Affordable senior living development coming to Red Bud Ln. in Round Rock in Aug. 2022

Legacy Senior Residences II is the second affordable housing development under construction by developer Cornerstone Associates LLC. (Brooke Sjoberg/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Brooke Sjoberg | 4:06 PM Jul 26, 2021 CDT | Updated 4:06 PM Jul 26, 2021 CDT

Legacy Senior Residences II is coming to 1551 Red Bud Lane, Round Rock, in August 2022. Construction on the affordable senior housing development began in April 2021. According to permitting information from the city of Round Rock, the development will include about 200 units of affordable senior housing with studio, one- and two-bedroom units being available in a three-story structure. This is the second affordable housing development under construction by developer Cornerstone Associates, with the first being located at 1001 University, Blvd., Round Rock. www.legacysenior.com

By Brooke Sjoberg

Brooke Sjoberg is the Round Rock reporter for the Round Rock and Pflugerville/Hutto editions of Community Impact Newspaper. She worked for The Gonzales Inquirer, The Daily Texan and The Daily Dot among other publications before coming to Community Impact. Brooke is from Seguin, TX and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2020. Her last name is pronounced Show-burg.

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