A Baltimore-based company of senior living communities is hoping to take advantage of a rapidly redeveloping downtown Bethesda.
Brightview Senior Living is proposing a seven-story assisted living building at the site of an existing warehouse at 4907 Rugby Ave and single-family home being used as an office. The building would include between 90 and 98 units with first floor-commercial space and one level of underground parking, said Brightview Vice President of Development Andrew Teeters.
The company has independent living, continuing care, assisted living and dementia care facilities in eight states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The proposal for Rugby Avenue, which Teeters presented on Tuesday night in a required pre- submittal meeting, is one of Brightview’s more urban models of an assisted living community.
The company plans to submit its sketch plan for the project in the next few weeks to the Planning Department. The entire approval process could take a few years.
Teeters and an architect presented renderings of the building and a large roof deck that would be open to residents.
Brightview Senior Living is a division of The Shelter Group, a developer that specializes in senior living communities.
The property was once home to an equipment rental company. This spring, the Tough Temple CrossFit studio took up much of the warehouse space, joined later by the Dansez!Dansez! dance studio.
Renderings via The Shelter Group
