” said United Group President and CEO Michael Uccellini. “Our relationship with Sina Companies and Aztec Group has delivered a best-in-class senior product that will offer new opportunities for those seeking to embrace upscale, maintenance-free living in one of the nation’s premier retirement destinations, and we couldn’t be more excited for the bright future ahead.”

“Seeing Arcadia Gardens progress from a plan to a development and now a beautiful community has been truly special, and our Sina Companies team is honored to have played a role in bringing this project to fruition,” said Sina Companies Executive Chairman Malcolm Sina. “We’re looking forward to our continued partnership with United Group and Aztec Group and our ongoing work to provide dynamic housing options that benefit both residents and their communities.”

“We are proud to be associated with the Sina Companies and United Group as development partners to deliver Arcadia Gardens as a top-quality senior community within Palm Beach Gardens,” said Aztec Group CEO and Founder Ezra Katz. “Everyone, including the City’s Mayor, Council members, and development staff, contributed to the success of this project.”

Featuring a diverse selection of 220 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a full suite of resort-inspired amenities and shared community features, and a nationally recognized, award-winning resident lifestyle program, Arcadia Gardens offers a unique senior living experience geared toward active adults ages 55 and older. Floor plans range in size from 726 to 2,322 square feet with monthly rents beginning at $2,575.

The property’s community center, a state-of-the-art 15,210 square foot clubhouse offers residents full access to a host of exciting facilities, including an outdoor pool and spa, fitness center, yoga studio, dining room, lounge, movie theater, game room, and salon. The meticulously landscaped grounds feature a lake, community garden, outdoor kitchen, fire pit lounges, fenced dog park, and bocce and a pickleball court.

Arcadia Gardens’ luxury apartments combine elegance and convenience, offering deluxe finishes, quartz countertops, in-unit washers and dryers, screened-in lanais, California Closets®, nine-foot ceilings, and central air conditioning. The community is conveniently located just a short drive away from many of the region’s top shopping, dining and entertainment destinations.

To learn more about Arcadia Gardens, inquire about available units and schedule a tour, visit the property’s website (www.arcadiagardensflorida.com), and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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On Tuesday, Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) staff and board members joined local officials to commemorate the start of construction of the hospital’s new outpatient medical center. The 53,000 square-foot facility, to be known as the Gudelsky Family Medical Center, is located on Route 589 north of Gum Point Road.

“We look forward to many great things from this facility,” said Rolfe Gudelsky, whose family donated $4 million toward the hospital’s Campaign for the Future.

The new center will include an outpatient surgery center, pharmacy, specialty offices, imaging and lab services, and Atlantic Immedicare.

“I believe I speak for everyone when I say we are so excited to be here today,” said Greg Shockley, chairman of the AGH’s board of trustees. “We would not be here today without every person that has ever supported us as a board member or volunteer, medical staff member and associate, Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary member, and all of our past and current elected officials and community representatives who advocated on behalf of our community hospital; you are the reason this project is possible. Special thanks and recognition also go to the Gudelsky Family who believed in and supported our vision for this project.”

The facility, according to AGH President and CEO Michael Franklin, will allow the hospital to expand to five operating rooms, two of which will be at the Route 589 location. Franklin said the new facility would help eliminate wait times and reduce congregating at AGH facilities, something that is critical while COVID-19 remains a concern. He said the pandemic had slowed the project’s timeline but hadn’t weakened the hospital’s resolve.

“We need this Gudelsky Family Medical Center, even more, today,” he said.

The facility, to be developed by the Sina Companies, is described by AGH as the first multi-specialty ambulatory surgery facility in Worcester County. It will allow for the expansion of surgical services while also providing a more cost-effective location for planned outpatient procedures.

The Sina Companies’ Malcolm Sina said the project would serve the Ocean Pines marketplace well.

“I think this project’s going to be very successful,” he said, adding that it would allow for more services to be done in an outpatient setting.

Rolfe Gudelsky’s family foundation donated $4 million toward the hospital’s Campaign for the Future.

Gudelsky said his family was happy to continue its tradition of philanthropy by contributing to AGH’s latest project.

“It’s very important for us to support the community that supports us,” he said.

Steve Green, chairman of the Atlantic General Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, credited the Gudelsky family and AGH’s Campaign for the Future with making the facility possible.

“In addition to this project the campaign enabled AGH to invest $35 million in advancing healthcare delivery in our community through five major capital projects including; the construction of the Burbage Cancer Center, the Women’s Health Center in West Ocean City, and a complete renovation of our second-floor patient care areas,” Green said. “It has been a privilege to witness the philanthropic and generous nature of those involved with our Campaign for the Future. Let this project proudly serve as a representation and constant reminder of your commitment to the health/well-being of our community.”

The building should be completed in early 2023.

Eight months after the first shovels of dirt were turned at the $60 million luxury rental community for active seniors, a new roof has been fastened to the complex’s 15,000-square-foot clubhouse, while work continues on a pair of residential structures.

