A plan is in the works to bring new life to a former assisted living facility. The former Vincentian Marian Manor facility in Banksville closed several years ago, and a townhouse development marketed to people 55 and older could move into the area.
It’s a project by Split Rock Real Estate Partners called Golden Horizons. Proposed plans on the city of Pittsburgh’s website show 124 townhomes with a community center, swimming pool, fitness center, putting green, golf simulator, and two pickleball courts.
“That’s 124 houses that are paying property taxes to the county and school district and city. So, it’s better than it sitting vacant and it being underutilized or not utilized at all,” said Mike Wahlen, whose backyard is next to the site…