VIRGINIA BEACH — An aging office building at the Oceanfront could soon be replaced with a modern senior living facility featuring an indoor pool and pickleball court. Marlyn Development Corp. of Virginia Beach is seeking approval from the city to build a 150-foot-tall senior living tower between 33rd and 34th streets along Pacific Avenue.
The existing five-story Beach Tower would be razed to make room for a new building twice as tall with independent living apartments for ages 62 and older. Several surrounding parking lots would be developed into an assisted living and memory care building as well as an amenity building with an indoor pool and pickleball court. “One of the things we were focusing on was to have year-round use,” Brian Staub, president of Marlyn Development, said in an interview Friday.
“It seemed for seniors to make sense.” It would be the first designated senior living community at the Oceanfront, according to the developers. The historic Jefferson Manor Motel Apartments on 33rd Street will remain and the Beach Tower amenities building will be constructed in front of it.
Marlyn Development has owned the property for nine years and previously leased it to a bank, Dave Jester, chair of Marlyn Development, told members of the Resort Advisory Commission Thursday. The city assessment of the existing Beach Tower, which was built in 1971, is $3 million. Jester’s company has developed other senior housing communities in the region, including The Arbors at.