The Arboretum Villas

La Grange Park, IL

Plymouth Place Senior Living is a life plan lifecare community located in La Grange Park, IL. A master plan was developed to replace the older cottage homes on their east campus with new Independent Living housing that would attract younger seniors.

The Project

The project was developed as a series of small apartment buildings, Villas, joined by commons spaces and connecting back into the main campus through a new 15,000 SF community building, The Center for Healthy Living. With a focus on an active and healthy lifestyle for those 62 and older, the project did attract a younger senior population than the existing campus and that of the normal industry standards.  

Daniel, while at Eventus, led the Plymouth Place through team building, contract negotiations, master planning, design, resident selection, construction oversight, and assisted with financing, as the project executive.    

Project Status

2 of 3 phases, currently under construction // Completion expected January 2024

Project Size

152,638 SF of new construction and 12,745 SF in renovations

Awards

  • First Place / Renovation/Repositioning (Campus) /2024 Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards / Recognized for the comprehensive campus transformation, including the new Center for Healthy Living and the Arboretum Villas. 
  • Finalist / 2025 Environments for Aging (EFA) Design Showcase / Acknowledged for outstanding design in senior living environments.
  • Silver Award / 55+ Apartment or Independent Living Community / The Nationals NAHB Competition / Honored for excellence in 55+ housing design.
  • Senior Housing Category Winner / 2025 Illinois Real Estate Journal Commercial Real Estate Awards / Celebrated for achievements in senior housing development.

Project Budget

$99.9 MM Bond Financing, $83.5 MM Project Budget, $65 MM Construction Budget

Project Team

  • AG Architecture
  • Spellman Brady Interiors
  • Hitchcock Landscape
  • Space CO – Civil Engineering
  • Pepper Construction – Construction Manager
  • Eventus – Development Consultant
  • Ziegler Capital Investments – Bond Financing