Seniors Housing

WOODSTOCK, GA. — The LaSalle Group is planning a nearly 28,000-square-foot, $9.8 million memory care community called Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake and located at 1962 Eagle Dr. in Woodstock. It will be the second Autumn Leaves memory care community in metro Atlanta, and it will exclusively care for residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake is expected to open in fourth quarter of 2013.

ACWORTH, GA. — CNL Healthcare Trust, a real estate investment offering focused on seniors housing and healthcare real estate, will invest $21.5 million in the development of Dogwood Forest of Acworth, a seniors housing community planned in Acworth. Solomon Senior Living Holdings LLC will serve as the project’s developer, and Trinity Lifestyles Management, Solomon’s affiliated management company, will manage the community under a long-term agreement with CNL Healthcare Trust. Dogwood Forest of Acworth will be a three-story building totaling nearly 85,000 square feet with 46 assisted living units and 46 memory care units. This is the second seniors housing development project for CNL Healthcare Trust.

CUMMING, GA. — CNL Lifestyle Properties, a real estate investment trust, has acquired Laurel Creek Manor, a seniors living community in Cumming, for $7.5 million from an affiliate of Servant Investments. The property will be added to the Dogwood Forest family of four seniors living properties acquired by CNL Lifestyle Properties in the Atlanta area last May. Laurel Creek Manor is a needs-based community totaling 48 units, including 36 assisted living units and 12 memory care units. It opened in 2009 and was 100 percent occupied as reported at the end of last October. The property is located approximately 35 miles north of Atlanta.

DURHAM, N.C. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $17.25 million loan for the acquisition of Arbor Walk, a 115-unit independent living and assisted living property in Durham. The seven-year term loan was arranged through Dougherty Mortgage’s Maryland office for CSH Walk LLC.