When complete next year, the complex for people ages 55 and older will feature 220 one- and two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom suites in two buildings on top of a parking area, as well as a state-of-the-art clubhouse. It is being built on land previously occupied by the Amara Shrine Center, which was demolished last November. The adjacent Moose Lodge building will remain.

Construction has continued throughout the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the project remains on schedule, said Michael Uccellini, president, and chief executive officer of Troy, N.Y.-based United Group of Companies, Inc., which is developing the project with Palm Beach Gardens-based Sina Companies and Aztec Group, Inc., a Miami-based investment and merchant banking firm.

The clubhouse is expected to be complete in March, while the residential buildings will be ready for occupancy next summer.

“We are thrilled with the construction progress we have made during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Uccellini said.

The clubhouse will include a living room and fireplace, a commercial kitchen with optional dining programs, a dining room and lounge, a game room, an arts and crafts room, a media center, a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, and a private salon and spa.

All the apartments will have a screened-in patio, a kitchen, a washer-dryer, luxury finishes, and 9-foot ceilings.

Outdoor facilities include a resort-style pool; kitchen and fire pit; croquet, pickleball, and bocce courts; a community garden; a dog park; and a private lake with walking paths.

Residents will have access to the Senior Umbrella Network Program, which offers fitness and aqua aerobics classes as well as other health and wellness services, finance, legal and administrative support, transportation services to stores, pharmacies, and restaurants, education and lifelong learning seminars, and a monthly calendar of social events.

The project has generated a great deal of interest among potential residents, said Malcolm Sina, executive chairman of Sina Companies.

Arcadia Gardens’ website has drawn more than 700 visitors during the last 30 days, Sina said, and there are at least 200 prospective renters. Several already have placed deposits.

Rents start at $2,535 for one-bedroom apartments and $3,450 for two-bedroom apartments.

A sales trailer is in the process of being approved by the city of Palm Beach Gardens, Sina said and should be in place at the construction site by early September. It will be removed once the clubhouse opens in March.

The Arcadia Gardens active adult living complex for ages 55 and older will feature 220 one- and two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom suites in two buildings on top of a parking area, as well as a state-of-the art clubhouse. DAMON HIGGINS/palmbeachpost.com

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Developers SB2-VB, LLC just announced that its mega lifestyle, Live+Work+Play project, Verde at Cooley Station will be adding Quintana, a luxury resort-style apartment community in Gilbert. Quintana, a development of Shaw, Ltd., will be one of two multi-family apartment communities within Verde at Cooley Station. Quintana will offer its residents centralized high-level amenities that will bring individuals and families together with a sense of community and connection.

“Quintana’s design and amenities reflect the high standards of Verde at Cooley Station. Having obtained final design review approval on March 4, I hope to begin construction in October,” said Dennis Shaw of Shaw, Ltd.

Quintana’s unique, modern, and clean design highlights a walkable greenway connecting residents and guests to the main stretch of Verde, which will be made up of restaurants, retail, offices, wellness, and an area called “The Green,” that will hold regular community events and activities. Quintana will offer Studio, 1-Bedroom, and 2-Bedroom apartments. Each apartment features stone countertops, high-grade cabinets, stainless steel appliances, full-size washers and dryers, and a large balcony for each apartment. Other key amenities that will be available at Quintana include:

• Resort-like pool and spa
• 3,000 SF Fitness facility
• Indoor kids play area with separate work/reading room for parents
• Rooftop balcony with full kitchen, seating, covered cabanas, and outdoor table games and other family games
• Community kitchen, Theater room, Game room, Coffee bar, Co-working Space
• Individual offices for rent
• Conference room for meetings
• Garages and carports
• Guest units for rent

Verde at Cooley Station began construction last November kicking-off the first phase of construction for the 23-acre project.

Work on the first phase of the development continues with an expected opening in early 2021.

“Verde will be a gathering place for the community. In addition to offices, retail, and restaurants, Verde will be loaded with unique wall graphics, large scale sculpture in public spaces, a children’s play area and a programmed performance venue hosting a myriad of events,” said Norman Brody, a managing member of SB2-VB, LLC, the developer of the project. The design of Verde at Cooley Station incorporates new and innovative building materials, systems, technology, and architectural expressions.

Verde at Cooley Station will include the Verde Medical Center, being developed by Sina Companies, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, with leasing by The Plaza Companies, Phoenix. Fitness and healthy living are two important tenets of Verde. Guests at the restaurants of Verde will enjoy unique experiences while they dine on the outdoor patios surrounding The Green’s, regular community events and activities. Within a quarter-mile of Verde at Cooley Station more than 2,000 apartments and 1,000 single-family homes are under development. The trade area has more than 215,000 people. Nearby is the ASU Polytechnic campus, the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, and the recently announced Sky Bridge development, the Country’s first joint US-Mexico customs inspection facility, which upon build-out will contain up to 4 million square feet of commercial space employing thousands.

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The $60 million Arcadia Gardens active adult community will be built on the Amara Shrine property just south of Legacy Place.

PALM BEACH GARDENS – With white hardhats and golden shovels, local and national officials broke ground Wednesday on a $60 million luxury rental community for active seniors in Palm Beach Gardens.

