July 18, 2013 Contact - Covenant Retirement Communities

 July 18, 2013
Contact:
Colette Claxton, (954) 752-6872, claxtonc@bellsouth.net
Darlene Foss, (847) 412-7009, DJFoss@covenantretirement.org
Covenant Village Breaks Ground for New Residential Building
Retirement community adding 56 apartments with easy access to
campus amenities and convenient underground parking.
NORTHBROOK, Ill., — Covenant Village of Northbrook broke ground on July 17 for The
Evergreen, a new $30 million residential building on the continuing care retirement community’s
55-acre campus located at 2625 Techny Road, Northbrook, Ill.
Covenant Village of Northbrook broke ground on July 17 for The Evergreen, a new $30 million residential building
on the continuing care retirement community’s 55-acre campus. Pictured left to right: Steve Johnson,
Principal, PFB Architects; Rick Fisk, President, Covenant Retirement Communities; Sandy Frum, Village President,
Village of Northbrook; Tensley Garris, President, Northbrook Chamber of Commerce; Marthe Nelson, Future
Resident of The Evergreen; Sam Paravonian, President of Residents Council at Covenant Village; Neil Warnygora,
Executive Director, Covenant Village; Jim Leopardo, CEO, Leopardo.
The 114,000-square-foot, three-story building will have 56 apartments for independent
residential retirement living. Each floor will have a variety of one-, two- and three-bedroom
apartments ranging in size from 767 square feet to 1,480 square feet. Overlooking the campus
pond, the first floor community room will include an adjacent serving kitchen.
“The Evergreen will expand our supply of state-of-the-art residential accommodations,” says
Covenant Village of Northbrook Executive Director Neil Warnygora. “That will make us even
more desirable to North Shore retirees who want to live in a vibrant residential community and
know that if they need assistance down the road, the services they need will be available right
here at Covenant Village.”
Village of Northbrook President Sandra E. Frum; Northbrook Chamber of Commerce President
Tensley Garris; Covenant Village residents and future residents; Covenant Retirement
Communities President Rick K. Fisk and other CRC officials, as well as Covenant Village staff
members and representatives from the building’s architects and contractor attended the
groundbreaking event.
All of The Evergreen’s apartments will include full eat-in kitchens, the latest finishes and design
details, and washers and dryers. Most will have a patio or balcony; many will have versatile
dens. The building will have an underground garage for 60 vehicles. More than 75 percent of the
apartments are reserved.
Architecturally, The Evergreen will complement the Town Center and blend with the other
buildings on campus. Connected to the Town Center by an enclosed walkway, The Evergreen
will offer convenient access to all campus amenities, including formal and informal dining
venues, the pool and fitness center, programming venues, classes and more.
Covenant Solutions, an affiliate of Covenant Retirement Communities, will oversee development
and collaborate with conceptual designer SB Architecture, Aurora, Colo.; implementation
architect PFB Architects, who has an office in Chicago and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio; and
contractor Leopardo, one of the nation’s 400 largest contractors, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Construction is expected to take 19 months; occupancy is anticipated in early 2015. When The
Evergeen comes on line, Covenant Village will have a total of 356 residential living residences
including apartment and duplex homes; 58 studio and one-bedroom assisted living residences;
and a rehab/skilled nursing center with 50 private and semi-private rooms.
Covenant Village of Northbrook is a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing
care retirement community located at 2625 Techny Rd., Northbrook, Ill. It is administered by
Covenant Retirement Communities Inc., which is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant
Church. For more information on Covenant Village of Northbrook, visit
www.CovenantNorthbrook.org.
The Evergreen will add 56 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments to the residential
retirement community at Covenant Village of Northbrook.
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