ORO VALLEY, ARIZ. — Nonprofit owner/operator La Posada and architecture firm three: living architecture have unveiled plans for Nakoma Sky, a 268-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson.
The community will be a resort-style complex situated on 79 acres in the foothills of the Catalina and Saguaro mountain ranges. The main building will be 500,000 square feet and five stories tall. Development costs are estimated at between $90 million and $100 million.
When complete, the community will offer 220 independent living units, 24 assisted living units and 24 memory care units.
The development team expects Nakoma Sky will open in early 2019.
Diversified Design and Construction, landscaping firm Talley Associates, interior design firm THW Design, and three: living architecture will collaboratively design the project.