Alzheimer's Association Houston chapter to expand into new local HQ - Houston Business Journal

The garden at the new headquarters for the Houston and Southeast Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Click through the slideshow for more renderings of the new headquarters.

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The garden at the new headquarters for the Houston and Southeast Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Click through the slideshow for more renderings of the new headquarters.

The Houston and Southeast Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a new headquarters, nearly tripling its available square footage.

The ceremony, at 6055 S. Loop East, will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 9. The organization plans to move into the 16,300-square-foot building by the first quarter. It currently occupies a 5,800-square-foot office.

Plus4 Credit Union previously occupied the building, which is being redesigned by San Francisco-based Gensler ^[1] .

The $3 million renovation project includes adding a music room, a lounge area called the “memory café,” reception areas, meeting rooms, a kitchen, an outdoor pavilion surrounded by a walking path, trees and a peaceful garden. Floors, ceilings and wall finishes will be updated.

Gensler is donating its services, and Houston-based firms CW Lighting & Associates and T.R. W. Modernfold ^[2] are also donating products.

“A highlight of the move is the availability to dedicate the entire first floor to chapter services and programs,” Richard Elbein ^[3] , CEO of the Houston chapter, said in a statement. “In the new home educational programs, support groups and early stage programs will be offered.”

The Houston and Southeast Texas chapter covers 37 counties and serves about 20,000 people a year.

Houston's aging population is affecting businesses, including changing the assisted-living landscape ^[4] and driving health care provider expansions ^[5] .