It’s been a busy couple of months for Tim Mallad.
First, as CEO of Forefront Living, Mallad is getting everything in place for his Dallas-based organization’s opening of its latest senior living community in Plano, The Outlook at Windhaven.
And, in another realm, Mallad is in the middle of promoting a documentary film based on his long-ago discovery of letters that revealed World War II horrors in Germany.
“It’s been truly that busy,” Mallad said.
As for Forefront Living, it recently celebrated the groundbreaking of The Outlook at Windhaven at a party at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco. The 18.2-acre gated community will include 153 independent living apartment homes, 30 independent living cottage homes, 32 assisted living apartment homes, and 24 memory support suites on five floors.
The project is expected to be complete in 2024 and Mallad is putting the finishing touches on it.
As for his documentary, Let Us Die, Mallad was along for its premiere at the Dallas International Film Festival last weekend. The movie detailed his journey to learn more from a cache of letters found in a hidden compartment in a desk he bought in the late 1980s.
The letters revealed the details of a German family that committed suicide together rather than face the violent reprisals from advancing Russian troops in the final weeks of World War II.
Mallad’s search was supported by actress Jane Seymour. Jason Whitely, a WFAA political reporter, joined Mallad and Frank Pringham, the last remaining relative of the deceased family, in exploring the family’s final fate in Germany.
“The World War II stuff was a personal journey,” Mallad said. “That was nights and weekends over 35 years.”
The film, an Official Selection at its Dallas showing, could appear at other film festivals.
Meanwhile, The Outlook at Windhaven continues on Mallad’s radar. The project is 80 percent pre-sold, Mallad said. The community’s information center is at 4017 Preston Road, Suite B520, in Plano.
Whereas the documentary was on the side, he said that The Outlook project is the day job that’s been nothing but fun.
“We put in a lot of fun and energy during the shifting dynamics in the middle of the pandemic,” Mallad said.
The community will be on the creekside property at West Spring Creek Parkway and Windhaven Parkway, near Windhaven Meadows Park. The project is part of the redevelopment of the Haggard family farm.
“It took us years to get that location,” Mallad said.
