A 164-bed assisted living facility has received approval from the Davie Town Council, despite objections from the town’s mayor. The project is intended to serve elderly residents who require assisted living services or memory care.
Manuel Synalovski, architect for the development, addressed the council about local demand for such facilities. “The market is immense,” Synalovski said. He noted that Broward County currently has about 9,600 beds in assisted living facilities, while 360,000 county residents—about 18 percent of the population—need these services.
The approved plan includes a three-story building with 164 private rooms arranged in an L-shape around a central courtyard and aqua therapy pool. The facility will cover 115,238 square feet on a 3.8-acre site at 4980-5000 South Davie Road. Eco Contracting LLC, led by Gennady Kiselman, is developing the project. Kiselman also manages 5000 Davie LLC, which purchased the site for $1.8 million in 2020.
Synalovski told officials that proximity to healthcare institutions was a key factor in selecting the location; it is situated between HCA Florida University Hospital and Memorial Hospital Pembroke and next to Nova Southeastern University’s Davie campus.
Last week’s council meeting ended with a 4-1 vote approving both rezoning and a site plan for the facility. The council also passed seven other measures related to the project—including four zoning variances and an allocation of 82 “flex units,” which allows greater residential density under town planning guidelines.
Mayor Judy Paul cast dissenting votes on all nine proposals linked to the development. She raised concerns about its scale: “When you first came in with this, I had asked you to do something smaller,” Paul said during the meeting. “You wouldn’t have needed so many variances. You should have done something smaller. Instead, you came in asking for flex units to make it bigger.”
Paul also questioned why the property was listed for sale: “That was very concerning to me,” she said. “We’ve seen this happen before, where we approved something, and they put it up for sale and it never gets built.”
Kiselman responded that lenders requested a listing to help determine market value: “It’s been on the market for four years just to establish the value,” he said. He added that his intention is to build and then sell the completed facility to an established operator.
