A grand (re)opening was held on August 31, 2017 for the Colonial Manor community in Danville, Illinois. This challenging project provides major programmatic upgrades to an existing 90-bed Skilled Nursing Facility whose original plans date to the 1950s. WJW’s design includes a new addition and substantial renovations to this legacy building to promote the operator’s…
A grand opening was held on August 31, 2017 for White Oaks of McHenry. The project is a 40 unit, memory care facility designed to serve older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia. The building will be managed by Gardant Management Solutions. It is located adjacent to Gardant’s Heritage Woods of McHenry Assisted Living,…
Hope Manor II was recently selected the winner in the Urban category for the 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards by Affordable Housing Finance.
The first tenants have begun to move into units under the Home First Illinois project. Home First Illinois provides affordable, community-based housing for people with disabilities transitioning from institutions. Bill and Elizabeth, along with others at WJA, has partnered with IFF in this new venture since December of 2011. More information on this first unit…
Bill and Elizabeth recently attended the press conference announcing the launch of the Home First Illinois Initiative. Governor Pat Quinn was on hand to announce commitment of funds from the Illinois Jobs Now! capital program to provide support for the new initiative that plans to create new independent living opportunities for Illinoisans with disabilities. In…
Countryside Senior Apartments provides quality affordable housing for seniors in a high performance building. This 70 unit independent seniors project is one of the first affordable housing developments in the region to earn LEED Silver Certification. Sustainable design techniques that helped in this achievement include natural stormwater management techniques, a solar thermal hot water system, high reflectance…
William Worn and Diane Baker recently attended the groundbreaking for Heritage Woods of Charleston. Bill looks pretty handy with that golden shovel.
New furniture in the building means it’s close to finished! Check out some of the interiors for Countryside Senior Apartments:
Exciting news from Gifford, Illinois: Country Health, Phase One is now complete.
December 17 was the grand opening of the newest supportive living facility in Chicago – Saint Luke Renaissance – Greenview Place. It is a 107 unit building in the Lakeview neighborhood that will provide affordable housing and supportive services for seniors. The event was attended by a host of dignitaries, including the Mayor of Chicago,…
