Construction Underway at Powell Senior Living

    COLUMBUS, OH, January 06, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Construction is underway on Powell Senior Living, a project of Spectrum Retirement Communities, a Denver-based company ranked in the top five senior living companies for excellence by its peers. The new senior living community will offer seniors in Powell and the surrounding areas luxurious senior living at an affordable price, with Spectrum's distinctive flexible and affordable month-to-month leasing programs.

Weis Builders is general contractor for the project, designed by architectural firm Gastinger Walker Harden + BeeTriplett Buck + Kincaid Malone.

Located in the retail district along Sawmill Parkway and Powell Road, the community will feature 126 Independent Living residences ranging in size from studio apartments to two-bedroom units. Residents can take advantage of the community's top-flight amenities, chef-inspired dining and Colors of Spectrum wellness and entertainment activities or access the many attractions in the area.

"Spectrum communities are designed to provide life-enhancing choices," said John Sevo, managing director of Spectrum Retirement Communities. "Our residents have a world of options within our campus, while amenities such as health care, shopping and recreation are nearby. Powell is already one of the best places to live in the country, we hope to enhance the community with new living options."

Powell is Spectrum's second community in Central Ohio and the third in the state. All residences within the three-story, 131,000-square-foot community have been planned to maximize health, independence, security and ease. Elements of the company's extensive activities program were recently featured on NBC Nightly News in a story about the rise in mobile and social gaming.

About Spectrum Retirement Communities
Denver-based Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC is considered a leader and innovator in senior living. Ranked in the top five senior living companies for excellence by its peers, the privately held company owns and operates 23 senior living communities in 11 states from New York to Oregon. Spectrum currently employs a staff of more than 1,700 and oversees more than 3,000 apartments. Celebrating its tenth year of operations, the rapidly growing company has seven communities under construction and will manage 3,380 senior apartment homes by 2015. For more information, visit www.spectrumretirement.com.

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