Pflugerville officials amend NorthPointe PUD to allow for senior housing

Pflugerville’s 119-acre NorthPointe planned unit improvement is set to include things like a senior living facility pursuing action by Pflugerville Town Council.

NorthPointe initially went by means of the acceptance method in 2019. The combined-use progress is split into two sections, one 38-acre tract east of SH 130 and just one 81-acre tract west of SH 130.

Council permitted an modification to the PUD at an April 26 meeting, designating 5.3 acres in the japanese tract for senior housing, assisted dwelling and memory treatment.

Robert Wall, a consultant for developer Periscope Money Investments, mentioned Periscope ideas to make a 4-tale senior housing facility on the web site.

The facility would involve roughly 195 overall units, Wall stated. Of individuals models, around 72 would be assisted living and memory treatment, though unbiased living would make up the remaining models.

The NorthPointe PUD needs the advancement keep a ratio of three industrial use structures for every single 500 residential units.

The senior living facility’s assisted dwelling and memory treatment units will not depend towards the total device depend for the function of that necessity.

According to Wall, the facility will also include things like a number of firms open to the community, like a bistro and a salon.

Wall explained dense, walkable communities like the a single planned for NorthPointe make perfect locations for senior housing owing to a deficiency of individual transportation amid more mature inhabitants.

“Where I see senior dwelling heading is to much more places where [residents] can walk outdoors and be in it,” Wall stated.

The product will return for a 2nd examining at council’s subsequent conference May 10.