FORT MYERS, FL—Quadrum Global, an international developer and investment firm focused on value-added properties, has acquired a 32.5-acre site at 7650 Gladiolus Drive in Fort Myers, with plans to build a resort-style senior living community.
Connected to the adjacent 279-acre Lakes Regional Park, the property is currently approved for up to 460 units and an additional 100,000 feet for commercial use. Quadrum's preliminary plan — subject to architectural and feasibility studies — includes creating 335 rental units spread across 264,070 square feet. Early projected housing mix will be comprised of 160 assisted living apartments, 125 independent living apartments and 50 independent living cottages. An additional 88,000 square feet will be used for 590 surface parking spaces.
Quadrum Global has formed a separate entity, called Quadrum Senior Living Management, to manage the community's construction and operations. Colin Marshall, a senior living veteran with more than 20 years of management experience ranging from on-the-ground property-level management to portfolio-level oversight, will lead this entity.
Because of its weather conditions, recreational offerings and world-class medical infrastructure, Lee County, Florida boasts one of the nation's fastest-growing populations. From 2000 to 2010, the 55-and-older population in the country grew nearly 40%, mirroring the county's total population growth over the same period. By 2030, Lee County will rank fourth among all of Florida's counties in senior population. At the same time, with an occupancy rate of 96%, supply remains extremely tight for highly amenitized, modern senior living options. Already-long waiting lists for these communities are expected to become longer as demand continues to grow faster than supply over the next 15 years.
“Southwest Florida and general and Fort Myers area in particular continues to see an explosion in population growth, and seniors are leading the way,” said Oleg Pavlov, Quadrum's chief executive officer. “For Quadrum, this development project represents a tremendous opportunity to answer an important need for the area's growing senior population. We expect this project to be the first of many as senior living becomes one of our core strategies in the U.S. ”
Seth Schumer, Quadrum's director of U.S. investments added: “We also view this investment as an opportunity to apply Quadrum's substantial hospitality expertise for creating a differentiated product and senior living experience that stands apart from the impersonal, institutional offerings still so common in the industry.”
Located within a five-minute drive from the Healthpark and Gulf Coast Medical Centers — two of the state's largest and most modern hospitals — and 12 other unaffiliated medical office complexes, the planned senior housing community will also be rich in its amenity offerings. These will include three-meals-per-day, restaurant–style dining; once-per-week house cleaning; numerous social spaces, including a café, multiple living rooms, a movie theater and a computer center; walking paths through a wooded preserve; a resort-style pool and clubhouse; onsite hair and nail salon; shared medical offices; therapy and massage rooms; organized trips and activities; transportation to local shopping; and a 24-hour nursing station available to assisted living residents
Quadrum is a global real estate developer and investment form focused on value-add opportunities. Through its network of six offices and affiliates worldwide, the firm is currently targeting value-add opportunities mainly in the US and the UK. Since 2005, the group has committed over $1 billion in capital to real estate assets and grown its total portfolio to $2 billion.
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