Lakeshore Manor marked its fifth anniversary in Chestermere on June 26, celebrating five years as part of the city’s growing network of seniors’ housing and community supports.
The independent senior living community, located at 200 Marina Drive, invited residents, families and community members to gather for an afternoon of celebration, refreshments, entertainment and reflection. The anniversary event was promoted publicly by Lakeshore Manor as a celebration of five years in Chestermere.
For a city that has grown quickly, the milestone is also a reminder of how important seniors’ housing has become in the community.
Lakeshore Manor opened its doors in late 2020 after the former Best Western hotel was converted into an independent senior living community. According to Lakeshore Manor’s own history, the idea took shape after Chestermere identified seniors’ housing as a priority in 2018. The ownership team applied for a land-use amendment in 2019, with permits to renovate the former hotel granted in February 2020.
That timing was not simple. Opening a seniors’ residence in 2020 meant beginning during one of the most difficult periods the sector had faced in decades. The first five years have included not only the normal work of building trust with residents and families, but also doing so during a period when older adults, caregivers and housing providers were under intense pressure.
Lakeshore Manor describes itself as an independent living community for seniors, offering meals, 24-hour health care aides, an emergency call system, social activities, entertainment and exercise. The Alberta Seniors Housing Directory lists the property as a private, for-profit seniors housing site with service options and health supports, including meals, snacks and beverages, hospitality staff and health care staff.
Its location has also been part of its appeal. Lakeshore Manor is near Chestermere Lake, John Peake Park, restaurants, grocery stores and other local amenities, giving residents access to the daily life of the city without being cut off from the community around them.
That matters.
As Chestermere continues to grow, the need for housing options that allow older adults to remain close to family, friends, familiar services and the lake community they know will only become more important. Seniors’ housing is not just about buildings. It is about belonging.
Five years is a modest anniversary in the life of a city. But for the residents and staff who have helped make Lakeshore Manor part of Chestermere, it is still worth marking.
A community is measured, in part, by whether people can grow older in it with dignity, safety and connection.
Lakeshore Manor’s fifth anniversary is one piece of that larger story.