JV DEVELOPING FOUR KC-AREA SENIOR HOUSING PROJECTS

KANSAS CITY — A joint venture between Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development and Principal Senior Living Group is developing four senior housing projects in the Kansas City metro area. The total cost for the four projects will be approximately $30 million. One of the communities has already broken ground. Construction began in May for Benton House at Shoal Creek, an 80-bed assisted living facility located within the Benton Place master-planned community in Kansas City, Mo. The second project, which will break ground this summer, will be Benton House of Lee's Summit, an assisted living city to be located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and Todd George Road in Lee's Summit, Mo. Both projects will be complete by next spring. Plans for the other two projects were not disclosed.