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Madonna planning senior retirement community

August 22, 2015

A San Luis Obispo based developer is planning to build a large-scale retirement community off of Los Osos Valley Road at a cost of approximately $500 million. [Pacific Coast Business Times]

John Madonna, the son of late entrepreneur Alex Madonna, is planning to build a continuing care facility on 11 acres near the Froom Ranch Shopping Center. Madonna’s proposed project includes homes and apartments for independent living, assisted living facilities and skilled nursing homes.

If approved, the continuing care retirement community will consist of 350 residential units for seniors, 200 apartments and 60 to 100 single-family detached units.

In addition, Madonna plans for the community to include a recreation center, restaurants, a library, a pool, gardens, trails and a small theater.

Madonna is planing to take his proposal to the planning department in September.

John Madonna’s plans to fashion his proposed project is fashioned after existing retirement communities.

John Madonna’s plans to fashion his proposed project is fashioned after existing retirement communities.

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If the county approves this project they should also mandate a sexual health center. STI rates are rampant in these senior facilities.


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Curious…


The only practical place to build near the Froom Ranch shopping area, is the highly sensitive and very fragile (county enviro-weenie words) “wetland” area that cost Alex hundreds of thousands of dollars, because of a tiny spill of fresh dirt upon it.


Now, the county may be willing to allow this very same “wetland” to be dug up, graded, and covered in buildings and parking lots???


Sometimes, I really wonder what the hell is going on in SLO.


I have a much better idea!! Since Laguna Lake will not be dredged out in our lifetime, let Madonna Construction fill it in, and they can build his care facility right there!!


Am I a geeneeus or what? :)


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Not bad actually.. Laguna Lake and its “park” and a huge waste of space. It’s not a natural habitat, not like the rest of our open space. And it’s also way underutilized. The only people interested in it are the people living on the edge of it because it increases their property value. The size of the lake could be reduced to a good sized pond, with a nice sidewalk so seniors and residents (also mostly seniors) can take walks.. the rest of the park should go to this, or to a few good sized apartment buildings.


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Thats my neighborhood your talking about you asshat.


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The size of the lake has already been reduced to a small pond. Have you seen it from the top of San Luis mountain lately?


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You’re absolutely correct about the location — it’s a wetland, but actually much worse than that. This is an alluvial fan coming out of Froom Creek, the most dangerous site in SLO, and no amount of “engineering” can change that fact. When there’s a big storm — anybody remember when we used to have those regularly? — water, rock, debris, etc. shoots out of Froom Canyon in the Irish Hills and across this site. It would bury development, and knock it off its foundations. This semi-liquid mass heads for Auto Park Way, and makes a huge mess there, too. The Madonnas hope nobody remembers this — Alex piled up a bunch of dirt to “divert” the flow, but that will not hold — nature is stronger, and nature’s intent is clear. This site should never be developed. Period. For the city — and it’s the city not the county — to develop it just shows how immoral and unethical Katie Lichtig and her manipulated city council have become. All they care about is growth and $$$.


Hey, speaking of growth, with more than a thousand housing units in the pipeline, what ever happened to our metered 1% per year growth rate? That was supposed to save the city from exactly where it’s headed — over committing on water it doesn’t have resulting in a crisis with an emergency moratorium on building and water use — it happened in the 1970s, folks. So, instead of sticking with growth metereing that’s got a 35 year record of succeeding at what it’s intended for, the Tuesday clown show has refined the 1% so that just about every form of housing is exempted from being counted, and today we’re looking at about a 12% growth rate masquerading as “1%.” It’s a farce concocted by a bunch of chicken-livered liars. Nothing’s too precious for Marx and company to give away to developers. And screw the residents when the you know what hits the fan, which it will. She’ll have moved back to Canada by then.


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College kids and old folks- the two classes SLO caters too. The town could be nice and place a sign that reads all others need not apply.


If you retire, it hard to imagine not going to a tax free state. Perhaps the college kids can shack up with the old people 6 to house like they do to the once nice areas of SLO.


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slolusion,


We can only assume that when you reach retirement age, and where you need a facility like this in one of the forms listed, that you will move out of SLO town so as not to be a hypocrite? Yes?


What “tax free state” will you be moving too when this eventful time comes?


