HIGGINSVILLE, MO. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged funding for a refinance and renovation of John Knox Village East in Higginsville, which is 50 miles east of Kansas City. John Knox Village East is a senior living facility that features both intermediate care and skilled nursing beds and is managed by Life Care Services. The renovation will increase the number of skilled nursing beds, adding 16 private beds in a new wing. Lancaster Pollard worked with local banks to provide construction financing for the renovation and also obtained permanent financing via a $7.1 million loan insured by the USDA Community Facilities program. Mike Ashley led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
DALLAS — Tradition Senior Living (TSL) has opened The Tradition-Lovers Lane Community, including independent living, assisted living and memory care, at 5850 E. Lovers Lane in Dallas. The complex is a rental community with no buy-in fee. The 7.5-acre campus includes the 202-unit independent living building and the 109-unit assisted living and memory care property fronting Milton Street. Jonathan Perlman is founder and CEO of Tradition Senior Living, which is developing, marketing and managing the project. Houston architects Meeks + Partners designed the independent living building, and Dallas architects D2 Architecture designed the assisted living and memory care property. The community will include a physical and occupational therapy center, a therapy pool with an underwater treadmill, nursing, a multi-sensory room and medication management. The Tradition-Lovers Lane is the second community developed by TSL.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — CBRE National Seniors Housing has secured a $36.3 million loan for the construction of The Village at Belmar, a 156-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) planned in Lakewood in metro Denver. The project is a joint venture between Blue Moon Capital Partners, providing the institutional equity; GH Phipps Construction Company, the general contractor and co-developer; and Ascent Living Communities, co-developer and future operator of the community. Situated on 7.6 acres, Village at Belmar will include 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units located within a three-story, 83,000-square-foot building, along with 60 independent living units to be located in 15 buildings that are approximately 107,000 square feet. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan with limited recourse. The loan features 36 months of interest-only payments.
PHOENIX — Sagewood, a luxury senior living retirement community in northeast Phoenix, plans to add The Estates at Sagewood, a new neighborhood featuring 24 independent living homes. The new homes have multiple floor plans, including villas and duplexes. Sagewood is also expanding its onsite Acacia Health Center. With the addition of The Estates at Sagewood, the community will have 316 independent living residences.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group LLC has purchased Northgate Care Center, a 52-bed skilled nursing facility in San Rafael near San Francisco, from Meridian Foresight Management for $4.5 million. The sale price translates to about $87,000 per bed. Reliant, an owner/operator based in Baton Rouge, La., that was already operating the facility, made the acquisition as part of a lease-purchase agreement. A group of Los Angeles investors looking to expand their California skilled nursing portfolio owns Reliant. Meridian is looking to divest the majority of its skilled nursing portfolio. Shep Roylance of JCH Consulting Group brokered the transaction, representing both the buyer and seller.
SEATTLE — Living Care Lifestyles, an operator with 10 communities in Hawaii, California, Oregon, Texas and Washington, plans to open a new memory care community in Seattle in early 2017. Quail Park of West Seattle will feature 45 units, all memory care, in a 20,000-square-foot, three-story facility situated on a half-acre site. According to the operator, the community will be the first memory-care-only facility in West Seattle. Morningside Development Group is developing the property, which John Lape Architecture designed.
CUMMING, GA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged a sale-leaseback deal for The Oaks at Hampton, an 84-unit assisted living facility in Cumming about 40 miles north of Atlanta, for $18.3 million. Senior Housing Properties Trust, a publicly traded seniors housing REIT, purchased the property and will keep Oaks Senior Living, the seller, as the operator. Bradley Clousing and Jeff Binder of SLIB handled the transaction.
VENICE, FLA. — Capital One has provided a $52 million loan for the recapitalization of a joint venture that owns Jacaranda Trace, a 433-unit seniors housing property in Venice. The property comprises 215 independent living units, 20 assisted living units, 36 memory care units, a clubhouse and 33 acres of land. Private parties hold the remaining units. Community amenities include dining, concierge services and scheduled transportation. The joint venture is between ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager LLC (the majority investor) and Freedom Senior Management. The joint venture intends to expand the property by adding independent living and assisted living units on the property’s vacant land. Capital One also provided a revolving line of credit to fund future growth initiatives associated with the property.
EUGENE, ORE. — Cascade Manor, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Eugene, is currently in progress on a $10 million expansion that will create 30 new luxury independent living apartments and community amenities. The expansion, named 29th Place at Cascade Manor, will add 82,200 square feet to the community. Each new independent living apartment ranges from 1,330 to 2,700 square feet. In addition to new, larger housing options, the community is adding a new dining venue and a courtyard with exterior seating to give residents more choices for dining. Cascade Manor is also renovating existing common spaces including the dining room, main lobby, library and exterior finishes on the entire campus. Cascade Manor expects residents to begin moving into the expansion by the end of the year. Moisan Architects designed the expansion.
BELLINGHAM, WASH. — Memory care developer Silverado will lay the foundation for Silverado Bellingham, a 80-bed memory care community in Bellingham, on the West Coast near the Canadian border, on Sept. 11. The 41,000-square-foot, single-story community is situated on four acres of land and is slated to open in late 2016. Silverado expects development costs to total over $10 million. Architect James Brown with Wattenbarger Architects, local civil engineer Craig Parkinson with Cascade Engineering, and Dawson Construction Inc. all will participate in the construction.