Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation grant supports planned six-story facility with 107 memory care and affordable senior housing units
BOSTON — Rogerson Communities has received a $600,000 grant from the Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation to support the redevelopment of its Rogerson House memory care facility in Jamaica Plain.
The grant will help fund construction of a new six-story building that will replace the existing Rogerson House facility. The planned development will include 66 memory care units and 41 affordable independent-living apartments for older adults, for a total of 107 new residential units.
The project will also include space for Rogerson’s memory care social day program and a Fitness FIRST center. More than 20,000 square feet of outdoor space is planned, including four garden areas, some of which will be accessible to the public.
The redevelopment is intended to expand and modernize Rogerson’s flagship community as the need for senior housing and dementia care grows in Massachusetts.
Rogerson cited state projections showing that nearly two million Massachusetts residents will be over age 60 by 2030, with more than half expected to lack sufficient resources for housing and care. The organization also said more than 150,000 Massachusetts residents currently live with dementia, a figure projected to double by 2060.
“Philanthropic partners like the Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation are crucial to the success of projects like this,” said Walter Ramos, president and CEO of Rogerson Communities. “We’re both grateful for the support and encouraged by the commitment it signifies to caring for older adults in a time of unprecedented need.”
Ronald Brown, chair of the Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation, said the organization was pleased to support the project.
“This state-of-the-art facility will be much more than bricks and mortar; it will be infused with the love and care of the men and women creating this structure,” Brown said.
The project has received several approvals and funding commitments in recent months. The Boston Planning and Development Agency approved the redevelopment, followed by unanimous approval from Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals. The Mayor’s Office of Housing has also committed $3 million to the project.
The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation’s grant brings total philanthropic support for the redevelopment to more than $2 million, according to Rogerson.
The organization said the project is part of its effort to address the growing need for affordable senior housing and specialized memory care in the region.
