Join the Fairing Way Team on Thursday, June 21, 2012 for the first ever SouthField Classic 5K at SouthField in South Weymouth, MA.

Our April HORIZONS Newsletter includes articles on how Form + Function = Fantastic 50+ Home Designs at Fairing Way. Also, Charter Club Member Spotlight, natural features and conservation, Spring Garden Tips from landscape architect Blair Hines and a bit of the history behind our unusual name.

Quincy’s William B. Rice Eventide Home will expand to a new facility at SouthField which will include 192 units of senior independent living and a 46-bed  skilled nursing facility on 9.4 acres in SouthField Highlands, the community’s first residential neighborhood, only a short walk to the South Weymouth commuter rail station.

... “SouthField provides us with a unique opportunity to create a wonderful new campus that offers our residents the vibrant surrounding community they seek with easy access to public transit and the amenities of Boston and the entire South Shore,” said Joyce Haglund, administrator of Rice Eventide.

At SouthField, Rice Eventide, whose Quincy facility was named one of U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 “America’s Best Nursing Homes,” will expand into independent senior living and provide a broad spectrum of services across a continuum of care.

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BY Fred Hanson

BY Emily Sweeney

A Quincy nursing home has announced plans to expand into Weymouth and build senior housing and a new nursing home on the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station property.

The William B. Rice Eventide Home proposes to build 192 independent living apartments and 46 skilled nursing beds as part of SouthField, a new community of homes, shops, and offices scheduled to be developed on the shuttered military site over the next decade.

... “I think it’s a great location because it’s similar to our current site, and surrounded by a vibrant, intergenerational neighborhood,’’ said Haglund. “The piece of property that we’re interested in is close to public transportation and close to the planned retail center of SouthField, so it will be easy for people to grab a cup of coffee or buy the newspaper.’’

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BY Sue Scheible

By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — A long-stalled plan to redevelop a former Naval air station south of Boston appears ready to move forward after the U.S. Navy reached final agreement to sell the remaining property it owns for $25 million, Massachusetts officials and members of the state’s congressional delegation said Monday.

The Southfield development calls for construction of nearly 3,000 homes, along with retail and office space. The project is expected to create about 10,000 permanent and temporary construction jobs over the next decade, backers said.

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WBZ-TV's Bill Shields reports on the deal for the remaining acres of the SouthField site.

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