Construction begins on retirement apartments

by Emily Adams The Daily Home

Construction on Coosa Village Apartments began a few weeks ago in Sylacauga. The complex on 13th Street will house residents age 55 and older. Photo by Bob Crisp/The Daily Home

The future Coosa Village Apartments is on about 15 acres on West 13th Street.

Plans for the 53,588 square-foot complex include 56 one-story, brick units with a layout similar to duplexes.

There will be 25 one-bedroom units, two one-bedroom handicapped units and one one-bedroom unit for the sensory impaired. Plans also include 26 two-bedroom units, one two-bedroom handicapped and one two-bedroom for the sensory impaired.

Each one-bedroom unit will be about 820 square feet, and the two-bedroom apartments will be about 1,000 square feet.

The complex will include a community building, mail center and gazebo, as well as 112 parking spaces for residents and guests.

Coosa Village Apartments, Ltd. chose Sylacauga in response to the citys large population of senior citizens.

A 2010 census from the U.S. Census Bureau showed of 12,749 citizens, 3,746 are at least 55 years old, a number the census said is expected to rise.

Birmingham-based Park Lane Construction is building the complex, which is privately owned by Coosa Village Apartments, Ltd.

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Construction begins on retirement apartments