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Granite Farms Estates overhauls an
existing building with updated layouts,
modern finishes, and additional amenity
spaces to attract new and younger
residents By Amy Carpenter

ALISE O'BRIEN PHOTOGRAPHY

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points

ranite Farms Estates, an ACTS
Retirement-Life Community in
Media, Pa., had undertaken
multiple construction projects
over the years to reposition its
30-plus-year-old community to better compete
in the Philadelphia regional market. In a fiveyear span, the community built a new wellness
center with indoor pool, added a bistro,
enlarged the dining room, and updated all the
common space in the main clubhouse.
In addition to upgrading amenity spaces,
the community also required a refresh of
some of its residential units. An existing care
center, comprising 40 semiprivate long-term
care bedrooms and 40 assisted living studio
units, needed to be updated with larger,
more modern apartments for assisted living
residents and private rooms for long-term care
residents. Additionally, the Elm Building, a fourstory independent living apartment building on
campus, suffered from compartmentalized and
outdated units, low ceilings and narrow hallways throughout the building, and lack of common space. These factors made it the least

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Community
Selling points
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Product Spotlight
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Top 3 Remodel/ Renovation projects
Remodel/Renovation Gallery
Introduction
Product Innovation Award winners
Product Innovation Gallery
Design Profiles
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