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      Rendering of Cassia Harmony Gardens senior living community, showing a three-story residential wing with stone and beige siding beside a single-story entrance building with covered portico, American flag, landscaped circular drive, and parking lot under a partly cloudy sky.

       

      How PDQ Hardware Secures Cassia – Harmony Gardens, a Continuing Care Community in Maplewood, MN

      Harmony Gardens is a continuing care community thoughtfully designed to integrate into seven acres in Maplewood, Minnesota. The property is secured with a full PDQ hardware package: cylindrical and interconnected locks, exit devices, and door closers, sourced through distributor Twin City Hardware. 

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      Location

      Maplewood, MN

      Architect

      Pope Design Group

      Distributor

      Twin City Hardware

      Year Built

      2023

      About the property

      Harmony Gardens is a continuing care community consisting of two connected buildings on seven acres in Maplewood, Minnesota. The first building is a skilled nursing facility that also houses town center amenities. The second building combines independent living apartments, assisted living apartments, assisted living care suites, and assisted living memory care residences.

       

      The Challenge

       Harmony Gardens is two connected buildings covering a skilled nursing facility with town center amenities, and a mix of independent living, assisted living, assisted living care suites, and assisted living memory care residences. That range asks a lot of one hardware package: unit-style entry doors need to feel residential for independent and assisted living residents, while the skilled nursing side needs heavier-duty hardware built for higher traffic and clinical use.

       

      The Solution

      Working through distributor Twin City Hardware, the project team specified PDQ hardware across every door type and care level in the community rather than mixing vendors by building:

      Cylindrical Lock · Grade 1

      GT Series

      Specified for higher-traffic openings: corridors, common-areas, and skilled nursing/clinical doors, where daily use and durability requirements need the highest grade.

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      Cylindrical Lock · Grade 2

      GP Series

      Suited for low- to medium-traffic openings. Interior and back-of-house doors: offices, storage, support spaces, across both buildings 

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      Interconnected Lock · Grade 2

      CL Series

      Specified on unit entry doors in the independent living and assisted living apartments and care suites.

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      Cylindrical Lock · Grade 2

      SF Series

      Institutional Grade 1 closers specified building-wide across the Oakmont property for reliable, high-cycle performance. 

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      Exit Device · Grade 1

      6300 Exit Device

      Specified on common-area and egress doors, where code-required panic hardware and heavy-duty cycle ratings hold up to shared-space traffic outside the residences. 

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      Door Closer · Standard Duty

      5300 Series

      Grade 1, standard duty, door closers. For corridor and common-area doors in the skilled nursing building and the town center amenity spaces, where higher cycle counts and staff/cart traffic call for Grade 1 durability.

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      Door Closer · Heavy Duty

      5100 Series

      Grade 1, heavy duty, door closers. For corridor and common-area doors in the skilled nursing building and the town center amenity spaces, where higher cycle counts and staff/cart traffic call for Grade 1 durability.

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      Exit Device · Grade 1

      3100 Series

       A lighter-duty, Grade 1-certified closer. Specified for unit entry and common-space doors in the independent and assisted living building, where quieter, smoother operation suits a residential feel better than a heavy-duty closer would 

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      Sourcing all seven product lines from one manufacturer let the architect and distributor standardize finishes and function across both connected buildings, rather than reconciling hardware from multiple vendors building by building or care level by care level. 

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      PDQ has secured guest rooms, corridors, and back-of-house doors for major hospitality brands for more than 40 years. Tell us about your next extended-stay, full-service, or mixed-use project, and our team will help you spec the right lock, closer, and hardware package for every door on the property.