Forest Trace

Forest Trace is a unique, rental independent retirement community featuring resort-style amenities and facilities. There is no better way for senior adults to enjoy their retirement. Forest Trace's hospitality, quality and service are reminiscent of the famed Grossinger resort in the Catskills. Hospitality Director Elaine Grossinger-Etess, Jennie’s daughter, heads Forest Trace's popular Grossinger Entertainment Series, offering residents star-studded performances in the community's own Jennie Grossinger Theater. Every day seems like a vacation at Forest Trace. The halcyon days of Grossinger’s are back!

Live the carefree lifestyle at Forest Trace. Where every day feels like a vacation!

Forest Trace offers the very finest resort-style amenities and luxury services for active adults who want more out of life. It's like being on vacation every day!

Situated on 73 beautiful acres, including a 30-acre lake, this scenic resort community defines excellence in service, facilities and accommodations, setting the standard for luxury resort adult living in Fort Lauderdale.

Conveniently located just south of Commercial Boulevard between Florida’s Turnpike and University Drive, Forest Trace features 324 spacious one and two-bedroom apartments with balconies in a private, gated community near the Inverrary Country Club.

For one monthly rental fee, our residents enjoy an active, worry-free lifestyle where great food, wonderful entertainment and fabulous activities let you do the things you never had the time to do before.

The tradition and excellence of Grossinger's hospitality and service continue at Forest Trace, a full-service rental, resort-style retirement community in Fort Lauderdale.

Elaine Grossinger-Etess, daughter of renowned Jennie Grossinger of the famed Catskills resort, serves as Forest Trace's Director of Hospitality and Entertainment. That same reputation that made Grossinger's world famous is featured at Forest Trace.

"Grossinger's was a special place where people found enjoyment in a very friendly environment," says Elaine Grossinger-Etess. "Forest Trace has those same qualities of hospitality."

In a magnificent setting of 80 acres surrounding a serene lake, Forest Trace showcases Grossinger-style entertainment such as Freddie Roman, Tony Martin, Betsy Palmer, Theodore Bikel, Jack Klugman, Carol Lawrence, and many more in the Jennie Grossinger Theater.

"People who have experienced or heard about Grossinger's in the Catskills knew that it was a resort-like Shangri-lai," states Mrs. Grossinger-Etess. "Forest Trace has that same mystique: friendly service and a special camaraderie among the people who live there."

Dining at Forest Trace is superb, with services that resemble Grossinger's hallmark hospitality. A full itinerary of activities enables residents to enjoy the friendly, energetic lifestyle. Also featured are spacious apartments and a variety of resort-like facilities.

"There are many people who remember and treasure the memories of the year round resort living at Grossinger's in the Catskills," she says. “We've now transferred that same enezrgy of hospitality, fun and friendly service to Forest Trace in the form of active, retirement living."

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