CORONA, CALIF. – The 203-unit Valencia Terrace seniors housing facility in Corona has received $30.5 million in financing. The community is located at 2300 South Main Street. It is currently 98 percent occupied. It provides both independent and assisted living options for residents. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan was used to refinance an existing construction loan by BBVA Compass. It features a 67 percent loan-to-value and a 30-year amortization schedule. The Fannie Mae loan was originated by Heidi Brunet of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage, LLC on behalf of Kisco Senior Living.
BRYAN, TEXAS — Dallas-based Weis Builders has completed the $28 million redevelopment project for Crestview, a 242,000-square-foot seniors housing property in Bryan. Crestview was originally an independent living community but is now considered a continuing care retirement community, which provides independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services. The community includes several dining options, libraries, sitting rooms, beauty salons/spas, activity rooms, community kitchens, a chapel, outdoor pool and fitness center.
BLUFFTON AND HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Kandu Capital LLC and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, have acquired two seniors housing communities in Bluffton and Hilton Head, S.C., from Brookdale Senior Living for $7.2 million. The acquisition includes the Carolina House of Bluffton, a 59-unit assisted living and memory care community, which was built in 2000. The second property is Carolina House of Hilton Head, a 58-unit assisted living and memory care community built in 1999. Bloom plans to upgrade the properties.
MANVEL, TEXAS — Love Funding has closed a $10.1 million construction-to-permanent loan for the development of Orchard Park of Pearland, an assisted living and memory care facility under development in Manvel. Joshua Hausfeld of Love Funding secured the 40-year loan through HUD's Section 232 LEAN program for new construction of healthcare facilities. The borrowers, McFarlin Group and Stroud Development, plan to open the facility in 2014.
DES MOINES — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $4.4 million refinancing loan for 3801 Grand Place, a 60-unit assisted living and dementia care facility located in Des Moines. The non-recourse HUD loan has an amortization of 373 months (approximately 31 years) and was arranged for 3801 Grand Associates LP by Dougherty’s Minneapolis office. The seniors housing facility is an existing HUD facility built in 1994 and managed by Newbury Management Co.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – The 61-unit Ramona Park Senior Apartments has broken ground in Long Beach. The $22.5-million project will be located at 3290 E. Artesia Blvd. It is being developed by Palm Communities, which has partnered with nonprofit Western Community Housing on this project. It is scheduled for completion in April 2014. WNC provided $7 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to help fund Ramona’s construction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Work is complete on the new 160,000-square-foot building for the U.S. General Services Administration in Washington D.C. The property, designed by Cooper Carry, will house the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The project included the demolition of the existing Scott Building and the construction of a new building, also named Scott. The new building features 36 skilled nursing rooms for long-term care and 24 rooms for memory support, arranged in five “small house” groupings. The property also includes a kitchen, health and wellness center and auditorium. The project is located off North Capital Street at the Historic Armed Forces Retirement Home Campus, which was established in 1851. Contractor Hensel Phelps provided design and construction services for the project.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – The 61-unit Ramona Park Senior Apartments has broken ground in Long Beach. The $22.5-million project will be located at 3290 E. Artesia Blvd. It is being developed by Palm Communities, which has partnered with nonprofit Western Community Housing on this project. It is scheduled for completion in April 2014. WNC provided $7 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity to help fund Ramona’s construction.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has purchased seven Class A seniors housing properties, located in Nassau and Suffolk counties, for $380 million. The seven assets total 1,047 beds, 80 percent of which are designated for assisted living and the rest for patients with memory care needs. Across the portfolio, residents pay an average of $4,200 per month to rent assisted living units and $5,500 for memory care units. The firm also formed a joint venture with the Engel Burman Group, which developed the assets. Engel Burman made an equity investment in the joint venture and will continue to manage the properties.
SAN ANTONIO — South Bay Partners and joint venture partner Integrated Real Estate Group, both based in Dallas, will break ground on two seniors housing projects in San Antonio worth $60 million. The projects include Watercrest at Alamo Ranch, a 192-apartment, 26-villa independent living community, and Isle at Watercrest at Alamo Ranch, a 105-unit, 122-bed assisted living facility. The joint venture plans to break ground on the projects in the spring. The joint venture's investment partner for the projects is Chicago-based Walton Street Capital.