Life Plan Resorts, located in Benavente, will have an investment of over one billion euros and will lead to the creation of more than two thousand jobs.
Portugal is the country selected to launch the world’s first resort with a comprehensive and holistic approach to promoting healthy ageing. The resort, owned by Life Plan Resorts, will involve an investment of over one billion euros and aims to create more than two thousand jobs. It is located in the Tagus River Nature Reserve, 30 minutes from Lisbon, along a stunning 2.8 km riverfront.
This is a revolutionary project to live out your retirement years, redefining the concept of senior living in a 5-star resort that celebrates life.
Built on an estate in Benavente, with approximately 509 hectares, Life Plan Resorts will offer an integrated, comprehensive and holistic solution for the 55+ target group.
It is entirely designed to promote healthy ageing based on the fundamental pillars of brain health: friendship, fun, freedom in an active lifestyle community, a wide choice of amenities, financial security, a focus on health and well-being, diet and nutrition with access to ongoing quality healthcare.
The focus and strategic planning of the entire resort are based on recent insights and research, published by recognized scientific sources.
1400 accommodations for independent living
Life Plan Resorts will open its doors in phases from 2025. It will include 1400 accommodations, divided between studios, apartments, villas and semi-detached houses, to promote an independent life for its residents.
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It aims to promote community life, as well as the active lifestyle of its residents, with several outdoor spaces and more than 100 daily activities. It will have a hotel to accommodate the families of senior residents, seven restaurants, a cultural and learning centre, cinemas, a fitness area and indoor swimming pool, a diverse shopping area, organic gardens, a market, hairdressing and manicure salon, post office, bank, travel agency, hotel and pet spa.
The resort’s infrastructure reflects the company’s commitment to sustainability, evidenced by the choice of ecological materials and constructions in harmony with the surrounding environment.
Additionally, it will also include a wide range of integrated healthcare services, on-site medical offices, personalized concierge medicine, telemetry, home care, rehabilitation, assisted living and 260 long-term care beds.
Of note is the Brain Vitality Gym, an area specially dedicated to promoting good brain condition and cognitive care, which will operate in a unique space created at the resort and will include the latest AI equipment.
Two golf courses will complete the offer: a main 18-hole course and a 9-hole executive course, both complemented by a clubhouse, a golf academy, a sports-style restaurant with a bowling alley and an illuminated driving range.
Life Plan Resorts will also have a school for caregivers and a space designed to accommodate 300 employees.
An internationally recognized entrepreneurial doctor as founder and leader of the Life Plan Resorts project
The construction of the resort is the result of investment in Portugal by Shevel Family Office LLC in San Diego, led by Dr. Jack Shevel, a medical entrepreneur who worked in the health sector on three continents (America, Africa and Europe), and with personalities from international relevance such as Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair and The Gates Foundation.
Jack was the founder and CEO of www.netcare.co.za and is currently President Emeritus of www.carerx.ca, which provides multi-dose packages to 94,000 residents in 1,500 senior housing communities in Canada.
“The space aims to provide the best years of life for residents, through a holistic and medical approach to active ageing. The objective is to provide, in one place, the antidote to accelerated ageing. We want this resort to be a celebration of life, with friendships, fun, multiple choices and access to quality healthcare.” explains Jack Shevel, Founder and Chairman of Life Plan Resorts.
“Portugal will be the Florida of Europe”
Jack Shevel saw the potential in Portugal to become the “Florida of Europe” for retirees. The climate, quality of life, safety, low cost of living and gastronomy and a good healthcare system, combined with the fact that more than 500,000 foreigners from all over the world reside in our country, were determining factors in the decision to invest in Portugal.
Furthermore, according to International Living’s 2024 retirement index, Portugal is the best country in Europe and the 2nd best country in the world to enjoy retirement and was recently voted as the 4th best gastronomy in the world.
Life Plan Resorts has already opened its sales office, where it is possible to learn about the unique and innovative concept of the project.
About Life Plan Resorts: Life Plan Resorts is the company that owns the world’s first resort dedicated to healthy ageing. Its innovative concept redefines the notion of senior living in a 5-star resort, on a 509-hectare estate, in Benavente. The Resort aims to offer the antidote to accelerated ageing and promote an active reform that celebrates life, through the harmonization between physical and cognitive well-being, financial security, social involvement, inclusive culture, basic needs, surroundings in nature and access to quality care.
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