The Pillars of Prospect Park

The Pillars of Prospect Park, in Minneapolis, is one of the larger licensed assisted living communities in Hennepin County: 320 licensed resident spaces under MDH license 423759. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is The Pillars of Prospect Park licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. The Pillars of Prospect Park holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 423759, for 320 residents; the current license period runs from November 21, 2025 to November 20, 2026.

The dementia care license is the category Minnesota requires for any building with a secured memory care unit, so this community may operate one.

What do MDH survey and complaint records show for The Pillars of Prospect Park?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for The Pillars of Prospect Park, most recently resolved on April 15, 2026, along with 4 complaint investigations by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 1 of them substantiated.

Of the 4 investigations: 1 substantiated, 1 unsubstantiated, 2 inconclusive. The metro median for assisted living buildings licensed for 60 or more residents is 1 substantiated finding. Its posted record is at or below the metro median for substantiated complaint findings among larger buildings, a good sign, though investigations only capture what was reported. A complaint investigation starts when someone reports a concern, so the count reflects reporting as well as care.

Evaluation surveys

Office of Health Facility Complaints investigations

What does The Pillars of Prospect Park report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

The Pillars of Prospect Park's UDALSA disclosure is posted on MDH's site as a scanned document, so we have not extracted its staffing figures; open it to read the reported staff per shift and accepted payment sources.

Read the UDALSA (PDF). Every Minnesota assisted living licensee must file this standard disclosure under Minn. Stat. 144G.40.

Where is The Pillars of Prospect Park, and what else is licensed nearby?

The Pillars of Prospect Park is at 22 Malcolm Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414, in Hennepin County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

As the region's hub, Minneapolis carries the metro's deepest bench of hospital-affiliated senior care, anchored by Allina Health's Abbott Northwestern Hospital in the Whittier neighborhood and the University of Minnesota Medical Center / M Health Fairview campus along the Mississippi riverfront. The city's light-rail spine, where the METRO Blue and Green Lines converge downtown, puts a large share of its assisted living and memory care buildings within walking distance of a train stop, a rarity in the Twin Cities. Building stock ranges from converted early-1900s apartment blocks in neighborhoods like Loring Park to newer high-rise senior communities downtown and near the Chain of Lakes. Hennepin County holds most of the metro's major hospitals, including Allina's Abbott Northwestern, M Health Fairview's University of Minnesota Medical Center, HealthPartners Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park and North Memorial in Robbinsdale; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Minneapolis assisted living guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Minneapolis

• Runnstone Senior Living · Minneapolis, 350 licensed spaces
• Walker Methodist Place · Minneapolis, 125 licensed spaces
• The Kenwood · Minneapolis, 118 licensed spaces
• Abiitan Mill City · Minneapolis, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Waters on 50th · Minneapolis, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Whittier Place · Minneapolis, 86 licensed spaces

What does assisted living cost at a community like The Pillars of Prospect Park?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and The Pillars of Prospect Park's rates depend on apartment type and service package; third-party summaries of the CareScout survey put Minnesota's statewide median near $6,573 a month, a figure we have not verified against CareScout's own tables.

Ask The Pillars of Prospect Park for a written, itemized monthly quote for your parent's assessed service level, including what is billed separately. Minnesota's Elderly Waiver can pay for customized living services, never room and board, for Medical Assistance-eligible residents of participating facilities; very-low-income residents may also qualify for Housing Support toward room and board. How the Elderly Waiver works in assisted living.

Does The Pillars of Prospect Park provide memory care?

The Pillars of Prospect Park holds Minnesota's dementia care license, so before signing a contract you are entitled to its written dementia care disclosure under Minn. Stat. 325F.72.

That disclosure covers admission and retention criteria for the secured unit, the assessment and service-plan process, staff credentials and training, the physical environment and security features, programming and fees. Compare it side by side with another community's, and ask how many staff completed the dementia training required under Minn. Stat. 144G.83 this year.

How should a family evaluate The Pillars of Prospect Park?

A building licensed for 320 residents like The Pillars of Prospect Park usually runs several service levels under one roof. Ask how residents are assessed into a service package, how often the assessment is repeated, and exactly what change moves the monthly price up.

Check the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card, which DHS and MDH publish with resident and family survey results for many facilities, alongside the complaint record above. Visit at least twice, once unannounced near a mealtime, and ask to speak with a current resident's family.

What should you ask on a tour of The Pillars of Prospect Park?

Ask about overnight staffing, move-out triggers and the latest MDH findings first; those three answers separate communities faster than any brochure.

• Is your UDALSA disclosure current, and may I take a copy home?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?
• How many caregivers left in the past 12 months?
• Do you accept Elderly Waiver customized living funding, and is there a private-pay period first?
• How do you handle a fall at night, and when is the family called?
• Can I see your most recent MDH evaluation survey and any correction orders?

Who do you call with a concern about care at The Pillars of Prospect Park?

Call the MDH Office of Health Facility Complaints at 651-201-4200 (or 1-800-369-7994) for a licensing concern, or the Minnesota Office of Ombudsman for Long-Term Care at 1-800-657-3591 for free, confidential advocacy.

A complaint to MDH can lead to the kind of investigation listed above. The ombudsman does not inspect; it helps resolve problems such as discharge notices, service-plan disputes and residents' rights issues, and acts with the resident's consent. Suspected abuse, neglect or financial exploitation goes to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center at 1-844-880-1574, 24 hours a day. For immediate danger, call 911. How complaints work in Minnesota.