Brightview Senior Living Community Avondell Receives Regional Recognition for its Environmental Design
Baltimore-based Senior Living Company’s Retirement Community and local Architecture Firm Win Land Development Council Awards
Baltimore, MD — November 5, 2008 –Avondell Retirement Community, managed by Brightview Senior Living, an owner and operator of sixteen Retirement and Assisted Living communities in eight states and Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. (HCM), a full-service Baltimore-based architecture and landscape architecture firm, announced they were awarded a Development Council Award (LDCA) from the Home Builders Association of Maryland. The award recognizes HCM’s planning and design excellence for Brightview’s Avondell Senior Living community.
The LDCAs, sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Maryland (HBAM), presented HCM with the award in the areas of Community Development for Design and Planning and Construction for Avondell Retirement Community. Each winning project is judged on its sensitivity to the community and surrounding neighborhoods, care for the environment and the overall planning and design process.
“I was extremely proud to learn of this award of excellence for Avondell,” said Bryan Burnette, Avondell’s Project Director at the Shelter Group, Brightview Senior Living’s parent company. Mr. Burnette adds, “The entire team was incredibly diligent about creating an exceptional senior living community. Working together with HCM, we developed a beautiful and comfortable home environment for our new Avondell residents.
“We are honored to receive this level of recognition for our work from such prestigious organizations within our industry,” commented Ed Hord, senior principal and leader of HCM’s Housing and Mixed Use Studio. “These awards underscore our leadership position within the housing industry and our ability to create sophisticated design solutions that meet the needs of our clients. We look forward to continue building on this success.”
Avondell Senior Living Community gives residents a vibrant and enriching social environment where housekeeping, cooking, transportation, and maintenance are all provided by caring staff members. Avondell residents enjoy a movie theater, wellness center, hair salon, restaurant dining, pub, billiards room, library, and internet café along with local transportation. Avondell offers seniors independent living apartment homes and twenty-four assisted living apartments with a variety of floor plans.
Operating since 1997, Brightview Senior Living offers 16 senior living communities in 8 states including rental Independent Living, Assisted Living and Continuing Care Retirement Communities. “Vibrant People Creating Vibrant Communities.” Brightview Senior Living is a senior-focused division of The Shelter Group, a privately held company that develops, manages and owns residential real estate while specializing in multi-family and senior living communities. For more information on Brightview Senior Living or the Shelter Group please visit www.brightviewseniorliving.com or www.TheShelterGroup.com.
About Hord Coplan Macht, Inc. (www.hcm2.com):
HCM is a full-service architecture, landscape architecture, planning and interior design firm with more than 30 years of experience in the mid-Atlantic region. HCM specializes in a variety of project types including healthcare, multi-family housing, mixed-use, education, cultural and religious, parks and recreation, office and institutional facilities. HCM’s architecture, landscape architecture and planning clients include University of Maryland Medical System, LifeBridge Health, Struever Brothers, Eccles and Rouse, The Patriot Group, Kettler, and Loyola College.
