Westminster Village Muncie, Inc.

Spicing Things Up

Muncie, IN

By focusing on the importance of choice, the renewed campus at Westminster Village provides residents, patients, and guests a wide variety of amenities focused on an improved quality of life. Since 1974 Westminster Village Muncie, Inc. has been a retirement destination of choice for East Central Indiana. In an effort to both maintain this position and continue to continually renew, they returned to MKM after completing a major project fifteen years earlier to reposition the campus and develop a strategy that would strengthen their organization as it looked to the future. During the initial resident enrichment analysis, a series of recommendations were defined by the design team. Beyond needed infrastructure improvements and rebranding, three fundamental elements were explored:

The campus renewal introduced a new rehabilitation household along the north edge of campus, featuring a physical therapy gym, 20-bed rehab neighborhood, spa-like environment, and a dedicated rehabilitation garden with direct access from a new lobby and drop-off area—expanding Westminster’s service offerings and positioning the organization as a premier post-acute care provider in the region. At the same time, the existing residential campus was reconfigured to introduce dedicated assisted living households for the first time, creating shared living and dining spaces, satellite kitchens, separate public entrances, and secured care gardens that allow each household to function independently while remaining connected to campus amenities. The central core was fully transformed to enhance social engagement and resident choice, with a new flexible event hall, a revitalized business and wellness hub, two uniquely themed restaurants served by the existing kitchen, and a café at the main entrance—all connected by a shared linear lobby that offers residents and guests a wide range of social, dining, and care experiences.