The Lodge

MORGAN HILL, CA

Goal: Address the overwhelming demand for permanent, affordable senior housing in the Bay Area.

Located in Morgan Hill, a quiet community just south of Silicon Valley, The Lodge is more than just housing; it’s a vibrant community designed with holistic health in mind. The 138-unit senior housing community serves as a sister property to The Huntington, another CDP senior housing development nearby. Developed to address the pressing need for affordable senior housing in the Bay Area, The Lodge offers on-site meal services 7 days a week. The resident services are designed to foster connection among seniors, many of whom may have experienced isolation, through community-focused art and lifelong learning programs. The Lodge’s amenities and programming are crafted to support older adults long-term.

Features include a commercial kitchen and dining room, an arts and crafts room with a supplementary kitchen, a computer lab, a library, a salon, a game room, and an exercise room. Outdoor amenities include a meandering walking path, bocce ball courts, outdoor dining and BBQ stations, and a dog run. In order to better serve the resident population, there are grab bars in the corridors, automatic exterior doors, wider hallways, and all units have fully adaptable kitchens and bathrooms.

DEVELOPMENT

 Initially conceived as a market-rate congregate care community for seniors aged 55 and older, the project was designed and owned by a prominent for-profit developer. However, the 2008 recession caused the developer to abandon the project, leaving it dormant until an affordable housing developer attempted to revive it in 2010. After two years of stalled progress, the seller turned to CDP to reimagine and advance the concept. CDP, in collaboration with project partners, formed a dynamic team that successfully brought The Lodge to life.

DATA
  • Completion Date: 2014
  • Total Development Cost: $23.7M
  • Affordability: 50% - 60% AMI
  • Total Units: 138
  • Unit Mix: 110 1BD, 28 2BD
  • Sustainability: GreenPoint Rated
TEAM
  • Developer: CDP
  • Architect: Anderson Architects
  • Contractor: SBI Builders
  • Property Management: FPI Management
  • Resident Services Partner: EngAGE

PARTNERS

CDP is proud to partner with these organizations, dedicated to bettering the lives not only of The Lodge’s residents, but of those lower-income residents in surrounding communities.

Partners

EngAGE

EngAGE is a nonprofit that takes a holistic approach to community and creativity by providing on-site arts, wellness, lifelong learning, community building and intergenerational programs to thousands of seniors and families living in affordable senior and multi-generational apartment communities. Providing on-site programs reduces primary barriers to engagement – cost and transportation– maximizing impact.

Founded in 1999 as More Than Shelter for Seniors, EngAGE has worked continuously as leading experts in aging arts programming. In the last few years, they have adapted to include intergenerational communities. The goal of EngAGE is to change lives across generations by transforming affordable housing into centers of community, learning, and well-being.