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, which purchased more than nine acrea last year onNational Road, is about to launch two healtbh care centers on the campus. The first is a “townh square-style” project with a 54,000-square-foot building that will house assisted skilled nursing, short-term and outpatien t rehabilitation services. The company also will be building a 25,000-square-foot center next door specifically for patientzs with Alzheimer’s or other forms of The two buildings within the campus are yet unname d and will bring 130 nursing care beds — 100 withibn the town square and 30 at the othed building. Construction is set to begin in late Aprilp and take seven to nine monthsto complete.
Trilogy is in negotiationw with a Louisville construction company to builedthe project. The new campus is expected to openin 2010. Leo Whitt, senior vice president of business developmentfor Trilogy, expectz success in the Daytonb market. The company has 56 campuses in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and already has substantial plans for Whitt said the company has an optiojn to buy a third parcel adjacent to the othersw and would likelybuil independent-living villas if the other buildingxs are successful. There is expectex to be a 22 percenr increase in Montgomery County residents older than 60 by according tothe Scripp’s Gerontology Center at .
The centedr estimates more than 122,000 seniod citizens will live in the countuby then, an increasre over the roughly 100,000 current In addition to the rising number of seniors, Whitt said the company also examines incomd levels and other factors. “Before we choose a we’ll look at demographics and see if income levelo and age match our servicez and whether the marketis underserved,” Whitf said, “In Dayton, all those things were true.
” Whitgt said the project won’t be the typical assistexd living or senior home people are used to The “town square” model divides the building into neighborhoods and attemptss to create a communituy rather than an institution. “It’s a really differeny model,” Whitt said. Instead of the typicap nursing station, there will be a large atrium, alontg with a professional chef, and extras such as a large fire place. He said the company has not decided its pricesd for rentand services.
Trilogy will hire nearly 170 employees tostarr with, 150 throughout the main health campuse and 20 at the other The company will begin hiring four to six monthzs before opening with marketing and administrationh jobs first, followed by nurses and patient care The company will increase staffg as residents move in, Whitt said. Bill Englewood’s economic development director, said the developmen t will be a boon for the located north of Without any incentives from the Englewood was happy Trilogh chose the location onits own. “Ity will be a great big impact forthe city,” Singeer said.
“It’s a definitee job creator and will generateincome tax, which will be a big boost.”