Sunrise Senior Living Coming In Spring To Old Town Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Sunrise Senior Living is tentatively set to open an assisted living and memory care community in Old Town Alexandria this spring.

Located at 400 North Washington Street, Sunrise of Old Town will offer 91 suites for assisted living residents as well as memory care residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. The community will be a few miles from medical support at Inova Alexandria Hospital and Fresenius Medical Care Dialysis.

The community will offer 80,000 square feet of green space including, gardens, porches, and walking paths, as well as close access to Alexandria's waterfront park. An underground parking garage will provide 54 parking spaces as well as pick-up and drop-off areas.

"Old Town is a historic neighborhood with a unique aesthetic, and it was important to us to honor that history in the design and construction of this community," said Andy Coelho, senior vice president of development at Sunrise Senior Living. "We took cues from the surrounding 18th and 19th century architecture for the building’s exterior, improved the beautiful brick sidewalks for safety, and added trees along the sidewalks to keep that neighborhood charm. Inside, you have all the amenities, conveniences and safety features that one would expect when entering a Sunrise community."

Sunrise is a McLean-based company with 331 communities in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sunrise has implemented infection control and screening measures reduce COVID-19 exposure of residents and staff, as well as support residents' well-being in the time of quarantine.

New residents receive a 15-day planner emphasizing engagement and socialization during the first two weeks in their new home. The planner weeks to address potential loneliness as residents initially quarantine in their suites to reduce the potential of COVID-19 exposure.

On Friday, Sunrise also announced first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been made available to all Sunrise communities in the U.S. Most of the communities will have completed the second dose clinics in the coming days and weeks. As public health officials have not yet determined if vaccinated people can transmit the virus, measures such as face masks, social distancing, and other enhanced infection control measures will continue. Sunrise communities will await further guidance from public health officials concerning long-term care settings.

Sunrise of Old Town has in-person tours and assessments with infection control protocols, as well as virtual tours and assessments. For more information, call 703-828-9128 or visit the Sunrise of Old Town website.