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When the 35-47ish year olds retire, we will be living in a van down by the dried river bed, unless the GODZILLA EL NINO comes and we had some DAMS instead of a bullet train to nowhere to store rainwater. The ponzi pyramid scheme of social security will begin to collapse, amnesty for illegals will happen, allowing illegals to bring over THEIR families, then THOSE family members can draw on the social security too. It happens. So no, the 35+ crowd will not be living in those Madonna apartments someday. Now the FEMA trailer park by the sea is another issue. There will be PLENTY of room once environmentalists run off all the cars from the beaches in Oceano and Grover. They will need something to put down on the sand to keep it from blowing. My cosmic karma votes for a trailer park…..


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abigchocoholic,


Have you ever thought about writing for Saturday Night Live? Subjectively, you’re missing your natural calling.


You can thank me later.


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If his dad had had his way, John would be building this next to a pig farm.


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Wait a minute, aren’t we in a drought of godly proportions? Building this great edifice will only hinder others of their water.


As Christians realize, California is in a “correction period” with our Hebrew God with this current ongoing drought. Our God is giving California a “dry-out” period because he is upset with the liberals not allowing prayer in our public schools, no teaching of Creationism, too many family planing clinics abound, gay marriage is now legal, and notwithstanding, the Catholics and Jehovah Witnesses bad press of them covering up child pedophile cases, and the list goes on!


Our ever loving and forgiving God performing rain denial because He is upset with California is exampled herewith: “I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain on one city, and send no rain on another city; one field would have rain, and the field on which it did not rain would wither;” (Amos 4:7)


Remember, ALL natural forces are in our Hebrew God’s control (Psalms 29:3-10) The elements are at His command (Psalms 68:9; Jonah 1:4). All the processes of nature are at His direction (Genesis 8:22; Psalms 107:33-34, Psalms 107:38; Jeremiah 31:35).


Therefore, until California gets right with our God, there should be no more building in our area at the expense of those that do have what water is left, should not take less of it for a new development with it’s extra population! Simple godly math.


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How many times do I have to tell this Slanders guy, Jeremiah was a BULLFROG!


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$500M? That would have to make this project about the most expensive ever in this county next to Diablo Canyon?


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No mention if these will be affordable for seniors living on a fixed income?


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Somehow I doubt it. Anything attached to the Madonna name will cost big bucks. Wonder where they are going to get all of these wealthy seniors?


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Are you kidding? They’ll advertise far and wide and get rich people from down south and up north to move here, making this an even more disgusting island of the rich and stupid. But, heck, it’s near Costco, so they can all shop there just like back in LA and Mountain View.


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This is great. Ultimately, this is the equivalent of additional housing stock. Even better, this housing will provide a large number of additional housing units without having to build tract housing. It makes sense for seniors who need care to live in an organized housing development, you really can’t get around it. And as a SLO resident grows older and move into this facility, it may free up their existing non-tract housing for sale, transfer to family, etc..For that reason, it also stands to provide additional housing such that seniors in SLO who own homes can transfer or sell their housing to relatives, and this may help younger generations of local families who may not be able to afford housing a present prices…that is as long as the monthly cost for the senior housing doesn’t exceed what the cost of a mortgage would otherwise be.


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This will be a great project that is much needed. Now we can all sit back and see what roadblocks SLO will put up to make it as difficult as possible to get approval for something that is much needed.

It would be much easier if SLO would just initiate an extortion fee that one could just pay and get these good projects approved/


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Oh there is an extortion fee. How much? Well, that depends…how much you got?


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At $7000 per month per person, how many native slo seniors do you really think this sort of place will serve? Do you know anything about what a racket these outfits are? Oh, and $7K a month is just if you need help dressing and bathing. Need actual nursing care, and the price will knock your eyes out. Better take a serious look at the cost of what you’re promoting. Or are you just a Madonna friend pumping up their project?


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If that is the cost it would appear that all government retirees would be able to live there very comfortably.


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Well she should plan on retiring. She’s been singing now for what, 35 years? And she still acts like she’s a 20 something sex symbol up on stage and in videos when she’s really more like great grandma. It’s pretty uncomfortable to watch.


Er wait, who we talkin about here? Madonna, right?


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I am impressed when I witness performers keeping up with those half their age. Do you know how hard they have to work to get on stage and how much discipline to keep that healthy body? How often do you hear negative comments regarding Mick Jagger? My point: women are held to unfair standards when it comes to age body and beauty.

In regards to Madonna and Senior Housing, i would be jumping for joy if I believed the units didn’t come with a price tag comparable to The Manse on Marsh,


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Or the Village on Broad. Smallest assisted living room: rent is $6K per month, plus inevitably extras. Bigger room? Pay more. This new luxury place — look at the photo — will cost more.


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