CHICAGO—The Village of Burr Ridge, a Chicagosuburb, has just approved the construction of a 40,000-square-footcommunity that will accommodate up to 76 full-time residents withmemory loss. Anthem Memory Care, an Oregon-basedfirm that owns and operates assisted living centers, will beginconstruction on the $12 million facility in September. This will beits first facility in the Chicago metro area, although they haveplans to build several more.

Upon completion, the community at 15W150 S. Frontage Rd. willemploy about 50 full-time equivalent employees. Anthem's plans forthe community were approved at the bimonthly meeting of the Mayorand Board of Trustees on Monday, July 14.

“We intend to set the standard for the care of Alzheimer's andother dementia in the region for residents, their families,employees, and the community,” says Isaac Scott, aprincipal of Anthem. “We have carefully analyzed the market anddetermined a clear need for stand-alone memory care in Burr Ridge,and expect this is the first of several communities we bring toChicagoland.”