Brookdale Northwest Hills is a Type B assisted living community licensed by Texas HHSC under license number 148361, with 240 licensed places (28 Alzheimer's-certified), at 5715 Mesa Dr, Austin, Texas 78731.
Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.
License + contact information
| Licensing agency | Texas HHSC, Long-Term Care Regulation |
|---|---|
| Name on the state record | BROOKDALE NORTHWEST HILLS |
| License number | 148361 |
| HHSC facility ID | 050750 |
| License type | Type B assisted living |
| Licensed capacity | 240 residents |
| Alzheimer's certification | Certified, 28 residents (certificate 104278) |
| First licensed | September 20, 2007 |
| Current license period | July 29, 2024 to July 29, 2027 |
| Status | Licensed (active) |
| Licensee | Brookdale Northwest Hills LLC |
| Management company | Arc Management, LLC |
| Most recent inspection exit | August 7, 2025 |
| Enforcement record | None reported in TULIP |
| State record | Open the TULIP record |
Phone: (512) 454-5900
Who operates Brookdale Northwest Hills, and how large is it?
Brookdale Northwest Hills is licensed to Brookdale Northwest Hills LLC and managed by Arc Management, LLC, with 240 licensed places in total, the 3rd-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.
HHSC first licensed it on September 20, 2007, about 19 years ago. Ask what has been renovated and whether ownership or management has changed in that time, since the licensee and management company above are the current ones.
What does Brookdale Northwest Hills' Type B license mean for a resident?
Brookdale Northwest Hills holds a Type B license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, need attendance at night or need help transferring, as long as they are not permanently bedfast.
Type B is the license most Austin-area communities hold, and it is the only one that can carry an Alzheimer's certification.
28 of its 240 licensed places (12%) are Alzheimer's-certified. That certified number is the cap on memory care residents, so ask how many of those places are open today and whether assisted living residents get priority when one opens.
What do Texas HHSC inspections show for Brookdale Northwest Hills?
The TULIP record lists 8 cited state violations for Brookdale Northwest Hills: 0 from health inspections and 8 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections, with the most recent inspection exiting on August 7, 2025. Each citation carries the date the facility corrected it.
| Inspection exit | Visit type | Finding (as written by HHSC) | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure the building and structure complied with other applicable chapters of the Life Safety Code, NFPA 101. | July 3, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure the fire alarm and smoke detection system was in compliance with licensing standards for assisted living facilities. | June 28, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure the building was kept in good repair. | July 3, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to comply with Chapter 19 of NFPA 101. | August 10, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to provide operable windows or powered exhaust that is required for all odor-producing rooms. | August 10, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to provide portable extinguishers in the type and/or location required. | June 28, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure that locking devices on exit doors complied with Special Locking Arrangements in the Life Safety Code. | August 10, 2019 |
| June 27, 2019 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure an emergency generator was in compliance with licensing standards for assisted living facilities. | August 10, 2019 |
These citations span 2019 to 2019. A citation is a finding that a rule was not met on the day of the visit, not a measure of overall quality, and every one listed here shows a correction date. What matters on a tour is whether the same kind of finding repeats, and what changed afterwards.
Has Brookdale Northwest Hills been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?
No. The TULIP record lists no administrative penalties or other enforcement actions for Brookdale Northwest Hills as of October 24, 2026.
Enforcement in Texas assisted living usually takes the form of an administrative penalty: a fine tied to a specific rule. A blank enforcement record means none is published for this license; it does not mean the community has never been cited, so read it alongside the inspection history above.
Where is Brookdale Northwest Hills in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?
Brookdale Northwest Hills is at 5715 Mesa Dr, Austin, Texas 78731, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Westminster Manor Assisted Living, about 1.8 miles away.
Austin proper has the widest range of care levels in the metro and the widest range of prices with it. Central and west-side communities price toward the top of the market; north and northeast Austin is generally more moderate. Traffic is the practical constraint families underestimate — a community fifteen minutes away at 10 a.m. can be forty at six in the evening, and evening is when most visits actually happen.
| Licensed community | City | Type | Beds | Memory care | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Manor Assisted Living | Austin | Type B | 76 | No | 1.8 |
| Grand Living at The Grove | Austin | Type B | 271 | Yes | 1.9 |
| Home of Southern Hospitality | Austin | Type B | 15 | No | 2.0 |
| Sage Park Austin | Austin | Type B | 109 | No | 2.2 |
| The Reserve at Lake Austin | Austin | Type B | 156 | Yes | 2.3 |
Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.
How does Brookdale Northwest Hills compare with other assisted living in Travis County?
At 240 licensed places, Brookdale Northwest Hills is 6.7 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 5% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.
| Measure (HHSC record) | Brookdale Northwest Hills | Austin metro / county context |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed places | 240 | median 36 |
| Alzheimer's-certified places | 28 | 84 of 162 metro licenses are certified |
| Cited violations in published inspection history | 8 | median 2 per license |
| Administrative penalties listed | 0 | 27 of 74 Travis County facilities have one or more |
Size cuts both ways. A large campus usually means more amenities, a deeper staff bench and an on-site move from assisted living to memory care; it can also mean more residents per caregiver on a given shift and more inspection findings simply because there is more to inspect. Ask for the staffing ratio on the floor your parent would live on, not the building average.
What does assisted living cost near Austin?
Brookdale Northwest Hills does not publish its rates in the state record, and we do not estimate them. The best published benchmark is the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey Texas median of $5,666 a month ($184 per day) for a private one-bedroom in assisted living, which is a statewide figure, not an Austin one.
Austin's rapid growth, competitive labor market, and newer inventory generally push local pricing above the Texas median. We do not publish an Austin-specific dollar figure because no primary source publishes one. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote.
CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so no authoritative memory care median exists for Texas or for Austin. Any memory care price you see quoted online is an estimate, not survey data. Expect a certified memory care place to cost more than assisted living in the same building.
Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee your parent would be assessed at today, and what moves them to the next level, all in writing. See what senior care costs in the Austin area and how STAR+PLUS can cover assisted living services.
What should you ask on a tour of Brookdale Northwest Hills?
Bring questions built from the state record rather than the brochure: the record tells you where to push, and a good community answers them without hesitation.
- Can I see the report from your most recent life safety code visit and your plan of correction?
- How many of your 28 Alzheimer's-certified places are open, and what is the overnight staff ratio inside the secured unit?
- Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
- Is the management company the same one that was here two years ago, and how long has the executive director been in post?
- Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
- What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
- Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?
How do you verify Brookdale Northwest Hills's license yourself?
Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 148361; the record shows license status, capacity, inspection citations and any penalties, and it is free and public.
To report a concern about care, call HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake at 1-800-458-9858. For free, confidential advocacy for a resident, call the Capital Area long-term care ombudsman at 512-916-6054.
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