Developer breaks ground on $95M senior living project

FORT MYERS — Quadrum Global has broken ground on a new $95 million senior living community in Fort Myers expected to serve as a prototype for similar developments throughout the U.S.

Avida Senior Living, which is being built on a 32-acre tract at 7650 Galdiolus Drive adjacent to the 279-acre Lakes Regional Park, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2018.

The 488,265-square-foot project is slated to contain 272 independent living apartments, 125 assisted living and 35 memory care units and 28 cottage-style residences.