Future Broadview At Purchase College Resident Meets New Grammy Winner

PURCHASE, NY — A unique senior community on the campus of SUNY Purchase was conceived to bring the residents, the faculty and the students together in ways that will enrich everyone. It seems that the ideal is taking root even before the first senior citizens move in.

When prospective Broadview at Purchase resident Michelle Wiznitzer put a deposit down on a residence at the new university-based retirement community, she knew she’d be connecting with the college, but she didn’t imagine it would be so soon.

Wiznitzer, who plans to move to Broadview when it opens in the fall, was thrilled when she recently got to meet Purchase College graduate and Grammy winner Samara Joy at a concert in Arizona. Samara Joy, a 2021 alumna of Purchase’s Jazz Studies program, recently received two Grammys, including Best New Artist.

"During the break she came out and met with everyone," Wiznitzer said. "I was able to get her to sign a copy of her Grammy-winning CD 'Linger On' and pose for a pic. I told her that I was moving into that new community in Purchase that they were building on the campus."

These are just the kind of connections Wiznitzer said she was hoping to make at Broadview.

In fact, Wiznitzer said she was so taken with Samara Joy that she’s going to see her concert again in March when she’s in Seattle.

Broadview at Purchase College is a university-based retirement community on the campus of the State University of New York in Westchester that champions intergenerational collaboration and lifelong learning. In a unique concept, its Founders Learning Commons building is designed for students and charter members to learn together.

With 95 percent of residences already reserved, Broadview at Purchase has more than 300 Charter Members like Wiznitzer who are already forming a sense of community through virtual programming and meet-ups. It opens in the fall.

Broadview is being co-developed by Senior Care Development, LLC and LCS Development, LLC, and will be operated by Life Care Services. LCS has over 50 years of senior living and housing experience and manages over 140 senior living communities nationwide. LCS has been rated best in customer satisfaction with independent senior living communities 4 years in a row by J.D. Power.

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Find more information about Broadview here.