More Shoppes on Granada on the way

Ormond Beach Observer
Business

Vertical construction has begun on the Aldi Food Market at Shoppes on Granada. Photo by Wayne Grant

The walls are being constructed at the coming Aldi Food Market on West Granada Boulevard and the store should open by this fall, according to Division Vice President Matt Thon. The store will reflect Aldi's new remodel plans to have more fresh products, he said.

The Aldi is part of the Shoppes on Granada Phase 2, located just east of the completed Phase 1 which features a Panera Bread, Petco, Mattress Firm, etc. In addition to Aldi, Phase 2 will have a TD Bank and a Spectrum office, and there are two out-parcels that are yet filled, according to a spokeswoman for Ferber Construction Management, the project coordinator. The development is owned by 2017 Granada Two LLC.

Son completes assisted living

Dr. Gordon Forbes has accomplished his dream of building an assisted living facility, designed with his own mother in mind. Ormond Manor opened a month ago at 495 Sterthaus Drive, across from the YMCA.

When shopping for a facility for his mother, he couldn’t find one he liked. So, he set out to build his own. His mother has since died, but he looks forward to caring for other seniors.

“When I was working in the emergency room, the seniors were my favorite patients,” he said. “It was like treating my mom and dad, and that will continue.”

The name was originally going to be For Our Parents, but seemed awkward so it was changed.

Forbes never liked the long hallways in facilities, so he has an atrium type design where rooms open up onto the main dining/activity area. The nursing station looks like a concierge desk.

The walls in the 16,000-square-foot building are decorated with nature photos from Forbes’ trips around the U.S., mostly federal parks.

Ormond Manor has opened on Sterthaus Drive, completing a son’s goal. Shown are Dr. Gordon Forbes, Jody Moll, Maryanna Hilton, Sarah Schmezer, Ashley White, Markeia Hayes and Jalisa Spencer.

Forbes has quit his job as an emergency room doctor and works full time at Ormond Manor.

It was an adventure constructing a building, Forbes said, but praises the help he got from Gary Roberts, president of Commercial Construction Inc.

“They did a magnificent job,” he said.

Call 386-238-9552.

Money for mammograms

The Ormond-by-the-Sea Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 4435 donated more than $5,300 on March 12 to AdventHealth Daytona Beach to provide mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women and men.

This is the fourth year the local Eagles organization has donated to AdventHealth Daytona Beach, bringing their total donations to the hospital at more than $15,600. The Ormond Beach chapter opened more than 35 years ago.