Covenant Village Breaks Ground for New Residential Building

Covenant Village of Northbrook broke ground on July 17 for The Evergreen, a new $30 million residential building on the continuing care retirement community’s 55-acre campus located at 2625 Techny Road, Northbrook, Ill.

The 114,000-square-foot, three-story building will have 56 apartments for independent residential retirement living. Each floor will have a variety of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 767 square feet to 1,480 square feet. Overlooking the campus pond, the first floor community room will include an adjacent serving kitchen.

“The Evergreen will expand our supply of state-of-the-art residential accommodations,” says Covenant Village of Northbrook Executive Director Neil Warnygora. “That will make us even more desirable to North Shore retirees who want to live in a vibrant residential community and know that if they need assistance down the road, the services they need will be available right here at Covenant Village.”

Village of Northbrook President Sandra E. Frum; Northbrook Chamber of Commerce President Tensley Garris; Covenant Village residents and future residents; Covenant Retirement Communities President Rick K. Fisk and other CRC officials, as well as Covenant Village staff members and representatives from the building’s architects and contractor attended the groundbreaking event.

All of The Evergreen’s apartments will include full eat-in kitchens, the latest finishes and design details, and washers and dryers. Most will have a patio or balcony; many will have versatile dens. The building will have an underground garage for 60 vehicles. More than 75 percent of the apartments are reserved.

Architecturally, The Evergreen will complement the Town Center and blend with the other buildings on campus. Connected to the Town Center by an enclosed walkway, The Evergreen will offer convenient access to all campus amenities, including formal and informal dining venues, the pool and fitness center, programming venues, classes and more.

Covenant Solutions, an affiliate of Covenant Retirement Communities, will oversee development and collaborate with conceptual designer SB Architecture, Aurora, Colo.; implementation architect PFB Architects, who has an office in Chicago and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio; and contractor Leopardo, one of the nation’s 400 largest contractors, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill. 

Construction is expected to take 19 months; occupancy is anticipated in early 2015. When The Evergeen comes on line, Covenant Village will have a total of 356 residential living residences including apartment and duplex homes; 58 studio and one-bedroom assisted living residences; and a rehab/skilled nursing center with 50 private and semi-private rooms.

Covenant Village of Northbrook is a faith-based, nationally accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community located at 2625 Techny Rd., Northbrook, Ill. It is administered by Covenant Retirement Communities Inc., which is a ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. For more information on Covenant Village of Northbrook, visit www.CovenantNorthbrook.org.