BUTLER, PA. — SunTrust has served as joint lead arranger and Ziegler as placement agent for a $71 million refinancing to Quality Life Services. The Butler-based healthcare services company will use the funds for an expansion of its communities, which include skilled nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities (CCRC). The first renovation project is already underway at Quality Life Services – Sugarcreek, a CCRC in Worthington. The project is slated for completion in February 2019. When the projects are completed, all 10 of Quality Life Services’ skilled nursing facilities will be renovated and expanded. Additionally, the company will improve upon its home health and hospice divisions.
SEATTLE — Áegis Living has opened the doors on Áegis of West Seattle, an 83-unit assisted living and memory care community in Seattle. The project was designed to look like a Mediterranean resort. Áegis’ most recent communities are designed on such themes. Its community under construction on nearby Mercer Island is lodge-themed, and the company recently opened an Italian-themed community in Seattle. Áegis Living is a Bellevue-based developer and operator with 31 seniors housing communities in Washington, California and Nevada.
ATLANTA — The seniors housing business is beset with labor concerns, and developers and operators are convinced that the solution lies in upping the number of millennials on staff. According to recent data from Pew Research Center and the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 56 million American workers are between the ages of 21 and 36. That means more than one-third of all labor force participants are millennials, a generation that industry experts say generally wants emotionally meaningful careers with fast-tracked advancement. There are challenges in creating and marketing a positive perception of the seniors housing industry to prospective millennial workers, as well as in retaining them. This subject was broached during the “State of the Industry” panel at the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference on Wednesday, Aug. 29. Held at the Westin Buckhead hotel in Atlanta, the event drew nearly 520 developers, lenders, investors and operators in the senior living space. “There’s a lot of talent that’s drawn to hospitality, but it can be hard selling them on seniors housing,” said panelist Eric Mendelsohn, president and CEO of Tennessee-based REIT National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI). “We have to show people that there’s so much more to this business than serving Jell-O …
NEWBURYPORT, MASS. — Nauset Construction has finished building Port Healthcare Center, a 123-bed skilled nursing facility in Newburyport, located in the very northeastern corner of the state. Whittier Health Network, a family-owned healthcare organization with operations in Massachusetts and New York, owns and operates the facility. The new center is a replacement property, more than doubling the bed count of the original asset. Designed by longtime Whittier architect Ranere Associates Inc., the two-story, steel-and-concrete building totals 62,000 square feet.
DENVER — HFF has arranged financing for the development of Solera at Cherry Creek, a Class A seniors housing development in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver. Solera at Cherry Creek will comprise 64 assisted living apartments and 32 memory care units within a three-story building totaling approximately 55,000 rentable square feet. A joint venture between affiliates of Banner Senior, Solera Senior Living and Wheelock Street Capital are developing the property. Rosemann & Associates is designing the community, which is scheduled for completion in 2019. The HFF team representing the borrower included David Fasano, Sarah Anderson and Brock Yaffe. A national bank is providing the nonrecourse loan. The amount of the financing was not disclosed.
SPRING, TEXAS — Discovery Senior Living, an operator of 50-plus seniors housing communities across the country, has completed the renovation of Conservatory at Champion Forest, a seniors housing property located in Houston suburb of Spring. The Florida-based company overhauled the apartments, clubhouse amenities and dining areas. Although development costs were not officially released, Discovery described the project as a “multimillion-dollar remodel.”
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO — Inspirit Senior Living has acquired The Gardens of Cuyahoga Falls and The Gardens of Liberty Park (formerly the Gardens of Western Reserve) in Ohio. The acquisitions bring the Virginia-based owner-operator into Ohio for the first time, and increase its portfolio size to eight communities. Inspirit partnered with Venue Capital LLC, a New York City-based real estate and asset management firm, on the two acquisitions. Both communities offer assisted living and memory care. The Gardens of Liberty Park features 120 units, while The Gardens of Cuyahoga Falls features 130 units. Inspirit plans to extensively renovate the buildings and grounds. The seller was senior care industry veteran Rich Piekarski.
DRAPER, UTAH — Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) has arranged the sale of Rosegate Draper, a 277-unit age-restricted multifamily asset in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper. A local developer and owner sold the community to Kennedy Wilson, a California-based global real estate investment company, for approximately $51.4 million. The price equates to $185,379 per unit. Built in 2015, the five-story community features all one- and two-bedroom units and offers space for full-service facilities. Marcus & Millichap’s Danny Shin and Brock Zylstra represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Grandon Village, a 161-unit age- and income-restricted housing asset in San Marcos, approximately 35 miles north of San Diego. The seller was Grandon Village LP, which originally developed the community in 2004. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $30.2 million, or $187,578 per unit. The community was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and historically has a long waiting list, according to Marty Cohen of Marcus & Millichap, who represented the seller. The property is walking distance from a 357,000-square-foot shopping center and a North County Transit District Breeze bus stop.
EDISON, N.J. — Avanath Capital Management has acquired Menlo Manor, a 240-unit affordable senior housing community in Edison. Avanath acquired the property through its institutional fund, Avanath Affordable Housing III. The five-story property was built in 1980 and features a community room, exterior courtyard, library, dining area, community kitchen and automatic front doors. Located at 161 Inman Ave., the community includes a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedroom units. Alex Medeiros of CBRE represented the seller, Jeff Spragens.