The Gallery at Otterbein is a beautiful new 72,000-square-foot, four-story assisted living apartment building in Lebanon, Ohio, home to the Gallery Suites as well as a wide variety of resident amenities and activities.
Otterbein Lifestyle Choices’ mission is to provide leading edge healthcare for residents and their families. One way The Gallery at Otterbein achieves this philosophy is by incorporating a modern bistro café that includes display action cooking stations allowing residents to customize their meal selection. The flowing bistro food line incorporates a stone pizza oven and multiple flex food action stations. The seating area features a community table, private booths and open seating all with direct views to the 460-gallon shark tank. A private dining area is located around the tank creating a unique setting.
Residents and guests experience life to the fullest with a wide variety of amenities located within the building. Featured amenities on the main level include a movie theater, media arts classroom, art studio, loom room, gift shop, barber and beauty salon. A fully equipped wood shop and train room are also provided in the basement along with a campus wide laundry facility, maintenance area, and storage spaces for building residents. The Gallery is directly connected on the main level to the campus Life Enrichment Center and Campus Center allowing easy access to the YMCA fitness center, warm water pools, Chapel and main dining room.
The Gallery Suites include 45 apartments on the three upper floors. Five single bedroom unit types range in size from 700 to 950 square feet. They all feature open kitchens, walk out porches, and spacious living rooms. The apartment units are designed and licensed for AL to allow residents to age in place as their need for care increases.
Project category: New construction
Chief administrator: Kendra Couch, executive director
Firm: Brown Calabretta Architects Inc., www.bcanet.com
Design team: Richard Brown, project architect/lead designer; Adam DeSutter, project manager (Brown Calabretta Architects Inc.); Lisa Boltz, interior designer (Lime Design); Dave Ulliman, MEP engineer (Point One Design, Ltd.); Karl Walters, structural engineer (Jack D. Walters & Associates Inc.); Bill Lutz, food service consultant (Optimum Solutions & Strategies LLC)
Total building area (sq. ft.): 72,000
Construction cost/sq. ft.: $160
Total construction cost (excluding land): $11.5 million
Completed: July 2017
