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Construction Under Way at New Continuing Care Retirement Community

PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Continuing Life Communities, LLC, announced that construction has begun on Stoneridge Creek, the continuing care retirement community coming to Pleasanton, Calif.

According to Troy Bourne, vice president of planning and development for Continuing Life Communities, site grading is under way at the 46-acre campus located at the east terminus of Stoneridge Drive. An official groundbreaking event to celebrate the start of building construction is scheduled for later this year.

Stoneridge Creek, the first new continuing care retirement community of this scale to be built in the East Bay in decades, is also the first in the area to feature single-story homes as a component of a campus-oriented design. The community will offer a comprehensive package of housing options, services and amenities geared toward healthy living for people 62 and older. Approximately two-thirds of the homes in Stoneridge Creek's first phase have already been reserved.

When completed, the community will include up to 635 homes with nearly 20 floor plans ranging from 700-square-foot apartment-style homes to 2,500-square-foot, single-story "villas" with attached garages. Homes will be offered with one-, two- and three-bedroom options, all with full kitchens.

A key component of the new community is its state-of-the-art health center located immediately adjacent to the main Stoneridge Creek campus. The health center, with 68 assisted living apartments (including a dedicated memory support area) and 73 skilled nursing beds, will be licensed by the state's Department of Health Services and Department of Social Services and will be open to the general public as well as Stoneridge Creek residents.

In addition, the new community will offer residents several restaurant venues ranging from casual to fine dining, a library, billiards and card rooms, as well as a computer lab and business center. The gate-guarded community will include indoor/outdoor maintenance of residences, regular housekeeping and linen service, landscape maintenance, scheduled transportation to shopping, local medical offices and places of worship, a 24-hour emergency response system and most utilities. Residents will have access to a host of social, recreational and educational activities, as well as numerous outings to sports and cultural events in the Bay Area.

Other onsite amenities include a spa and fitness center offering various services, treatments and exercise programs with an indoor open-air pool, steam room and spa terrace. Residents will enjoy a short-game golf course, dog park, bocce and croquet courts, garden center, and walking and cycling trails. Stoneridge Creek will also include a performing arts theater for various musical and theatrical performances and lectures, a state-of-the-art movie theater, an art studio and a woodworking shop.

An information center for Stoneridge Creek, open Monday through Saturday, is located at 5698 Stoneridge Dr. For more information, please call 800/849-0023.

Based in Carlsbad, Calif., Continuing Life Communities is the owner/operator of several continuing care retirement communities throughout California, including the multi award-winning communities of La Costa Glen in Carlsbad, Morningside in Fullerton and University Village in Thousand Oaks. Established in 1991, Continuing Life Communities has redefined retirement throughout the state of California with the development and management of nearly 2,000 senior living residences, with more under way.

Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton: Well Worth the Wait

Hacienda Network

Interest in Stoneridge Creek has remained strong despite the lengthy approval process leading up to the unanimous city council vote in September. Already, more than 1,000 individuals have joined the Priority Reservation Program, putting down deposits to reserve their place at the retirement community.

The program, which expires at the end of this year, offers early depositors significantly discounted pricing — and 100% refundability of their deposit, with interest, if they change their mind.

Now that unanimous approval has been given by the City Council, Stoneridge Creek is moving full steam ahead on the project. The next step is construction, which begins in first quarter of 2011.

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Long awaited Pleasanton development moves toward construction

Contra Costa Times

Council members voted to approve development on the Staples Ranch site, ending years of delays and moving forward with the city's biggest development project since the Hacienda Business Park back in the early 1980s.

The approvals ended a three-year wait for seniors hoping to move into the 637-unit community.

"We are thrilled," said Troy Bourne, vice president of Continuing Life Communities. "We can't wait to get started."

Bourne said his company plans to start construction by early 2011.

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Stoneridge Creek retirement community wins City Council's OK

Pleasanton Weekly

The City Council last night gave its final approval to multi-million-dollar development projects on Staples Ranch that will be the largest Pleasanton has seen since Hacienda Business Park was developed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Supporters and future residents of Stoneridge Creek again filled the council chambers Tuesday night, standing and applauding when the council voted 5-0 to approve the senior retirement and care facility. Continuing Life Communities, a prominent senior housing operator with complexes similar to what's proposed on Staples Ranch, has said it has the finances need to start construction once it can obtain building permits, probably early next year. It's possible that the independent living units, that will be built first and in phases, could be ready for their first occupants by early 2013.

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Staples Ranch Plans to Move Forward

The Independent

CLC proposes to construct a senior continuing care community with 635 senior independent living units, a health center that would have 114 assisted living/Alzheimer units plus a skilled nursing facility with 38 beds. Included in the development plans are a club house with multiple dining areas, an auditorium, movie theater, computer room, billiards room, card room, library, medical exam rooms and a beauty salon.

Other amenities would include a wood shop, indoor pool, outdoor pool, tennis court, 4-hole golf course, lake, koi pond, picnic area, and a bocce ball court.

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