$72M Houston retirement community underway

​​​​​HOUSTON - ​​The expansion of a Senior Quality Lifestyles Corporation retirement community is underway in Houston.

The Buckingham project is estimated to cost $72 million and add 183 new residences. 

The expansion follows The Buckingham acquiring six additional acres of land. 

There will be 106 independent living apartment homes, 27 assisted-living suites, 18 memory care residences and 32 private skilled nursing rooms.

The first phase of the project is anticipated to open during the first half of 2017. ​

Although construction is not finished, the new independent living tower is already 75 percent pre-sold. ​​