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Erickson Senior Living has opened a sales center for Oxford Hills, a planned continuing care retirement community in Clarksville, Maryland, as the company advances a multibillion-dollar expansion of its senior housing portfolio.
The developer announced the sales-center opening on November 2 at 8 a.m. Eastern. Its statement did not specify the exact day the center first opened. The first phase of Oxford Hills is planned to include 172 independent-living residences, with initial move-ins targeted for late 2028.
What is planned in Howard County
Oxford Hills would become Erickson’s fifth managed community in Maryland, joining existing properties in Catonsville, Parkville, Silver Spring and Bethesda. The proposed Clarksville campus would combine residential buildings with dining venues, a fitness and aquatic center, a theater, an on-site medical center and shared indoor and outdoor gathering areas.
Erickson describes Oxford Hills as a continuing care retirement community, but its November 2 release specified only the 172 independent-living residences in the first phase. It did not disclose a final total unit count across later phases, a construction loan, a full project budget or an opening date for additional care facilities.
The company said the first residents are expected in late 2028. That remains a target, not a completed construction milestone. The developer also noted that Oxford Hills is pending approval by the Maryland Department of Aging, an important qualification for prospective residents and investors evaluating the development timeline.
Part of a larger senior housing investment program
Erickson said Oxford Hills forms part of a national expansion involving more than $4 billion of planned investment. The figure applies to the company’s broader growth program, not solely to the Maryland development.
The company expects to invest as much as $1 billion annually in new and existing communities over the next several years. Its network currently serves more than 33,000 residents in 11 states, according to the announcement.
Erickson’s four existing Maryland communities collectively house 6,895 residents and employ 3,590 people, the company said. Those operating figures describe the established communities; they are not forecasts for staffing or occupancy at Oxford Hills.
Demographics and the development challenge
The developer cited a projection that Maryland’s population aged 65 and older will reach 1.3 million by 2030, an increase of 18% from 2025. The projection is presented in the company’s release and should be understood as a demographic estimate, not evidence that demand for any particular project is guaranteed.
Senior housing development requires more than finding a growing age cohort. Operators must match residents’ financial circumstances and care preferences while securing approvals, completing construction and establishing reliable services. A sales center gives prospective residents information and provides the developer a way to assess interest, but it does not establish that all planned homes are sold or reserved.
The company’s announced timing puts Oxford Hills in a delivery window two years away. Costs, labor availability, local approvals and consumer demand could change during that period.
For Maryland’s residential market, the immediate news is the start of the project’s sales effort and the disclosed 172-residence first phase. The next verifiable milestones will be the required regulatory approvals, construction progress and any updated disclosure of project financing or total development size.
