SUWANEE, GA. — The LaSalle Group has started construction on the $10 million, 26,000-square-foot Autumn Leaves of Sugarloaf, an Alzheimer's and dementia care facility located at 1455 Satellite Blvd. in Suwanee. Constant Care Family Management designed the property and will manage and operate the community. Lake Superior Contracting is the construction company for the project. The LaSalle Group, The Frost National Bank and Silverado Interests provided funding for the project, which is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2013.
HOUSTON — The LaSalle Group has plans to build an $11.2 million, 26,000-square-foot memory care facility called The Autumn Leaves of West Houston, located in Houston. The facility will be the ninth memory care community The LaSalle Group has brought to the Houston area in approximately two years. The LaSalle Group, Silverado Interests and Community Trust Bank are partners for this project, which is slated for a first quarter 2013 opening.
GARLAND — ARA has arranged the sale of the 111-unit Montclair Estates, an independent living community located in Garland. Titan SenQuest, a division of Titan Real Estate Investment Group, is the buyer, and affiliates of Walton Street Capital and Senior Lifestyle Corp are the sellers.
MIAMI — Link Construction Group has finished the $2.9 million, 15,000-square-foot Olga Maria Martinez Senior Center, located near Kendall Drive and SW 152nd Avenue in Miami. The two-story facility will provide adult daycare services and features classrooms, activity rooms, a main gathering hall, a lunch meal site and supporting office spaces. Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Center developed the property with a series of state and local grants. Vidal Architects designed the center.
ROUND ROCK — Austin-based TRISUN Healthcare, a subsidiary of Harden Healthcare, has opened the new 90,000-square-foot Wyoming Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care facility, located at 7230 Wyoming Springs Drive in Round Rock. The property features 102 assisted living units, 32 of which are dedicated to memory care residents. Prevarian Senior Living designed and built the seniors housing facility, which features a spa, exercise room with classes, a library with computers, a theater, wine bar, gardening spot and a playground for visiting children. The facility also includes an on-site barber, beauty salon, country store, an on-site chaplan and TRISUN's Signature Dining Service.
HOLLYWOOD AND LIBERTY CITY, FLA. — Link Construction Group has finished two affordable housing developments totaling $12.2 million, located in Florida. In Hollywood, the firm completed the $5.2 million, 33-unit City of Hollywood Wiley Street Redevelopment project. The City partnered with Libreria Economic and Social Development to develop the property, which Frank Costoya Architects designed. Also included in the construction was a community center. The company also finished the $7 million, 60-unit Parkview Gardens, located at 1475 NW 61st St. in Liberty City. Parkview Gardens LTD developed the project, which Siskind Carlton and Partner designed.
BROWNWOOD — LTC Properties has acquired a 90-bed skilled nursing facility, located in Brownwood, for $6.5 million. Concurrent with the purchase, LTC Properties added the property to an existing master lease with Senior Care Centers. The property was built in 2011.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Ciena Healthcare, a leading provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care facilities in Michigan and Connecticut, has obtained a five-year, $29 million loan from Capital One Bank. The loan proceeds will be used to refinance three skilled nursing facilities in Michigan that were built since 2005. Southfield-based Ciena Healthcare operates 32 skilled nursing communities across the state and four communities in Connecticut. The company provides long-term care and short-term rehabilitative services. Capital One Bank is based in McLean, Virginia.
FORT WORTH — The UNT Health Science Center and Brookdale Senior Living have been awarded a $7.3 million Health Care Innovation award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a program to reduce hospital re-admissions of seniors housing residents. The Brookdale Senior Living Transitions of Care Program, a partnership between the UNT Health Science Center, Florida Atlantic University and Brookdale Senior Living, will begin in Brookdale's Texas and Florida facilities. The program could reduce hospital re-admissions by 11.2 percent and save Medicare $9.3 million.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – A new affordable senior housing complex broke ground at 2525 El Camino Real in Santa Clara. The $15-million complex is being developed by EM Corporation,in conjunction with Pacific Housing and theCity of Santa Clara. The 48-unit complex, called 2525 El Camino Real Senior Apartments, is set to open in the summer of 2013. It is being designed by KTGY Group.