Tustin’s City Council will consider plans tonight, Sept. 1, for Clearwater at Tustin Legacy, a 6.14-acre community poised to become the Legacy’s first senior living option with on-site care.
Led by Denver-based developer Confluent Development, the project would fill an important housing gap for the Tustin Legacy, city officials said. The neighborhood has grown by thousands of homes over the last few years, but still lacks sufficient options for the city’s senior population. Aside from Clearwater, the only age-restricted option currently available is Coventry Court, a 55-plus, 240-unit apartment complex at Columbus Square, with no care services.
The proposal features a 275-unit senior living, resort-style community spread across two buildings. One 5-story complex would feature 172 apartments marketed toward active, independent seniors. A two-story care facility would feature 75 assisted living apartments and 28 secure memory care studios.
Of the 172 senior apartments, 26 would be priced for lower-income seniors and stay that way for at least 55 years.
If approved, the project would fill one of the last blank spots in Tustin Legacy’s Neighborhood D South, located on the corner of Warner and Armstrong avenues.
The apartment building would include a second-floor courtyard with a pool and spa; a nearly 5,000-square-foot rooftop deck with pickleball courts, along with an outdoor kitchen and a rooftop bar and lounge; a “great room;” and a fitness studio with additional activity rooms. Both buildings would share a community theater, a café and market, and a salon, according to the project proposal before the council.
As for the care facility, residents would also have their own “great room,” along with a wellness center, “aqua lounge” and dining room — all wrapped around a secured, roughly 18,200-square-foot courtyard on the ground floor. The memory care wing includes a proposed communal living room and dining area with a display kitchen.
City staffers have described seniors needing housing and care as “an underserved segment of the community,” and the city’s Planning Commission recently agreed, voting unanimously to recommend the project to the City Council for approval.
If the City Council approves the project at its 6 p.m. meeting today, it will have to take a second required vote for the project to be finalized.