ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — The LaSalle Group will break ground on a 30,000-square-foot memory care facility in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. The $12 million property will be located at 1625 S. Arlington Heights Road. Autumn Leaves of Arlington Heights will provide specialized care to nearly 50 residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory impairment. The facility is The LaSalle Group’s ninth memory care community in the Chicago area.
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GAINESVILLE, FLA. — MedProperties Holdings LLC and Equity Inc. are partnering to build a replacement skilled nursing center for the Gainesville Health Care Center, located at 4816 S.W. Archer Road in Gainesville. The nonprofit company Gainesville Council on Aging will lease the entire 97,000-square-foot, 180-bed facility, which MedProperties and Equity will jointly own. The new property will offer short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, memory care, palliative care and hospice care. Construction is slated to last 12 to 14 months.
SANTA ROSA BEACH, FLA. AND PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — Dominion Partners has recently broken ground on two seniors housing communities in Santa Rosa Beach and Peachtree City totaling $38.8 million. The projects include the construction of the new $13.8 million Somerby at Santa Rosa Beach in the Florida Panhandle and the $25 million expansion of Somerby of Peachtree City. The Santa Rosa Beach community will feature 52 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The expansion of the Peachtree City facility include the addition of 12 new villas and 100 independent living apartments in a four-story building. Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio is the architect for both projects. Maxus Construction is the general contractor for the Florida facility. Hoar Program Management is the project manager, DPR Hardin is the general contractor and Eberly & Associates is the landscape architect. In addition to the new construction, Birmingham, Ala.-based Dominion Partners is planning to bring two new facilities to Nashville, Tenn. and Sandy Springs, Ga.
EDMOND, OKLA. — The LaSalle Group has opened Autumn Leaves of Edmond, a 46-bed memory care facility in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond. Located at 1001 S. Bryant Ave., the $8.8 million project totals 28,000 square feet. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held April 24 and will be attended by Joseph Jasmon, COO of The LaSalle Group, as well as a representative from the Edmond Chamber of Commerce. Autumn Leaves of Edmond is The LaSalle Group’s first memory care facility in the Oklahoma City metro area.
MOUNDS VIEW, MINN. — Construction has begun on a new three-story seniors housing community in Mounds View approximately 13 miles north of Minneapolis. The Bel Rae will be a 97-unit apartment building located at 2330 County Highway 10. The 105,000-square-foot senior community designed by Minneapolis-based Kaas Wilson Architects is scheduled for completion in March 2015. Nottingham Construction of Stillwater, Minn. is building the $14 million project. Mounds View Properties is the project developer. The new development will include independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. The property will feature state-of-the-art monitoring and reporting technology, overnight guest rooms, underground parking, a community room, and a high-end, restaurant-quality dining room with meals prepared on-site for the residents. In addition, the senior community will provide an activities director and a full-time nurse who is on call 24 hours a day. Ebenezer Management Services will manage the property.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged a $40 million loan for the construction of Franklin Park at Alamo Heights, a 221-unit seniors housing property in San Antonio. The five-year, floating-rate loan includes an all-in rate of 2.35 percent and 48 months of interest-only payments. The Class A project, a joint venture of Franklin Development Co. and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, will be located at the corner of West Terra Alta Road and Everest Street. Franklin Apartment Management will operate the facility. Aron Will of CBRE arranged the financing on behalf of the joint venture through a regional bank.
AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — The LaSalle Group has broken ground on two new seniors housing properties in the Austin metro area. The $10.7 million Autumn Leaves of Northwest Austin, located at 10025 Anderson Mill Road, will specialize in memory care services. The $10.3 million Autumn Leaves of Georgetown, situated at 3600 Williams Drive, will total 26,000 square feet and include approximately 50 units. Both facilities will feature the Vigil System, a motion-sensor program, in each resident room. The LaSalle Group currently owns and operates 36 properties nationwide under its Autumn Leaves brand.
NORTH CAROLINA — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC has originated $85.9 million in financing for a portfolio of 15 seniors housing communities in North Carolina. Christopher Fenton of Berkadia worked with subsidiaries of Chevalier Group to secure the 35-year, fixed-rate financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program. The loans are fully amortizing and feature a fixed 4.03 percent interest rate. Meridian Senior Living operates the 15 facilities, which consist of 1,136 beds and are approximately 90 percent occupied. The borrower will use the loans to refinance prior debts, which Berkadia originated in conjunction with GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services in 2012.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a portfolio of four seniors housing properties in Illinois for $25 million. The four properties are branded under the name Villas at Holly Brook and are located in Effingham, Herrin, Marshall and Shelbyville. The properties were constructed within the past five years. Each one-story facility is 35,000 square feet or larger with approximately 46 units located on at least two acres. The properties feature efficiency studios, one- and two- bedroom apartments, and deluxe corner suites. Mark Myers, Alex Blagojevich, and David Gaines of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor/owner. American Realty Capital was the buyer in the transaction. Meridian Senior Living operates the properties.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Developer UDC Global will break ground in June on Rochester Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care, a seniors housing property in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield. The $11.5 million facility, which will include 51 assisted living units and 44 memory care units, will occupy 73,073 square feet within the larger mixed-use campus located at the intersection of Matlock Road and East Broad Street. Dallas-based three: living architecture designed the project, which is slated for completion in June 2015.