Garden Apartment #111 - Independent Living 

This one bedroom apartment with southern exposure is on the main floor close to all activities and the concierge. It also has a lovely patio and lots of light! The monthly rent of $4,025 ($55K Entrance Fee) includes:

• Continental breakfast three days a week
• Happy Hour every Thursday
• Housekeeping twice monthly
• Activities and fitness classes, fitness machines and personal trainers
• FTJ Senior University
• Transportation
• In-apartment stackable washer and dryer
• Fire, burglary, emergency services monitored on-site.
• Secured building
• Electricity (including A/C), gas, water, sewer, garbage, standard cable television, property taxes and building insurance
• One free covered parking space per apartment
• Extra storage

Enjoy an apartment home with all the conveniences and security of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) campus. The Garden apartments, built in 2004, are one, two and two bedrooms plus den apartments with a well-appointed layout. They come fully equipped and provide the independence and support active seniors are looking for in retirement living, including a Concierge. Garden Apartment residents enjoy all of the benefits of Franke Tobey Jones residency and socialization, while providing a more private setting perfectly located near Point Defiance Park, the waterfront and downtown Tacoma.

Other Features

• Kitchen with built-in full size range, microwave oven, dishwasher and garbage disposal
• Stackable washer and dryer
• Window blinds
• Storage area off deck or patio and storage space in the lower level of the building
• Up to $25 Bistro Café credit per month/person
• Concierge Services with errand services
• Ten days FTJ Skilled Nursing benefit accrued over five years. (2 days per year x 5 years = 10 days) per apartment (not per person).
• Maintenance of exterior, heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrical and security systems
• Use of all common area facilities, parlors, lounges

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Your needs are always a priority for us. For more information regarding this apartment, other available apartments, or any questions you may have regarding retirement living, please call us at 253-752-6621 or visit www.FrankeTobeyJones.com. 

When choosing a retirement community, I looked for one that was a non-profit entity.  A non-profit does not have to raise prices to make sure shareholders get a dividend.  It has been here in Tacoma for 99 years. The FTJ Board of Directors is unpaid.   It is unique, not part of a nationwide or statewide chain.  I live in the garden apartments, an independent living building.  I know that as my needs change, I can move into the assisted living building.

The staff here are extraordinary.  They are all polite, professional and competent.  Whether I interact with housekeeping or maintenance staff or arrange with Food Service for a special meal event, they are caring people who go above and beyond. When I need a ceiling lightbulb changed or have a problem with the garbage disposal, the maintenance staff responds promptly and takes care of the problem.

My building has about 40 people.  It is a congenial group who enjoys continental breakfasts together three days a week and a weekly happy hour.  I can participate or not as I want.  There are always scheduled activities on campus and a bus to take me to the Tacoma Symphony concerts.  There are even waist high garden beds and a greenhouse for us gardeners.

In addition to being a nonprofit, having a great staff and an apartment I like, FTJ is located adjacent to Point Defiance Park, 700 acres with a zoo and several miles of hiking trails in old growth forest.  I enjoy the magnificent gardens and feel like Lady Grantham as I browse among the roses and dahlias.  Deer visit our campus daily and every spring there is a crop of new fawns.  I could not have found a better place to retire to.