DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Newmark has arranged the recapitalization of a portfolio of five seniors housing properties totaling 1,546 units that are located throughout the Dallas and Houston areas. The properties include: The Tradition-Clearfork in Fort Worth, The Tradition-Lovers Lane and The Tradition-Prestonwood in Dallas, and The Tradition-Woodway and The Tradition-Buffalo Speedway in Houston. The properties offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services and had a combined occupancy rate of about 96 percent at the time of the recapitalization. Chad Lavender, Ryan Maconachy, Sarah Anderson, Mills Poynor and Ben McElroy of Newmark worked on behalf of the owner, Tradition Senior Living, to secure a joint venture equity investment from Kayne Anderson Real Estate. Newmark also arranged new financing for the portfolio.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Varcity has unveiled plans to open Varcity at Purdue, a 239-unit, university-based retirement community within Purdue University’s Discovery Park District. Developed in partnership with Purdue University and the Purdue for Life Foundation, the property will bring a new generation of residents to campus. Varcity calls the concept “Retirement Renaissance” and says it creates “a lifestyle built around lifelong learning, meaningful relationships, wellness and continued purpose.” The 13.5-acre project will include villas, townhomes, stacked flats and concierge residences. The community will be co-developed with Atlanta-based Carter and professionally managed by Western States Lodging. Reach Architects and Gensler designed the property. The developer also says Varcity at Purdue represents a new model for higher education partnerships. “By activating underutilized university land, campuses gain a sustainable revenue source while creating opportunities for students through internships, mentorship, healthcare experiences, hospitality and daily intergenerational engagement.” Residents of Varcity could attend lectures from faculty, cheer on the Boilermakers, mentor students, take continuing education classes, enjoy concerts and performances or volunteer their time. Varcity at Purdue marks the first in a growing national portfolio. A second community at Texas A&M University is currently in development, with groundbreaking anticipated in early 2027.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between owner-operator Pennrose and the Wynnefield Overbrook Revitalization Corp. (WORC) has completed Good Shepherd, a 55-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Philadelphia’s Overbrook area that is a redevelopment of the former Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, which was destroyed by fire in 2016. Good Shepherd’s one-bedroom units have an average size of 605 square feet and are reserved for renters age 62 and above who earn between 20 and 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities include a fitness center, multi-purpose room and flex space, and residents also have access to social, health and other educational support programs and services.
OXNARD, CALIF. — Harrison Street Asset Management has sold Clearwater at Riverpark, a 136-unit independent senior living community in Oxnard. The buyer was an undisclosed S&P 500 company focused on seniors housing. Terms of the transaction were not released. Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker of JLL Capital Markets Sales and Advisory team represented the seller in the deal. Built in 2018 on 3.8 acres, residences in the 153,297-square-foot community feature full kitchens, in-unit washers/dryers and private patios. Community amenities include multiple dining venues, a pool, fitness center, theater, salon and spa, putting green and dog park.
WILLITS, CALIF. — TCC Properties has sold Redwood Meadows, a 101-unit seniors housing property in the Northern California city of Willits, to Echelon Communities for $10.8 million, or $106,931 per unit. Isaak Heitzeberg of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer in conjunction with Marcus & Millichap’s Andres Guerra. Built in 1989 on 7.1 acres, Redwood Meadows features four studio units, 58 one-bedroom residences and 39 two-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a clubhouse, redwood garden, two laundry rooms, rentable storage units and a dog park. Located at 1475 Baechtel Road, the site also includes land with initial city approval for up to 15 additional units.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a seven-building memory care campus in San Diego County. Developed in 2002, the property contains more than 55 units licensed for over 85 residents. The community was operating with negative net operating income (NOI) at the time of sale. Nick Stahler, Justin Knapp, Michael Mooney and Hap Knowles of Marcus & Millichap’s Knapp-Stahler Group arranged the transaction. An undisclosed, all-cash buyer acquired the community from a publicly traded REIT for roughly $170,000 per unit.
LOS ANGELES — Wellpointe has announced plans for the development of a new affordable seniors housing campus within the Warner Center master-planned district in Los Angeles. Wellpointe estimates a total investment of $2 billion in the project, which will be developed in four phases. A property-holding affiliate of Wellpointe acquired the 4.7-acre development site late last year from Parkview Financial. Upon completion, Viva L.A. Warner Center will comprise four high-rise towers ranging from 34 to 42 stories. The 2.2 million-square-foot development will total 3,192 units and include 61,450 square feet of non-residential space. “Viva represents our conviction that affordable housing, paired with assisted living services as needed, can be delivered at the scale and density that California’s aging population in core urban centers actually needs,” says George Kutnerian, co-founder and CEO of Wellpointe. “Despite the overwhelming need for a new model, senior living continues to be built out rather than up — even in dense urban areas — and quality is treated as incompatible with affordability. Viva rejects that premise and builds upon Wellpointe’s mission of democratizing access to quality housing and care for older adults — now through transit-oriented, high-density, community-serving urban social infrastructure.” Gensler is designing the project. The firm …
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — LTC Properties has acquired two seniors housing communities in Colorado and New Mexico from Harbert Management Corp. for a combined purchase price of $73 million. Offering both assisted living and memory care, the properties are the 69-unit MorningStar of Albuquerque and the 64-unit MorningStar of Wheat Ridge in Denver. MorningStar Senior Living will continue to manage the properties on behalf of the new ownership. Berkadia brokered the sale of the properties. LTC will own the communities as a senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) properties. Since launching its SHOP platform in May 2025, the portfolio has grown to 36 properties, representing 34 percent of the REIT’s total gross real estate investments.
HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an 82-bed skilled nursing facility in Hoosick Falls, located about 30 miles northeast of Albany. Originally built in 1954 and expanded in 1995, the single-story facility at 21 Danforth St. features a community dining hall, resident lounges and outdoor walking areas. Joseph Knapp and John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
By Hayden Spiess At first glance, mixing university students in their late teens and early 20s with senior living residents might seem too unconventional to succeed. “These are two completely different worlds,” concedes Andrew Carle, president of Carle Consulting. “You cannot find a bigger odd couple than bureaucratic universities focused on 20-year-olds and fast-moving senior living providers that are focused on 80-year-olds. Bringing those worlds together is hard.” Even so, the premise of university retirement communities (URCs) does exactly that, and Carle is one of the property type’s strongest proponents. More than 80 URCs are currently open throughout the U.S., according to UniversityRetirementCommunities.com, which is an online resource established and operated by Carle. The proliferation of these niche properties marks a stark contrast from a few decades ago, when the first URCs began to pop up. Those first communities included Meadowood at Indiana University, which opened in 1983, and Green Hills at Iowa State, which was built in 1986. Carle describes those two pioneering communities as “organically built” properties, rather than “intentionally built” URCs. “Most of the early ones were organically built,” explains Carle. “They didn’t even know what they were doing, frankly.” As interest in senior living communities …
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