Senior Move Managers

A new housing development is being planned for the community’s rising senior population.

On the east side of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, demand is high for affordable senior housing, said Gabriel Layman, general counsel for the Palmer Senior Citizens Center.

Layman said center officials plan to break ground in May or June on a 31-unit housing development on South Chugach Street, near the Palmer Veterans and Pioneer Home. If construction goes as planned, seniors may move in by early 2008, he said.

The apartment complex is part of a plan to build a senior campus on 11.1 acres the Senior Center owns. Layman said a new $6 million senior service facility is next on the list of construction projects. More space for housing, including an assisted living facility and commercial space for shops that cater to seniors are also planned.

“This is just the first step in the long process of creating an integrated senior community here in Palmer,” Layman said. “It’s going to have serious ramifications for seniors here in the Mat-Su for quite a long time.”

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