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Left: An outdoor dining area serves both independent and assisted living residents and overlooks
an internal courtyard. Above: The fifth-floor rooftop terrace features outdoor amenities, including
a wine bar, dog run, bocce court, barbecue area, giant chess board, raised planter garden, an
18-hole putting green, and ample covered seating. Below: A wine tasting room is located on the
fifth floor and serves as a gateway onto the roof terrace. Warm woods, soothing blue fabrics, mixed
metals, and brass-gold lighting create a modern and inviting space for gatherings.
20 percent of the project be dedicated to open
space, such as outdoor areas for activities and
landscaping as opposed to the building and
parking, Yancey says.
To overcome these challenges, LRS
started with the steep grade, deciding to
tuck the structured parking into the hill on the
property's north side, creating approximately
74,000 gross square feet of underground
parking with 195 stalls. (There are also 32
surface parking spaces located near the entry
and in the back of the building.) The move
saved money, as well, because the team didn't
have to create a temporary structure to support
the soil while constructing the building.
Placing parking underground also allowed the
full site to be used for the building: a five-story,
373,000-gross-square-foot structure arranged
as two interlocking rings that formed north
and south courtyards.
On the community's first floor, the north
half houses the below-grade parking, while
the south half consists of the main entry and
amenities such as the physical therapy office,
theater, wellness center, and pool, as well as
an independent living courtyard and dining
along the south edge. The choice to group
amenities on the first floor, rather than spread
them throughout the building, was to " activate
the commons and give residents easy access
to outdoor spaces and the local community, "
says Lisa Warnock, director of housing interiors
at LRS Architects. Residential apartments,
including 117 assisted living, 24 memory care,
and 75 independent living units, are arranged
on the second to fifth floors. Additionally,
the south portion of the fifth floor features
outdoor amenities, including a wine bar, dog
run, bocce court, barbecue area, giant chess
board, raised planter garden, an 18-hole putting
green, and ample covered seating.
Thirty of the assisted living units on the third
floor are " assisted living plus " or " hybrid " apartments,
which are fully accessible and constructed
so they could be fully licensed as assisted living,
as per the State of Oregon. They are smaller
than the independent units but feature a higher
level of finishes, full kitchens, and in-unit washers
and dryers. The Springs Living's plan was
to promote the units as independent living with
the ability to become assisted living and allow
residents to age in place. However, after a year
of operating, Stubblefield says the hybrid apartments
have the community's highest vacancy
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