WEST POINT, GA. — Batson-Cook Construction and its sister company Batson-Cook Development Co. have partnered with Principal Senior Living Group for a spate of new seniors housing facilities in the Southeast. The development team has delivered or is constructing seven facilities totaling $56 million and 275,000 square feet. The facilities, operating under the Benton House brand, are located in Douglassville, Ga.; Johns Creek, Ga.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Woodstock, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Clermont, Fla.; and Bluffton, S.C. West Point-based Batson-Cook Construction is building the Benton Houses at approximately 40,000 square feet each, with each memory-care property housing 55 beds. The company also began a $1.8 million expansion to Benton House of Alpharetta in April.
Seniors Housing
EASTON AND ASHLAND, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets group has arranged $48.2 million in senior construction financing and joint venture capital for the construction and development of two senior housing projects for LCB Senior Living. Situated approximately 30 miles south of Boston in Easton, The Residence at Five Corners will be an 84-unit, 90-bed senior living facility. Located in Ashland, The Residence at Valley Farm will be an 80-unit, 83-bed senior housing facility. Situated on Pond Road, the three-story, 72,000-square-foot building is located in a heavily trafficked retail corridor. Both projects will offer independent and assisted living, as well as memory care units. PNC Bank provided construction financing for the Easton project, while M&T Bank provided the construction financing for the Ashland project. An institutional investor provided the joint venture equity on both projects. Construction on both projects is slated to begin in June, with the properties opening in late summer/early fall 2015.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tampa-based Aileron Capital Management has closed a $7.2 million loan for the construction of The Rose Gardens of Fort Myers, a 110-bed assisted living facility in Fort Myers. The property is located at 2117 Earl Road. Aileron provided a $4.5 million first mortgage and a $2.7 million mezzanine loan on behalf of the borrower, a Florida-based seniors housing owner and developer. The SBA 504 loan will convert to long-term permanent financing upon the completion of construction, expected for June 2015.
SOUTH BARRINGTON, ILL. — The LaSalle Group will open a 29,000-square-foot freestanding memory care community in the village of South Barrington, approximately 35 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop. Autumn Leaves of South Barrington located at the northeast corner of Higgins and Bartlett Road, will open in July. The $11.1 million memory care community will provide specialized care to nearly 50 residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory impairment. The LaSalle Group has nine communities open or under construction in the suburbs of Chicago. Autumn Leaves of South Barrington is approximately one mile from the Arboretum of South Barrington shopping mall and five miles from St. Alexius Medical Center. The new community will offer free programs to the public including seminars,speakers, monthly Alzheimer’ssupport groups and respite care. Volunteer opportunities for the community will also be available.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based Amish Gupta Ventures plans to develop a 120,000-square-foot seniors housing facility on the northeast corner of the service road of Texas State Highway 121 and Creek Valley Boulevard in the Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The property will consist of two separate wings totaling 135 units and will sit on nearly 4.5 acres. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2014. The first wing is planned to include 100 units in three stories with a mix of assisted living units and possibly some independent living units. The second wing will house 35 units with dedicated memory care services. Pre-leasing will begin in fall 2015, with residents moving into the facility in early spring 2016.
ROSENBERG, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.8 million sale of Fort Bend Healthcare Center, a 56-bed skilled nursing facility at 3010 Bamore Road in Rosenberg. Doug O’Toole and Rod Llanos of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. O’Toole and Llanos also secured the buyer, another limited liability company.
BRICK, N.J. — Brick-based Tryko Partners LLC has added five skilled nursing facilities, totaling 470 beds, to its Massachusetts portfolio. The company has acquired two properties from Ventas Inc. and entered into a lease contract to operate three additional assets that Ventas will continue to own. Tryko acquired the 88-bed Hammersmith House Nursing Care Center, which will be renamed Chestnut Woods Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Saugus, Mass.; and the 87-bed Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, which will be renamed Valley Stream Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Fitchburg, Mass. The Ventas-owned properties to be operated by Tryko include the 132-bed Blueberry Hill Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beverly, Mass.; the 82-bed River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Lancaster, Mass.; and the 81-bed Oak Wood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, which will be renamed Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, in Webster, Mass. Financing for the two acquisition was provided by The PrivateBank, and Tryko is financing working capital for the three Ventas-owned properties through a regional bank with extensive healthcare lending experience.
FORT WORTH, DALLAS AND HOUSTON — Love Funding has closed $12.6 million in loans to refinance a group of affordable seniors housing facilities in Texas. The properties include Park Meadow Apartments in Fort Worth, Prairie Creek Apartments in Dallas and Lakeview Place Apartments in Houston. A nonprofit subsidiary of Volunteers of America (VOA) owns and manages all three communities. Tammy Tate of Love Funding’s Knoxville, Tenn., office arranged the loans through HUD’s 223(f) program, replacing the former HUD 202 loans. The VOA has the option to use the loan proceeds to fund extensive upgrades to the three properties.
BUTLER, PA. — Institutional Property Advisor (IPA), a brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Butler. A Northeast-based healthcare property investment firm purchased the 240-bed nursing home from Butler County, Pa., for $20.5 million. Built in 1963, the property is situated on seven acres at 107 Sunnyview Circle. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Charles Hilding of IPA, along with Matthew Gorman of Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia’s office, represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO – The 65-unit Sungarden Terrace senior housing facility in San Diego has received a $2.9-million refinance. The facility is located at 2045 and 2049 Skyline Drive in Lemon Grove. The property contains an assisted living facility with a memory care unit. The loan includes a 15-year term and 15-year amortization schedule. It was secured by Steve Hollisterof NorthMarq Capital’s San Diego regional officethrough the lender, a life insurance company, as a servicing mortgage correspondent.