West Orange Senior Housing

West Orange Senior Housing is a new, 65-apartment affordable senior community developed by The Alpert Group in partnership with The Township of West Orange. This redevelopment was conceived within the context of a holistic, forward-looking municipal planning process that carefully assessed the remaining serviceable life for one of the town’s older municipal buildings while recognizing the need to construct a new library. This process identified the potential to adaptively reuse the obsolete library site to create new housing that would enable local seniors to age in place, within their community of choice. A part of the library building remains for future redevelopment as a senior community center.

The new development serves a mix of income ranges between 30% – 60% Area Median Income, provides on-site age related supportive services, and is restricted as affordable, age-qualified housing in perpetuity. Five apartments are set aside for individuals who have formerly experienced homelessness.

Thriven Design provided architectural, engineering, and energy program administration expertise for the design and construction of West Orange Senior Housing. The apartments are comprised of 61 one-bedroom units, averaging 650 SF each, and 4 two-bedroom units, averaging 875 SF each. Residents will have access to on-site parking, supportive services, and age-friendly features.