It’s hard to miss the Presumpscot River.

“I would love to wake up in the morning and see that river,” Francis Mains, 75, of Gorham, said while touring the Little Falls Landing senior housing facility Tuesday.

Completed recently after three years of planning and construction, the new senior housing center built by Avesta Housing on Depot Street in South Windham. To celebrate the new building, Avesta hosted an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 14.

The is the third senior housing facility built in Windham by Avesta Housing, a nonprofit housing development and management firm. The two others are Unity Gardens on Tandberg Trail and New Marblehead Manor on Sandbar Road.

“Maine’s fastest growing population is seniors,” Avesta President and CEO Dana Totman said Tuesday. The problem, he said, isn’t a lack of housing, but a lack of housing that is appropriate for seniors who may have trouble climbing staircases or affording an entire house.

The apartments are available to seniors and couples 62 and over. The entire complex is smoke-free. Residents must have an income below $23,850 for singles and a combined income below $27,300 for couples, according to development officer Debora Keller.

For rent, residents will pay 30 percent of their adjusted income minus out-of-pocket medical expenses. Heat, hot water and lights are included in this cost.

With a panoramic view of the churning Presumpscot River, the new 24-unit complex features a coin-operated laundry, a computer lab and a large room for gatherings. Each apartment has its own kitchen, bathroom and large walk-in closet. Three of the apartments are specially equipped for handicapped residents.

Also in view is the dilapidated Keddy Mill. The former wood pulp mill is slated to be torn down and replaced with a condominium complex. Construction is expected to begin sometime next year, according to Renee Lewis manager of the real estate development company “Village at Little Falls LLC” that owns the mill.

Lewis said her company is “thrilled” to work with Avesta on the Little Falls Landing. The location of the senior housing facility was formerly part of the mill. Lewis said her company is using the same architect, Gawron Turgeon Architects of Scarborough, so the two complexes will be visually appealing together.

At this time there is no waiting list for the Little Falls Landing, Totman said. When all the apartments are taken the wait will be about a year to a year-and-a-half, he said.

Hazel Magnusson, 81, of Windham, thought the apartments were a little small. “(But) it’s still better than a lot of senior housing I’ve seen,” she said.

“I love this view,” she added while looking out the big picture window of the community room at the Presumpscot River.

Bob Miele, 83, of Raymond points to a painting of the store he used to own and live above to Hazel Magnusson, 81, of Windham. The two went to Windham High School together.Philip Holmes of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development prepares to cut the ribbon at the front entrance of the Little Falls Landing complex. From left to right, Windham Town Council chairman John MacKinnon, Philip Holmes, Dana Totman and Debora Keller.Leasing agent Jules Fertig of Avesta Housing shows several potential residents where the Little Falls Landing rec room will be. The room, he said, will be filled with bookshelves and overstuffed chairs. From left to right: Francis Mains, Marilyn Ericson, Carole Kelley, Irene Cuffori and Jules Fertig.Marilyn Ericson Jules Fertig of Avesta housing stand in the doorway between the bedroom and living room of a new apartment in the Little Falls Landing senior housing complex.Leasing agent Jules Fertig of Avesta Housing shows several potential residents the kitchen of one of the new apartments in the Little Falls Landing senior housing facility. From left to right: Carole Kelley, Marilyn Ericson, Irene Cuffori and Jules Fertig.