Elderly paid $1M upfront plus $5k per month for ASU retirement dorm..now suing over party noise

[Demovictory9]

Elderly residents who paid up to $1m to live in seniors dorm at ASU file lawsuit about party NOISE

Residents of Mirabella - a dorm complex for people ages 62 and up - filed a lawsuit with the Maricopa County Superior Court last spring over the 'unnecessary and excessive noise' coming from students at the Shady Park bar.

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The dorm serves as a full-service retirement center, and the seven-figure upfront payment is not used to buy units, but serves as a deposit for the medical care residents receive for as long as they live at Mirabella.

Residents also pay about $5,000 per month to cover food, cleaning, and other building amenities.

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Once the pandemic lifted however - and the thrum of Shady Park's EDM concerts returned to service the hard-partying ASU student body - Mirabella residents used to peace and quiet started to complain.

'That unrelenting bass thumping sound makes it difficult to concentrate or do anything else,' resident Sharon Murry said in the court filing against Shady Park.

Another resident, Gail Fisher said she knew there was live music across the street, but never considered the true scope of it.

'Live music can mean a trio,' she explained her deposition, 'It doesn't mean boom-boom-boom all night.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11308649/Elderly-residents-paid-1m-live-seniors-dorm-ASU-file-lawsuit-party-NOISE.html

[Celerity]

1. Mirabella's existence shows ASU's lack of care for community

ASU's decision to build Mirabella while ignoring the needs of its student population shows its prioritization of money over academic success

https://www.statepress.com/article/2021/11/opinion-mirabella-shady-park-reflects-on-asu#



Nearly a year ago, Mirabella at ASU opened near the Tempe campus as a retirement community meant to encourage lifelong learning by allowing the elderly residents to take classes at ASU. From the beginning, many saw the placement of Mirabella on University Drive, not far from Mill Avenue, as an odd choice given Tempe's reputation as a rowdy college town, known for its bars, clubs and live music performances.

The reality of that odd choice came as COVID-19 restrictions eased when Shady Park, a live music venue across the street from Mirabella, began inviting musicians and DJs back to perform, which the venue has been known for since its opening.

Mirabella quickly launched a series of complaints at the music venue ... for playing music. This conflict went from absurd to deplorable when Mirabella filed a lawsuit against Shady Park, putting the small business in financial jeopardy. Mirabella should be an asset to help educate the community, but instead, they are threatening small businesses.

The situation reflects a bigger issue of ASU's hunger for money at the expense of local businesses and its students. As students on campus struggle financially and are made to live in subpar housing conditions, the University continues to expand outward, sometimes in areas where it is not wanted.

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[LisaL]

2. That's one expensive dorm.

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[ZonkerHarris]

3. you got that boom boom boom

[marybourg]

4. It's what's called a Continuing Care Retirement Community. A

very expensive one. The idea is that they take care of you in the same facility if you need to go into nursing or memory care. People give up their homes and this facility becomes their home for the rest of their lives. So “dorm” is not really an apt description.

[Roy Rolling]

5. Really? This is a new scam

Here’s how it works:

Pay $1,000,000 up front for medical care not covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Die tomorrow, return to heirs $900,000 or nothing.

OR

Live for 30 years but the facility is bankrupt and can’t live up to its end of the contract—live up is a curious phrase. Unless the facility has bonds purchased to insure that financial liability for each resident then the resident is fu*ked.

But they don’t know that, they trusted a weak, but cutthroat business masquerading as a university.