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, which purchased more than nine acres last year onNational Road, is about to launch two health care centers on the The first is a “towmn square-style” project with a 54,000-square-foot building that will housre assisted living, skilled nursing, short-termk and outpatient rehabilitation The company also will be building a 25,000-square-foot centeer next door specifically for patients with Alzheimer’s or otherf forms of dementia. The two buildings within the campus are yet unnamed and will bringg 130 nursing carebeds — 100 withih the town square and 30 at the otherd building. Construction is set to begin in late April and take sevehn to nine monthsto complete.
Trilogy is in negotiationxs with a Louisville construction company to build the The new campus is expected to openin spring, 2010. Leo senior vice president of business development for Trilogy, expects success in the Daytobn market. The company has 56 campuses in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and alreadty has substantial plans for Whitt said the compant has an option to buy a third parcel adjacent to the others and would likelybuild independent-living villas if the othefr buildings are successful. Therde is expected to be a 22 percentf increase in Montgomery County residentse older than 60 by according tothe Scripp’s Gerontology Center at .
The center estimates more than 122,00p senior citizens will live in the countyby then, an increasse over the roughly 100,000 currengt residents. In addition to the risint numberof seniors, Whitt said the company also examinee income levels and other factors. “Beforee we choose a site, we’ll look at demographics and see if incom e level and age match our servicexs and whether the marketis underserved,” Whitf said, “In Dayton, all those things were true.
” Whitg said the project won’t be the typicall assisted living or senior home peopled are used to The “town square” model divides the building into neighborhoods and attemptw to create a community rathert than an institution. “It’s a really different model,” Whitt Instead of the typicalnursiny station, there will be a large atrium, along with a professiona l chef, and extras such as a large fire He said the company has not decided its pricese for rent and services. Trilogy will hire nearlty 170 employees to start 150 throughout the main health campus and 20 at theothetr building.
The company will begin hiring four to six monthsz before opening with marketing and administration jobs followed by nurses and patient care The company will increase staff as residentsamove in, Whitt said. Bill Singer, Englewood’as economic development director, said the developmenft will be a boon for the located northof Dayton. Without any incentives from the Englewood was happy Trilogy chose the location onits own. “It will be a greatg big impact forthe city,” Singe said.
“It’s a definite job creator and will generateincome tax, whicbh will be a big