Here's a first look at a $28 million senior apartment complex planned in Harahan
Plans for a $28 million senior citizen apartment complex on about four acres of the former Colonial Country Club golf course in Harahanwere announced Tuesday (March 13) by LongVue Capital and Blake Management Group. The Blake at Colonial Club is to offer 70 assisted-living apartments and 48 memory-care apartments.
The developers expect The Blake to will employ 70 people, a mix of full- and part-timers. The designer is Arrive Architecture Group of Dallas, and the builder will be EBM Group of Mobile, Ala., with Clark Construction of McComb, Miss. Developers expect to start construction in June and open in the fall of 2019, spokeswoman Caroline Barry said.
Amenities include on-site parking, a full-service bar and lounge, a coffee and ice cream shop, a salon and spa, putting greens, a fitness center, a theater room, and an outdoor fire pavilion.
Harahan council OKs plan for senior center on golf course
Assisted-living center to be built on four acres of dormant site
The announcement is the first for the land since the City Council broke a six-year political stalemate Jan. 25 over the future of the Colonial Golf and Country Club property. The 88-acre site has been dormant since the club declared bankruptcy.
Businessmen John Georges and Wayne Ducote bought the property out of Bankruptcy Court in 2012. In January, the City Council agreed to divide about 15 acres near Jefferson Highway into six pieces, with commercial zoning on one lot for the senior complex and on four other lots. The sixth lot, a piece measuring slightly less than 2 1/2 acres flanking Colonial Club Drive near the highway, will be for single-family houses.
There are no immediate plans for the rest of the Colonial property, about 73 acres. About 17 acres are supposed to remain undeveloped for stormwater detention.
Gallery: The Blake at Lafayette
Blake Management Group, headquartered in Jackson, Miss., operates assisted living centers in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. New Orleans-based LongVue Capital, managed by Rick Rees and John McNamara II, says it is a private equity firm focused on debt and equity holdings in companies with as much as $150 million in annual revenue.http://realestate.nola.com/realestate-news/2018/03/colonial_harahan_senior_apartm.html