Shawnee has advanced plans for a new senior housing development in the central part of the city. Located on about eight acres on the northeast corner of West 63rd Street and Maurer Road, Shawnee Senior Villas comprises 42 multi-family units in a single three-story building. The site, near Swarner State Park and the Shawnee Mission School District Softball Complex, is currently vacant and surrounded by other mixed residential developments. Andrew Danner with North Star Housing LLC, a developer based in Grain Valley, Mo., said they hope to fill a gap in Shawnee’s housing market, particularly for adults 55 and older who are looking for no-maintenance housing options where they can age in place and stay in their community. “It’s our position in looking at these developments and communities that we prefer and feel that the senior housing opens up more opportunities for the community in general,” Danner said. “We think overall, housing in general is desperately needed. We just feel that senior housing is a two-fold thing.”
Source: Prairie Village Post