A ceremony for the Arcadia Gardens active adult living complex on RCA Boulevard drew executives from the project’s co-developers as well as elected officials and other legal and financial representatives.

The complex, which will be built on the Amara Shrine property just south of Legacy Place, will feature 220 one- and two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom suites in two buildings on top of a parking area, as well as a 15,000 square-foot clubhouse.

The Amara Shrine Center was demolished last month to make way for the complex, which is for ages 55 and over. The adjacent Moose Lodge building will remain.

The Troy, N.Y. based United Group of Companies is co-developing Arcadia Gardens with Palm Beach Gardens-based Sina Companies.  “We’re really excited,” said Malcolm Sina, executive chairman of Sina Companies. “United Group of Companies will be our partner, and they’ve done this successfully all over the country, most recently in Naples and Bonita Springs. They really understand the local marketplace and demographics here.”

Arcadia Gardens will feature two identical ‘L’-shaped residential buildings and a clubhouse.  The clubhouse will include a living room and fireplace, a commercial kitchen with optional dining programs, a dining room and lounge, a game room, an arts and crafts room, a media center, a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, and an onsite private salon and spa.

All the apartments will have a screened-in patio, a kitchen, a washer-dryer, luxury finishes and 9-foot ceilings. Outdoor facilities include a resort-style pool; kitchen and fire pit; croquet, pickleball and bocce courts; a community garden, a dog park and a private lake with walking paths.

The project is “exciting for the city because it provides an inventory of housing we don’t have,” Palm Beach Gardens Mayor Mark Marciano said. “It’s an interesting piece of property that we’re excited to see brought into the city because it fills a niche. It fills a need.”

Rents are projected to start at $2,450 for one-bedroom apartments and $3,295 for two-bedroom apartments, Sina said.  Rent rates are subject to change.
Developers also have agreed to pay the city $550,000 for workforce housing.

Construction on the clubhouse will begin first, followed by the two residential buildings.  The entire project should be completed in about 22 months,  Sina said.
Interest in Arcadia Gardens is high,  Sina said. More than 80 people have been placed on the project’s prospect list, and that figure is expected to grow quickly.

“It’s the demographics and the proximity to all of the amenities that the senior adult would like,” he said. “Nearby there’s two million square feet of retail, good restaurants and the community college with continuing education programs. All of those things are factors to active adult seniors.”

For information on Arcadia Gardens, call Sina Companies at 561-627-8737 or visit www.sinacompanies.com/.

WPTV featured Arcadia in news report on Dec. 5, 2019 – Click here to view the video

Arcadia Gardens, an upscale 55-plus complex will be built on old Amara Shrine Center land, will have 220 units for active seniors

PALM BEACH GARDENS — The Amara Shrine Center on RCA Boulevard came tumbling down last week, clearing the way for a new luxury rental community for active seniors. The 39-year-old building, which hosted monthly meetings of the 500-member fraternal organization, will be replaced by the $60 million Arcadia Gardens active adult community for ages 55 and older.

Site work began this week on the project, which will be built on the 11-acre Amara Shrine property just south of Legacy Place. The complex will feature 220 one and two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom suites in two buildings over parking, as well as a 15,000 – square foot clubhouse.

Troy, N.Y.-based United Group of Companies is co-developing the project with Palm Beach Gardens-based Sina Companies. “We’re really excited for it, ” said Malcolm Sina, executive chairman of Sina Companies. “The more that we talk about it in the community, the more we get a positive response, not only from people in general but from people who feel they would be interested in the project, because it’s really unique in the area here, being a high end, rental-only active adult facility.” Arcadia Gardens will feature two identical “L”-shaped residential buildings and a clubhouse, Sina said. The clubhouse will include a living room and fireplace, a commercial kitchen with optional dining programs, a dining room, and lounge, a game room, arts and crafts room, a media center, a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, and an on-site private salon and spa. All the apartments will have a screened-in patio, kitchen, washer/ dryer, luxury finishes, and 9-foot ceilings. Outdoor facilities include a resort-style pool; kitchen and fire pit; croquet, pickleball and bocce courts; community garden, dog park, and private lake with walking paths. “Our communities provide residents with a full calendar of events and activities that encourage a healthy and social lifestyle, develop lasting friendships, and offer a full community-based living experience with no long-term commitments or financial burdens,” United Group of Companies spokesman Greg Eves said.

Rents are projected to start at $2,450 for one-bedroom apartments and $3,295 for two-bedroom apartments, Sina said. Rent rates are subject to change. Developers also have agreed to pay the city $550,000 for workforce housing. Construction on the clubhouse will begin first, followed by the two residential buildings. The entire project should be completed in about 22 months, Sina said. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 4.

Arcadia Gardens will be the third 55-and over active adult community developed by United Group of Companies in Florida. The others are Diamond Oaks Village in Bonita Springs and Sandalwood Village in Naples. All three are similar in design and amenities, though Sina considers the Palm Beach Gardens location as the best of the group. “We may be biased, but we think our location in Palm Beach Gardens is a little bit better location-wise and demographically,” Sina said. “It’s a very successful prototype that has been developed before.”

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