Tucked onto a 100-acre campus on the edge of metro Detroit, Fox Run Retirement Community is rewriting what it means to grow old.
With two 50,000-square-foot clubhouses, five restaurants, a coffee shop, a woodshop, pickleball courts, and more than 700 monthly programs, Fox Run is billing itself as something far beyond a traditional retirement home.
“Like a college campus for retirees, or sometimes people describe us as a cruise ship on land,” said Allison Murphy, Sales Director for Fox Run Retirement Community in Novi.
The community, open to those 62 and older, houses roughly 1,400 residents across more than 1,000 apartments. Murphy calls it “a city within a city.”
The activity calendar spans the full spectrum - language classes, travel clubs, volunteer organizations, and continuing education. And if a resident’s interest isn’t yet represented, the staff steps in.
“If you have a passion and we don’t already have a club about it, we’ll help you get it started,” Murphy said.
The philosophy behind the programming is grounded in health outcomes. “Residents are up and they’re moving and they’re walking every day. Their health improves, their mood improves, their memory improves,” Murphy said.
Fox Run also offers a full continuum of care - from independent living to assisted living, memory care, short-term rehab, and long-term skilled nursing. On-site medical providers are available Monday through Friday and on call 24 hours a day. Security officers are all trained EMTs.
The community uses an entrance-fee model that keeps monthly costs at roughly half the rate of comparable facilities. Residents who exhaust their financial resources are protected by what Fox Run calls a “Home for Life” guarantee.
“We will never ask you to leave our community,” Murphy said. The promise extends to apartment size and family financial liability as well.
Murphy frames the decision to move to Fox Run in stark terms.
“Where you live will significantly determine how you age,” she said.
Tours and additional information are available at foxrunnovi.com.