Countryside Senior

About Countryside Senior

• Property Type: Senior, Supportive
• Units: 70

Mercy Housing Lakefront’s Countryside Senior Apartments provides 70 units of housing for the senior community in Countryside, Illinois. Countryside Senior Apartments, like many independent senior living communities, features onsite amenities including an activity room and a large community parlor for community events and parties. Residents have access to a patio and courtyard, onsite property management and a laundry room centrally located on each of the four floors. Onsite staff is available to help plan social events such as holiday parties, community outings and other special events. Countryside Senior Apartments includes 7 fully accessible units. There are 7 additional units that are adaptable to become fully accessible, and two units accommodated for the hearing impaired.

Building Features: The Countryside Senior Apartments design concept provides a sense of community for its residents in a healthy, environmentally sensitive setting. In an effort to achieve this, the community includes sustainable or “green” features in the building’s design in an effort to achieve a U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification. Features include green spaces with native plantings, high-efficiency heating and air conditioning systems, solar thermal panels on the roof used for heating water, Energy Star lighting fixtures and a community recycling program.