The Watermark at Southpark Meadows is a Type B assisted living community licensed by Texas HHSC under license number 307921, with 122 licensed places (36 Alzheimer's-certified), at 9320 Alice Mae Lane, Austin, Texas 78748.
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 | THE WATERMARK AT SOUTHPARK MEADOWS |
| License number | 307921 |
| HHSC facility ID | 106662 |
| License type | Type B assisted living |
| Licensed capacity | 122 residents |
| Alzheimer's certification | Certified, 36 residents (certificate 104758) |
| First licensed | January 6, 2017 |
| Current license period | November 25, 2025 to November 25, 2028 |
| Status | Licensed (active) |
| Licensee | Shp VI Austin LLC |
| Management company | Watermark Retirement Communities, LLC |
| Most recent inspection exit | March 12, 2025 |
| Enforcement record | 1 administrative penalty ($3,000 total), most recent September 8, 2025 |
| State record | Open the TULIP record |
Phone: (512) 222-3224
Who operates The Watermark at Southpark Meadows, and how large is it?
The Watermark at Southpark Meadows is licensed to Shp VI Austin LLC and managed by Watermark Retirement Communities, LLC, with 122 licensed places in total, the 24th-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.
HHSC first licensed it on January 6, 2017, about 9 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 The Watermark at Southpark Meadows' Type B license mean for a resident?
The Watermark at Southpark Meadows 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.
36 of its 122 licensed places (30%) 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 The Watermark at Southpark Meadows?
The TULIP record lists 3 cited state violations for The Watermark at Southpark Meadows: 1 from health inspections and 2 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections, with the most recent inspection exiting on March 12, 2025.
| Inspection exit | Visit type | Finding (as written by HHSC) | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 12, 2025 | Health Visit | The facility failed to comply with Texas Food Establishment rules and local health ordinances and requirements. | Not shown |
| November 6, 2018 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure fire drills were conducted and documented to be in compliance with licensing standards for assisted living facilities. | November 7, 2018 |
| November 6, 2018 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure the smoke detectors were to be tested for sensitivity as required. The facility failed to provide all required fire alarm documentation, including as-built installation drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, and a written sequence of operation, must be available for examination by DADS. | November 7, 2018 |
These citations span 2018 to 2025. A citation is a finding that a rule was not met on the day of the visit, not a measure of overall quality; where no correction date is shown, ask the community for its plan of correction. What matters on a tour is whether the same kind of finding repeats, and what changed afterwards.
Has The Watermark at Southpark Meadows been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?
Yes. TULIP lists 1 administrative penalty for The Watermark at Southpark Meadows, totalling $3,000, the most recent imposed on September 8, 2025.
| Imposed | Action | Amount | Rule cited and finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2025 | Administrative Penalty | $3,000 | 26 TAC §553.273(b): The facility failed to follow its internal policies regarding the prevention, detection, and reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. |
Penalties are public because they are meant to be read. The useful question for the community is not whether it has ever been fined, but what it changed: ask the executive director to walk you through the most recent one.
Where is The Watermark at Southpark Meadows in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?
The Watermark at Southpark Meadows is at 9320 Alice Mae Lane, Austin, Texas 78748, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Live Oak Estates, about 0.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Estates | Austin | Type B | 9 | No | 0.8 |
| Accession Estates Assisted Living Homes | Austin | Type B | 10 | No | 0.9 |
| Texas Neuro Rehab Center | Austin | Type B | 8 | No | 1.7 |
| Texas NeuroRehab Center | Austin | Type B | 14 | No | 1.7 |
| Village on The Park - Onion Creek | Austin | Type B | 38 | No | 1.8 |
Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.
How does The Watermark at Southpark Meadows compare with other assisted living in Travis County?
At 122 licensed places, The Watermark at Southpark Meadows is 3.4 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 2% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.
| Measure (HHSC record) | The Watermark at Southpark Meadows | Austin metro / county context |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed places | 122 | median 36 |
| Alzheimer's-certified places | 36 | 84 of 162 metro licenses are certified |
| Cited violations in published inspection history | 3 | median 2 per license |
| Administrative penalties listed | 1 | 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?
The Watermark at Southpark Meadows 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 The Watermark at Southpark Meadows?
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.
- The September 8, 2025 penalty cited 26 TAC §553.273(b). What changed afterwards, and who is responsible for it now?
- Can I see the report from your most recent health visit visit and your plan of correction?
- How many of your 36 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?
How do you verify The Watermark at Southpark Meadows's license yourself?
Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 307921; 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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