Living here is like staying at a high-end hotel that you don’t ever have to leave. The $330 million, 16-story tower, located in the former Leverich Towers Hotel at 21 Clark St., the building has 275 apartments including 145 for independent living, 88 for assisted living and 42 for seniors with memory-related illnesses such as dementia. Watermark’s rooftop is a green oasis of plants and flowers. A jazz band performs for the gray-haired brunch crowd in the building’s lounge, an elegant room with a bar with wines from France and California on display. Overlooking the East River and Statue of Liberty, the building’s roof space is a picturesque oasis of green plants and flowers. “Living here is like staying at a high-end hotel that you don’t ever have to leave.” “Look at this environment and what we have,” said Bill Morin, 78, standing on the rooftop terrace of the Watermark at Brooklyn Heights, a luxury senior community with assisted living that debuted in October. Now residential developers are seeing dollar signs and investing in the most luxurious, perk-packed communities for seniors that New York City has ever seen. That number is expect to grow as the number of Americans ages 65 and older more than doubles over the next 40 years. They comprise 13% of the population, and around 3% live in a senior development. The city has 1.1 million adults who are 65 or older, according to the most recent report by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Goodbye depressing nursing home! These golden oldies are living out their latter years in the lap of luxury. Woman celebrates 106th birthday with naked waiter: ‘He had no underwear on’ Southwest Airlines employees celebrate passenger’s 104th birthday I was near death: My miracle cure was Guinness with raw eggs
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