Fox Run at Orchard Park Selects Award-Winning Interior Design Firm
Fox Run at Orchard Park, a Lifecare Retirement Community dedicated to providing active seniors the freedom to enjoy a full array of lifestyle enhancements, announced today that they have selected award-winning design firm Mithun as interior designer
Orchard Park, NY (PRWEB) June 30, 2005 -- Fox Run at Orchard Park, a Lifecare
Retirement Community dedicated to providing active seniors the freedom to enjoy
a full array of lifestyle enhancements, announced today that they have selected
award-winning design firm Mithun as interior designer. Based in Seattle,
Washington, Mithun’s experience and commitment to design based on the
relationships between nature, technology and structures has won them national
acclaim.
Mithun has been recognized with more than 50 design awards in
senior housing from the American Institute of Architects, American Association
of Homes and Services for the Aging, National Association of Home Builders,
Contemporary Long Term Care, Assisted Living Federation of America and
Hospitality Design.
“As we move closer to realizing our vision of
establishing the finest Lifecare community in the area, it is important that we
continue to bolster our development team with proven, industry leaders,” said
Pat Szarpa, director of Marketing for Fox Run at Orchard Park. “Mithun is an
excellent choice for Fox Run, considering the pivotal role they have played in
creating some of the most superb retirement communities across the country.”
“We are excited to be selected to join one of the most impressive
development teams that we have been involved with,” said Bert Gregory AIA, CEO
of Mithun. “We look forward to incorporating many of the great aspects of
Western New York into a design that will be welcoming and stimulating for
residents and their families.”
About Mithun
An interdisciplinary firm
of architects, designers, and planners, Mithun designs sustainable places,
buildings and neighborhoods. Their collaborative disciplines include
architecture, urban planning, interior design and landscape architecture, as
well as national leadership in resource sensitive and sustainable design. For
the past 20 years Mithun has provided design services on over 250 senior housing
projects including more than 20 continuing care retirement communities and has
received more than 50 design awards in senior housing. The firm’s culture
supports employees’ research-based explorations of integrated design that is
sustainable, livable and buildable. www.mithun.com.
About Fox Run at Orchard Park
Fox
Run at Orchard Park is sponsored by the United Church Home Society; a Western
New York based organization founded in 1877, devoted to residential senior
citizen living and care.
When constructed, Fox Run will be located on 52
tranquil Orchard Park acres set at the southeast corner of Route 20-A and
California Road. The site will offer housing options consisting of one and two
bedroom apartments as well as patio homes. Additionally, the Fox Run Community
will offer its senior residents a variety of on site amenities including a
health center, indoor pool, workshop, gift shop, banking facilities and a
variety of restaurants. For more information on Fox Run visit www.foxrunorchardpark.com or call 662-5001.
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