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Digging in for development
CANFIELD
Canfield city and township officials joined construction workers, Windsor House representatives and Architects Plus architects Wednesday afternoon – all digging with ceremonial shovels into what will one day be a 72-bed senior-living facility.
Officials and Canfield community leaders estimated the project would take about 13 months to complete if the weather cooperates.
Construction is estimated to cost between $10 million and $12 million.
Nora Wiley, Architects Plus architect of Cincinnati, said as someone who works on hundreds of senior-living facilities, she was overjoyed to be working on the Windsor House project to bring the facility to Mahoning County.
“I can honestly say in this area for this skill level of senior-living care, there really is not another facility in the area like this,” she said.
Marie Cartwright, Canfield Township trustee, said she was thankful for the collaboration of both township and city officials on the project.
“We couldn’t have done it without a partnership together – it worked great for both entities,” she said. “We hope to do more of similar-type projects throughout our community of Canfield because that’s what we are. We are Canfield community, and we are working together.”
The township will collect real-estate taxes, and the city would collect income taxes from the owner and employees. The city’s current income-tax rate is 1 percent.
John Masternick, owner and founder of the Girard-based Windsor House, congratulated city and township officials on the “first successful JEDD (joint economic development district) for Mahoning County.”
Mahoning County Planning and Zoning commissioners signed off on the economic-development district between Canfield Township and Canfield city for Windsor House in June 2015. The agreement is for 18.6 acres that is surrounded by the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm on three sides and sits along state Route 446.
The JEDD says the Mahoning County Sheriff’s office will police the area, and the city and township already share the Cardinal Joint Fire District. The city is responsible for providing water and sewer lines to the facility.