BATSON-COOK BUILDS SEVEN SENIORS HOUSING FACILITIES FOR $56M

WEST POINT, GA. — Batson-Cook Construction and its sister company Batson-Cook Development Co. have partnered with Principal Senior Living Group for a spate of new seniors housing facilities in the Southeast. The development team has delivered or is constructing seven facilities totaling $56 million and 275,000 square feet. The facilities, operating under the Benton House brand, are located in Douglassville, Ga.; Johns Creek, Ga.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Woodstock, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Clermont, Fla.; and Bluffton, S.C. West Point-based Batson-Cook Construction is building the Benton Houses at approximately 40,000 square feet each, with each memory-care property housing 55 beds. The company also began a $1.8 million expansion to Benton House of Alpharetta in April.