Two Plans for Senior Facilities Get Thumbs Up from Arlington

Two firms are targeting one of Arlington Heights’ largest demographics with distinct plans for an adult day care center and a residential facility helping seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Xilin Adult Day Care Center will be located at 145 E. Algonquin Road. Owner Linda Yang requested Arlington Heights grant a land use variation to allow the day care in an area that is currently a manufacturing district. Trustees voted unanimously Monday night to grant that change.

Yang’s day care center is a certified community care program under the Illinois Department of Aging. She has a location in Naperville and is looking to open a new one in Arlington Heights where there is a growing need for adult day care, she said.

Seniors must undergo an assessment through Catholic Charities to quality for day care, Yang said. Certified nurses and about 30 staff are on hand to provide basic care, remind seniors to take their medications, provide lunch and fieldtrips. The center will purchase lunches from Arlington Heights restaurants and take seniors shopping locally.

Xilin Adult Day Care Center has a “very reputable reputation,” Trustee Joseph Farwell said.

The village board also got a first look at a plan for Autumn Leaves Memory Care Facility, a 29,000 square foot residential home on 4.5 acres located at the northwest corner of Arlington Heights Road and Council Trail. LaSalle Group is the developer.

LaSalle Group chose to have a review done just to get the village board’s feel on whether or not it would be in favor of such a project. The group needs to request a zoning change because only an office building would be allowed on the property currently.

Realtors have been unable to sell the property for office space because there is an overabundance of space, attorney Ronald Cope said. He represented LaSalle Group at Monday’s meeting.

A bank owns the property and wants to make sure a zoning change is possible, said Matt Krummick, LaSalle’s regional director of development.

LaSalle has 30 communities, including five in the Chicago area in Vernon Hills, St. Charles and Crystal Lake. A groundbreaking for Autumn Leaves of South Barrington will be held May 31.

The company looks to build in communities with a high senior demographic, he said, adding Arlington Heights has 60,000 seniors living within the area.

Autumn Leaves is a private facility that works to help seniors thrive despite a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia, said Krummick, who grew up in Arlington Heights.

Trustees did express some concern about flooding on the property, but Cope said the project is within a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district that requires the property owner to resolve the issue. Trustees also recommended LaSalle Group meet with neighbors when it decides to formally submit plans.

“We’ve definitely see the property sit vacant for too long and we’d love to get it back on the tax rolls,” Trustee Bert Rosenberg said.