WENTZVILLE, MO. – O’Fallon, Mo.-based Twin Oaks Estates has broken ground for a new senior living center located in Wentzville. Twin Oaks at Heritage Pointe will feature 142 units, including a 50-bed assisted living facility, a 60-unit independent living apartment building, and 32 garden homes that feature a variety of services, including memory care. Amenities include community or private dining, a library, a computer lab, a beauty and barber shop, an ice cream parlor, a chapel, a movie theater and a spa. The construction division of Gundaker Commercial Group is serving as general contractor. The garden homes will be available starting in the fall from $160,000. Completion of the rest of the community is expected in spring 2010.
BRADENTON, FLA. — CORE Construction of Florida has completed the 109-unit Lake House at Waters Edge assisted living facility in Bradenton. Developed by Florida Christian Homes Senior Housing Inc. West Bradenton, the $14 million property includes a more than 200-seat restaurant. Lake House encompasses one and two-bedroom units ranging from 600 square feet to 1,100 square feet.
FERGUSON, MO. — The St. Louis office of Love Funding has secured $15.29 million in construction financing for the new Christian Care Home, a senior housing project located in Ferguson. Christian Care Home will contain a total of 178 beds, divided between 150 skilled nursing beds and 28 assisted living care beds. Robyn Cunningham of Love Funding arranged the financing, which carries a 6.7 percent interest rate and a 40-year amortization schedule, by utilizing the HUD 232 new construction program. The loan is FHA insured. The borrower and the construction timetable for the project were not disclosed.
BOULDER, COLO. — The Denver office of NorthMarq Capital has arranged construction/permanent financing in the amount of $41 million for The Carillon at Boulder Creek, a 117-unit senior-living community located at 2525 Taft Dr. in Boulder. The loan will be used to renovate the 117-unit senior-living community. The property consists of a nine-story building, which is currently being renovated to feature 54 senior residential units. Additionally, 63 units are currently under construction on a site that formerly housed a one-story skilled nursing wing. Amenities include a full-service restaurant, an outdoor garden and walking path, a spa/salon, an indoor lap pool, a theatre and game/activity room, concierge service, a business center, medical/dietary assistance, laundry/housecleaning services, and full kitchens in all units. One Eighty/Leisure Care will operate property. Steve Koeneke and Dave Link of NorthMarq arranged the financing through NorthMarq’s FHA subsidiary, AmeriSphere, on behalf of the borrower, MGL Partners.
THE VILLAGES, FLA. — Ocala, Fla.-based Edwards Construction Services has broken ground on the 32,000-square-foot Seabreeze Regional Recreation Center in The Villages of Lake Sumter, a retirement community. The project includes a wellness center, meeting areas, an area for arts and crafts and a pool. Delivery is slated for early next year.
ROSEMONT, ILL. – McShane Construction Company has completed the first of two phases of the Senior Star at Weber Place in Romeoville, Ill. The first phase is a two-story, 44,354-square-foot facility with 77 Memory Care apartments that are designed to support patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. A second phase of 360,720 square feet will open in January 2010. Senior Star at Weber Place is located at 600 and 605 S. Edward Dr. and is owned by Senior Star Living.
BOULDER, COLO. — MGL Partners has completed the closing and funding of a $41 million construction loan for The Carillon at Boulder Creek, an independent living project for seniors in Boulder. The nine-story property offers 117 units. The project is slated for completion in summer 2010. One Eighty LLC, a privately held senior-housing operator, is operating the property. The loan has a 40-year term and a 40-year amortization schedule at an interest rate of 6.35 percent. The loan is part of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 232 loan program and was originated by Amerisphere Financial and purchased by Evanston Financial.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — The dedication ceremony has been held for the new Plainfield Senior Citizen’s Center and Veterans Meeting Hall. The 15,526-square-foot facility, which contains separate areas for the senior center and the veterans hall, is situated on the ground floor of The Monarch, a newly constructed condominium community located at 400 E. Front St. in Plainfield. The condo building contains 63 units and is slated for summer occupancy. The building is being developed by Hillside, N.J.-based P&F Management Co.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — Completion is nearing for the next phase of Watermere at Southlake, a 67-acre, master-planned retirement community located in Southlake. Projects currently under construction include a portion of the community’s 235 independent-living residential villas and condominiums as well as a 35,000-square-foot clubhouse. Amenities at the clubhouse include a business library, a beauty salon, a fitness center, dining venues, a card room, meeting rooms and an indoor swimming pool. Delivery of the clubhouse and the units is scheduled for August. Some parts of Watermere at Southlake are already open, including Isle at Watermere, the community’s assisted living component. The rental apartment building, which opened last year, consists of 66 assisted living units, 25 memory care units and a 24-hour nursing staff. Occupancy is currently at 75 percent. Watermere at Southlake is owned by Southlake Watermark Holdings LP and is located at 302 Watermere Dr. Isle at Watermere is owned by Southlake Care Group LP.
NEW YORK CITY — Construction is complete on 1926 Crotona Parkway, an affordable senior housing community located in the East Tremont section of the Bronx in New York City. The 96-unit rental development offers a range of unit sizes and common area features that include a community room/lounge and landscaped backyard space. The project was developed through a partnership between Atlantic Development Group and Highbridge Community Development Corp., non-profit housing development and management corporation. Highbridge will manage the property going forward. Applicants for the studio, one- and two-bedroom units, must include one household member who is 62 years of age or older at the time of application. Applicants also must meet certain household income requirements. Studios in the building can be rented for $638 per month. One-bedroom units will lease for $683 and the two-bedroom units will lease for $823 per month.