Arizona

PHOENIX — Spectrum Retirement Communities has opened The Enclave at Anthem Senior Living, a 159-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Phoenix’s North Black Canyon Corridor. The 160,000-square-foot community is located on 6.5 acres. It is Spectrum’s fourth in the Phoenix metro area, with four more currently under construction. Spectrum both owns and operates the community. Denver-based Spectrum Retirement Communities LLC operates 36 senior living communities in 12 states from New York to Oregon totaling more than 4,200 units. The company has an additional 16 communities currently under construction.

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Watermark Retirement Communities has opened The Hacienda at the River, a 129-unit assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing community in Tucson. Development costs were estimated at $21 million. Watermark will operate the community, which it developed in a joint venture with The Freshwater Group. The Weitz Company was the general contractor. The new community features a 74,000-square-foot, two-story health care center offering short-term, long-term and hospice care. Also included are 69 assisted living and memory care units spread over a 43,000-square-foot village of single-story homes. The property also houses a 1,600-square-foot stable to offer equine therapy to residents.