Ecumen Announces New Housing Projects

SHOREVIEW, Minn. – (Dec.10, 2020) – Minnesota-based Ecumen, one of the country’s largest nonprofit providers of housing and services for older adults, announced that in 2020, it has opened, launched or moved forward with 12 new owned or managed housing projects in the Midwest, with more on the horizon.

“Our goal is to continue to grow to serve more people through our housing, compassionate healthcare services, and related business lines,” says Ecumen president and CEO Shelley Kendrick. Ecumen’s differentiated model reflects its focus on safety and wellness, and the importance of individually defined holistic health. The organization is including elements of well building design in its new properties.

Ecumen’s projects represent an expansion of more than 975 apartments for older adults. “I’m especially pleased that three of these new offerings are affordable housing,” says Kendrick, who has highlighted affordability as an ongoing housing priority for the organization.

New Ecumen-Owned Properties

• • Ecumen Pathstone Latitude – Mankato, Minn. – February 2021
    • Expansion of Ecumen’s Pathstone campus
    • 56 new independent living apartments in this new building located on the bluffs of the
      Minnesota River – an extension of the large, full continuum of care campus
    • The new building will also house 24 new memory care apartments (Ecumen Pathstone
      Landing)
  • Snelling Yards Senior Housing – Minneapolis, Minn. – summer 2022
    • New development: 100 affordable independent living senior housing apartments
    • 11 apartments are dedicated to homeless veterans
  • Edina Affordable Housing – suburb of Minneapolis, Minn. – summer 2023
    • Owner, Ecumen and Lupe Development Partners
    • New development: 118 affordable housing apartments

Ecumen Managed Properties

• • • Mt. Royal Pines III – Duluth, Minn. – April 2020
      • Existing community: 54 assisted living apartments
    • Rose Senior Living Beachwood – Beachwood, Ohio – June 2020
      • New development: 174 unit blended building – independent living, assisted living, memory
        care
    • St. Croix Forest Heights – St. Croix Falls, Wis. – Nov. 2020
      • Existing community: 30 affordable independent living apartments
    • River Town Heights – St.Croix Falls, Wis. – Nov. 2020
      • Existing community: 25 affordable independent living apartments
    • CedarStone – Cedar Falls, Iowa – early 2022
      • New development: 120 carefree living, assisted living and memory care apartments
    • Quartet – Bettendorf, Iowa – early 2022
      • New development: 120 carefree living, assisted living and memory care apartments

New Cooperative Living Properties

• • Zvago Lake Superior – Duluth, Minn. – Oct. 2020
    • Overlooking Lake Superior, near Ecumen Lakeshore campus
    • 51 units
  • Zvago Stillwater – Stillwater, Minn. – early 2022
    • Located in downtown Stillwater
    • 48 units
  • Zvago Long Lake – Long Lake, Minn. – fall 2022
    • Overlooking Long Lake
    • 57 units

About Ecumen

Founded in 1862 as a Lutheran social service agency, nonprofit Ecumen provides housing choices, compassionate healthcare, and innovative services to older adults. One of the largest providers in the country, Ecumen is recognized for its innovative programming and individualized, person-centered care. The company is a recipient of the 2020 NRC Health Customer Approved Award, reflecting the ratings provided by the residents and family members it serves. Based in Shoreview, Minn., Ecumen operates nearly 100 properties and services in more than 40 communities in multiple states. Housing options include independent living, assisted living, memory care, short-term rehabilitation long-term care communities, and long-term care communities, in addition to offering cooperative living, home and community-based services, hospice, and a durable medical equipment store. The company also provides consulting services in management, marketing, and development. For more information, visit us on Facebook or at ecumen.org.