Care center rises in Post Falls

Construction of a 120-bed nursing home in Post Falls is nearly complete, while an adjacent, three-story independent- and assisted-living center could take another 18 months to finish, a project manager said.

The structures, called Garden Plaza Post Falls, are rising next to the Wal-Mart off Interstate 90.

“We’re hopeful to be installing the furniture by the middle of August,” said Linda Cross, senior project manager for Cleveland, Tenn.-based Life Care Centers of America Inc .

The approximately 63,000-square-foot, one-story assisted living center, Life Care Center of Post Falls, will include a library, ice cream shop and beauty shop, Cross said. The other roughly 270,000-square-foot building will provide 147 independent-living beds and 95 assisted-living beds. It is slated to offer a fitness center, indoor swimming pool, large meeting room and putting green.

The roughly $50 million project is expected to bring about 170 jobs, according to Life Care. The larger center will be operated by Century Park Associates LLC, of Chattanooga, Tenn.