&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/lutheranseniorlacledegroves*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;Lutheran Senior Services broke ground today on a $48 million senior living project in Webster Groves that it says will create 600 construction jobs.

The four-story, 80-apartment addition and renovation to LSS&rsquo; Laclede Groves retirement community at 727 S. Laclede Station Road is in anticipation of the surge in demand for senior housing that will be created by aging baby boomers.

The expansion project is expected to be completed before mid-2013, the senior living system said. When finished, the complex will feature 332 apartments, 105 assisted-living apartments, 256 skilled nursing beds and 54 patio homes for independent living...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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