The Barclay at SouthPark

The Barclay at SouthPark, located in Charlotte, NC offers independent living, assisted living, memory care & life plan community/ccrc. Visit Provider Website

Nine stories tall in Charlotte's SouthPark neighborhood, The Barclay at SouthPark runs on a rental Life Plan model with no entry fee, so moving in is a monthly decision, not a large payment up front. It sits at 4801 Barclay Downs Drive in Charlotte, NC, minutes from downtown and near Freedom Park and the Little Sugar Creek Greenway.

Care and Support at The Barclay at SouthPark

Care lives on site at Briar Creek at The Barclay, the health center, whose services include assisted living, memory support and respite care. Briar Creek is a Certified Nxtgen Care Community: residents and front-line staff wear a social bracelet paired with wall sensors, and what it feeds includes response times to assistance requests and consistent resident checks.

Pricing at The Barclay at SouthPark

Liberty Senior Living, who manages The Barclay at SouthPark, states a monthly fee starting at $7,495 for independent living, given as one monthly figure. Their site doesn't break out what it covers or set a rent per plan, so your residence can sit above that. Liberty states no starting rate for assisted living, memory support or respite care at Briar Creek. Assisted living in the area generally runs $4,155 to $4,411 a month. That's a market figure and not a rate for Briar Creek, so it gives you a ballpark to plan against while you wait on the real one. One request through Get Pricing gets you the current price for the care level you need, so you can compare against the others on your list.

Rooms at The Barclay at SouthPark

Over 40 floor plans run from 760 to 1,828 square feet, so you can size down later without leaving. Liberty names some of them with square footage:

• Cary, one bedroom, 1.5 baths, 862 square feet
• Lattimore, two bedrooms, two baths, 1,262 square feet
• Pinehurst, two bedrooms, two baths and a den, 1,432 square feet
• Salem, two bedrooms, two baths and a den, 1,828 square feet

Residences carry quartz countertops, zero-entry showers and a private balcony or patio, and more plans exist than these.

Dining at The Barclay at SouthPark

Several places to eat rather than one dining room: a pub pouring artisanal beers and creative cocktails, a fine dining room, casual dining and a private dining room for family occasions. A coffee shop open to the public sits in the building too. How many meals a day the fee covers isn't something Liberty states, so settle that when you request pricing.

Life at The Barclay at SouthPark

The monthly calendar carries arts and crafts, games and seminars, and the rooms behind them are here: an art studio, a creative expression studio, a chapel, a media room, a card room and a poker and club room. An indoor pool and hot tub, an equipment room and a salon and spa cover wellness, and outside there's a grand courtyard, smaller ones and a canine courtyard. Concierge, weekly housekeeping, linen service, maintenance and scheduled transportation run in the background.

Getting Started at The Barclay at SouthPark

The rental model is the practical part: no entry fee to buy in, so the decision rests on a monthly figure rather than a large upfront payment. Liberty describes no application process or waitlist for The Barclay at SouthPark, so nothing on its site tells you how long a move takes. Asking which residences are open, and what yours would cost, through Get Pricing saves you chasing two answers separately.