News: Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: September 18, 2015
Landry/French selected as construction for two Avita Memory Care facilities
Avita Memory Care, Wells, MEWells, ME Landry/French Construction Company has been selected as construction manager for two new Avita Memory Care facilities to be located in Brunswick and Wells.
Each 45,000 s/f, single-story, wood-framed building will include 60 resident rooms (70-beds). In Brunswick, the new facility will be developed on a 14-acre site at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, now known as Brunswick Landing. In Wells, the new facility will be built on a parcel next to York Hospital and Wells High School.
The projects are a joint venture between Sandy River Co. and The Northbridge Cos.
Construction of the two facilities is expected to be completed in the fall of 2016. The architect is Gawron Turgeon.
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