ISSAQUAH, WASH. — Life Care Services has completed the $154.5 million Phase II expansion of Timber Ridge at Talus, a continuing care retirement community in the Seattle Suburb of Issaquah. The project expanded the health center, which offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, and added 145 independent living units, an indoor swimming pool and 190-seat auditorium. The property now offers 329 total independent living units. The community is built on 10 acres within Talus, a 630-acre, master-planned residential project at the base of Cougar Mountain. Life Care Services and Westminster Funds are joint-venture owners of Timber Ridge. The Weitz Company was general contractor on the expansion. Publicly traded healthcare REIT National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) provided funding for the project.
Seniors Housing
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Welbrook Senior Living expects to complete construction of 50-bed skilled nursing facility in Las Cruces, just north of El Paso, Texas, by the end of June. The property, which has not yet been named, will largely focus on short-stay rehabilitation. Partners on the funding, design and construction of the property include National Healthcare Development Inc., Northstar Commercial Partners, Lantz-Boggio Architects and Catamount Constructors. California-based Welbrook has 11 communities opened or under construction in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois and Arizona. Its properties span the continuum of care.
REDMOND, WASH. — Emerald Communities, a nonprofit seniors housing operator, has announced plans to add a new neighborhood named The Courtyard to its Emerald Heights continuing care retirement community in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. The Courtyard will feature a three-level, 69,998-square-foot building atop a 34,107-square-foot parking structure. It will add 42 new units to the community, surrounding a pedestrian plaza that connects to the property’s existing nature trail. Construction of The Courtyard is expected to begin in mid-2018. Emerald Heights, which sits on 38 acres in the Education Hill neighborhood of Redmond, was most recently expanded in 2014.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), a seniors housing operator, has been chosen to manage The Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara, a memory care community in Santa Barbara. This will be the California-based operator’s first community in Santa Barbara.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Care Investment Trust LLC has partnered with affiliates of Phoenix Senior Living to purchase Hope Center Memory Care, a 64-unit seniors housing property in Fayetteville, about 22 miles south of Atlanta. Built in 2013, Hope Center provides care and activities for its residents, all of which need specialized memory care. Phoenix Senior Living plans to enhance the living experience of current and future residents through improved programming. The joint venture has hired a team of certified dementia practitioners to lead and deliver all care and services at Hope Center.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. AND FRANKLIN, TENN. — On the heels of opening seniors housing community Somerby Sandy Springs in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Dominion Partners also plans to open Somerby Franklin in the Nashville suburb of Franklin within the next two months. Somerby Sandy Springs includes 128 independent living units, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units on a six-acre plot. Details were not released on the Franklin property. Based in Birmingham, Ala., Dominion Partners is a developer and owner of seniors housing properties. Somerby, an operator, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion. The companies own and operate a portfolio of eight communities in Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged $15.4 million in first mortgage financing for Regency-Windsor Atrium View, a skilled nursing facility in the south Texas city of Harlingen. Located at 1814 Atrium Place Drive, the facility, which was built in 2012, offers 120 beds. John Randolph of KeyBank arranged the loan, which has a 35-year amortization schedule, to refinance existing debt on the property.
MINNEAPOLIS — Catholic Eldercare has unveiled plans to develop a 65-unit seniors housing property in Minneapolis. Construction will begin this August with occupancy slated for summer 2018. In addition to one- and two-bedroom units, the community will feature food and concierge services. Apartment sizes will range from 800 to1,300 square feet. Catholic Eldercare has owned the land site, located at 2nd Street and Broadway Avenue, since 1994. Miller Hansen Partners is designing the new building, while Frana Cos. Inc. is serving as contractor.
HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has acquired an 11-acre land parcel in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville. The buyer will use the property to build Clarendale at Indian Lake, a $48.5 million, 189-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. Project partners include LCS and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. It will be the fourth Clarendale-branded community. The developers plan to start construction this spring for completion in fall 2018. Life Care Services, an affiliate of LCS, will operate the community once construction is completed. HFR Design, a Nashville-based architecture and engineering firm, designed the property. Bone McAllester Norton provided legal services. Terry Smith and Henry Trost of Avison Young represented Ryan Cos. in the land acquisition. The price was not disclosed.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Texas Star Assisted Living, an 87-unit, 95-bed assisted living and memory care community located at 650 S. Greenville Ave. in Allen. Doug O’Toole of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a national owner/operator of seniors housing properties, in the transaction. Nathan Tune of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, a Texas-based developer.