OAKLAND, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $35.2 million in financing for the acquisition of The Point at Rockridge, a Class A, 148-unit assisted living and memory care community in Oakland. The borrower is a joint venture between Angelo Gordon & Co. and Auctus Capital Partners. The property is located near the University of California Berkeley in the affluent submarket of Rockridge. Home values in a one-mile radius average over $1 million and the average household income is nearly $130,000 per year. The property has undergone two multimillion-dollar renovations in recent years. The first renovation was in 2013, converting 30 assisted living units into a dedicated memory care wing. The second renovation occurred in 2016, providing updates to interior and exterior common areas, community amenities, units and landscaping. The buyers plan to make further improvements to the community. Integral Senior Living, which has operated the property since 2013, will continue to manage The Point at Rockridge following the acquisition. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with 48 months of interest-only payments.
Seniors Housing
South Bay Partners, SageLife to Develop 250-Unit Seniors Housing Community Near Philadelphia
by David Cohen
UPPER DUBLIN, PA., — South Bay Partners Inc., through a joint venture with LAMB Properties LLC, has purchased 7.9 acres in Upper Dublin for the development of a 250-unit seniors housing community. Located approximately 20 miles north of Philadelphia, Sage at Mattison Estates will be a four-story structure offering 156 independent living units, 62 assisted living units and 32 memory care units. Groundbreaking is scheduled for February 2019 for an expected delivery in spring 2021. Locally based SageLife will manage the community upon completion.
HOUSTON — Hunt Capital Partners has arranged a $7.2 million loan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Anna Dupree Terrace, a 151-unit seniors housing community in Houston. The development serves elderly households whose tenants are 62 years or older or who have disabilities. Upon completion of the renovation, which is scheduled for May 2020, the property will feature amenities such as a computer lab, beauty salon and outdoor picnic areas. The borrower was not disclosed.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has unveiled plans to upgrade and expand Martin Avenue Apartments, a 122-unit affordable seniors housing community in Naperville. The $38.6 million project will be completed in partnership with the community’s owner, Naperville Elderly Homes Inc. The units will be upgraded with new bathrooms, flooring, light fixtures and air-conditioning units. A new five-story wing will add 68 more units. Construction is scheduled to begin late this spring with completion slated for late 2019 for the existing structure and mid-2020 for the new wing. Evergreen Construction Co. and Wight Construction Services are the general contractors for the project. Worn Jerabek Wiltse Architects is the project architect. Evergreen will continue to oversee operations after the renovations are complete. Working in partnership with the Illinois Housing Development Authority, U.S. Bancorp CDC and Wintrust Bank, Evergreen secured nearly $20 million in low-income housing tax credit equity to help finance the project. Other financial partners included the city of Naperville, DuPage County and the DuPage Housing Authority.
ALTON AND BELLEVILLE, ILL. — Strawberry Fields REIT LLC has acquired two skilled nursing facilities near the Illinois-Missouri border for $5.9 million. The properties total 361 beds and include Integrity Healthcare of Alton in Alton and Integrity Healthcare of Belleville in Belleville. Both cities are suburbs of St. Louis and are located in Illinois. Integrity Healthcare Management will continue to operate the two facilities under a master lease agreement. The average occupancy in the homes is 48 percent. Among the residents at the two skilled nursing facilities, 6 percent are Medicare patients, 88 percent are Medicaid patients and 5 percent are private pay.
Erickson Living to Convert Former Marriott Corporate Office in Maryland to 775,000 SF Seniors Housing Community
by Alex Tostado
BETHESDA, MD. — With Marriott International Inc. planning to relocate its Bethesda headquarters in 2022, Erickson Living has announced plans to redevelop the 775,000-square-foot office building into a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). The acquisition of the headquarters, located in Montgomery County’s Rock Spring area, was completed in December 2018. Terms of that acquisition were not disclosed. The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission updated the master plan for the Rock Spring area of Montgomery County in 2018. While Rock Spring has been developed over the years as a suburban office park, the updated plan encourages more residential and retail uses, according to Erickson. Erickson Living owns and/or operates 20 communities in 11 states, serving more than 27,000 residents. The company specializes in CCRCs.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — Integrated Senior Lifestyles has opened a 101-unit expansion at its Watercrest at Kingwood seniors housing community, located in the northern Houston suburb of Kingwood. The 145,000-square-foot “Garden Village” project adds 73 independent living and 28 assisted living residences to the existing campus. The expansion also features several common areas and amenities such as multiple outdoor sitting areas, a walking trail, wellness center, libraries, pet park and two new dining venues. Integrated operates 11 seniors housing communities in Texas and Oklahoma.
WOODBURY, N.Y. — Greystone has provided $78.5 million in HUD-insured financing for a skilled nursing complex in Woodbury. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the refinancing, which carries a fixed rate and fully amortizes at 30 years. Greystone also arranged the high-leverage bridge acquisition loan that this refinancing replaces. The borrowers were not disclosed. Located on Long Island, the 588-bed Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation facility offers an array of specialized services and programs, including clinical care; physical, occupational and speech therapies; amputee rehabilitation; pulmonary/ventilator care; cardiac care; and memory care. Significant, multi-year renovations were completed to the property’s five interconnected residential buildings properties and additional office building in 2010.
ATLANTA — Caddis Healthcare Real Estate has unveiled plans for Heartis Buckhead, an 18-story high-rise seniors housing property in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The 278,000-square-foot community will offer 213 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Construction is slated for completion in late 2021. The architect for the project is Englewood, Colo.-based Lantz-Boggio, and the general contractor is the Atlanta office of Brasfield & Gorrie. Caddis currently has 19 Heartis-branded seniors housing communities either opened or under development in five states. Heartis Buckhead will be the largest and “most ambitious” of those projects to date, according to Jud Jacobs, the company’s executive vice president of development. The company will also upgrade an adjacent 10-story, 72,923-square-foot medical office building. The project will include a landscaped plaza and a two-level parking structure that will serve both facilities. Both Heartis Buckhead and the medical office building are situated across from Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Presidium, an investment and development firm with offices in Dallas and Austin, has begun construction on Artistry at Edgestone, a 188-unit independent living community in the northern Dallas suburb of Frisco. Situated on 18 acres, the property will offer amenities such as a pool, fitness and wellness center, library and cyber lounge, media and game rooms, hair salon, walking trails and an arts and crafts center. Completion is slated for summer 2020. San Antonio-based Mason Joseph Co. Inc. arranged a $31.9 million HUD loan for the construction and permanent financing of the project.