Goodwin House Seminary Road is a two-tower senior living community in Alexandria, Virginia, and it was largely sold before anyone dug a hole. Goodwin Living broke ground on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, with Clark Construction as general contractor, and the nonprofit says every one of the 210 independent living apartments it had released was reserved by March.
The site is a hilltop in Alexandria’s West End near North Beauregard Street and Seminary Road. Goodwin Living already runs The View Alexandria and Goodwin House Alexandria nearby, and the new towers share a roughly seven-acre campus with The View.
Project Scope
The project has 257 units across two high-rise towers for adults 55 and older. That breaks down to 217 independent living apartments, 16 assisted living apartments and 24 skilled nursing and memory care units. Seven one-bedroom units are set aside as affordable under a plan worked out with the City of Alexandria, with an entrance fee under $200,000 and a monthly fee around $2,000.
Perkins Eastman is the architect. Hord Coplan Macht is doing interiors and Parker Rodriguez is landscape architect. Whiting-Turner handled preconstruction in 2025, before Clark was named builder.
The amenity list reads like a resort: an indoor saltwater pool, indoor pickleball courts, arts studios, several dining venues and pet services. There’s also an urban arboretum that will be open to the public for scheduled visits, plus rooftop green space. Goodwin Living has described the project as targeting LEED Silver.
Opening is planned for 2029.
Why It Matters
High-rise senior living is a hard product to pencil. It carries hospital-grade requirements on the care floors and condo-grade expectations on the independent living floors, and it can’t get financed without heavy presales. Goodwin Living cleared that bar early. Beyond the 100% reservation rate, it reports about 550 depositors on a waitlist.
Entrance fees run from $380,000 to $1.6 million, with monthly fees of $4,500 to $10,000. That’s the market this is built for, and the seven affordable units are a small offset. The cost figure has moved, too. Goodwin Living’s project site says $340 million. Local coverage of the groundbreaking put it at $360 million.
Clark says the job will support more than 1,000 construction jobs. Goodwin Living expects to add about 150 permanent positions once the towers open.
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Project Team & Details
| Developer | Goodwin Living |
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| Owner / Client | Goodwin Living |
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| Architect | Perkins Eastman |
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| Consultants | Hord Coplan Macht (Interior Design)
Parker Rodriguez (Landscape Architecture)
Whiting-Turner Contracting (Preconstruction Services) |
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| General Contractor | Clark Construction Group |
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| Status | Under Construction |
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| Sustainability Certification | LEED Silver (targeted) |
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| Funding Source | Private |
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