WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — National Health Investors Inc., a publicly traded seniors housing and healthcare REIT, has acquired a 121-bed skilled nursing facility in the southern Dallas metro of Waxahachie for $14.4 million. NHI will lease the facility, which opened in late 2016, to The Ensign Group, which operates 16 skilled nursing facilities in Texas. The acquisition was funded by NHI’s revolving credit facility.
PHOENIX — Ziegler has closed $70.2 million in bond financing for The Beatitudes Campus, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in north central Phoenix. The Beatitudes Campus sits on 27 acres and features 188 entrance-fee independent living apartments, 11 entrance-fee independent living patio homes, 259 rental independent living apartments, 92 traditional assisted living units, 29 early-stage memory care beds and 72 skilled nursing beds. The bonds will refund $64.6 million in outstanding bonds from 2006, finance $6.3 million in pre-development costs for master-planned renovations and fund a debt service reserve fund.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Senior Living have broken ground on MorningStar of Rio Rancho, a 77-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho. The 70,863-square-foot development will be situated on 5.5 acres. It will feature 51 assisted living suites and 26 memory care suites. The co-developers plan to open an information center onsite by May 2018, and complete construction in December 2018. The project represents the 11th joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar, a Denver-based owner-operator, and Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Confluent Development, a Denver-based real estate investment and development firm. Confluent is the project owner and MorningStar will serve as the operator. Rosemann & Associates is serving as the architect for the new development, New Mexico-based Bradbury Stamm Construction is the general contractor and Thoma-Holec Design is the interior designer. The development marks the second MorningStar Senior Living community in metro Albuquerque, with MorningStar and Confluent completing MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Albuquerque in February 2016. Confluent sold the Albuquerque community to Harbert Seniors Housing Fund in July, with MorningStar maintaining its role as operator. The MorningStar and Confluent partnership continues its growth …
LOVELAND, COLO. — Heavenrich & Co. has arranged the sale of Aspen House, a memory care community consisting of two adjacent properties in Loveland, approximately 50 miles north of Denver. The properties were built in 2010 and 2015 and feature 40 units representing 80 licensed beds. Madison Realty Cos. acquired the community from an undisclosed seller for $8.4 million. Brian Clark, senior director at Heavenrich & Co.’s Denver office, managed the transaction.
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — HFF has secured financing for a joint venture between Rockpoint Group and The Brooksville Co. for the acquisition of Avalon Run East, an apartment community located at 100 Avalon Way in Lawrenceville. Michael Klein and Matthew Pizzolato of HFF arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan through a national bank. Situated on 69 acres, the property comprises 16 three-story buildings featuring a total of 312 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,094 square feet. Community amenities include a heated outdoor pool, tennis courts, a playground, picnic and grilling areas, a fully equipped fitness center, an indoor basketball court and a resident lounge.
CLEMSON, S.C. — Valeo Groupe US, in conjunction with equity partner Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, has unveiled plans to deliver Epoch Clemson, a 310-unit, 994-bed student housing community serving Clemson University in Clemson. Ed Coco, Matt Casey and Libby Malloy of HFF secured a floating-rate construction loan for the property on behalf of the developers. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Epoch Clemson will be situated along the shoreline of Lake Hartwell, just off U.S. Highway 123/Clemson Boulevard. The property will comprise 15 buildings with a variety of cottage, townhome, brownstone and apartment units. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool and clubhouse, volleyball court, 24-hour fitness center, computer center and landscaped courtyards. With more than 3,600 feet of Lake Hartwell frontage, the community will also feature waterfront amenities including a private beach, boat docks, lakeside pedestrian paths and select units with lake views. The community is slated for completion in summer 2019.
ATLANTA — NXT Capital has provided a $30 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing of Ardmore & 28th, a 165-unit apartment community located in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Richard Jordan of CBRE arranged the loan through NXT on behalf of the borrower and developer, a joint venture between Enfold Properties and CF Real Estate Services. Construction on the property was completed at the end of 2016. Ardmore & 28th features apartment and townhome-style units, as well as a swimming pool with a sundeck, outdoor grilling kitchen, fitness center with yoga and Pilates room, clubhouse, coffee bar, car care facility, dog park and a dog washing station. In addition, the property is located adjacent to the Atlanta BeltLine’s Northside Trail.
AMES, IOWA — Arrimus Capital has acquired Stadium View, a student housing property adjacent to Iowa State University in Ames. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 518-bed property is located at 1206 S. Fourth St. near Jack Trice Stadium, home of the Iowa State Cyclones football team. The seller, Haverkamp Properties, opened Phase I of the community in 2016 followed by Phase II in 2017. The property offers 197 units with a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom units and was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, study lounge and fire pit. Brian Kelly of HFF brokered the transaction.
NEWNAN, GA. — A joint venture between Watercrest Senior Living Group and Waypoint Residential has unveiled plans for Watercrest Newnan Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan. The 107-unit, resort-style seniors housing community will be situated on nine acres. Groundbreaking is scheduled for next month, with an opening slated for spring 2019. Vero Beach, Fla.-based Watercrest specializes in the development and operations of assisted living and memory care communities, market repositioning and advisory services. The project represents Waypoint’s entry into the seniors housing sector, having previously worked as an investor in conventional multifamily and student housing. D2 Architecture designed the 92,000-square-foot project.
Houston’s resilient multifamily market has turned a corner and is poised for growth this year, according to experts across a range of industries. While the city faced significant headwinds in 2017, mainly a sluggish energy sector and a major hurricane that damaged thousands of homes and apartments, Houston’s strong fundamentals have paved the way for the multifamily market to post its strongest performance since 2015. The impacts of Hurricane Harvey generated unexpected changes in the multifamily market. The storm, estimated to be one of the costliest in U.S. history, damaged nearly 135,000 homes and more than 100,000 apartment units. Consequently, the rental market saw a spike in absorption from displaced homeowners and existing renters whose apartments were uninhabitable, thus reversing the supply imbalance and anemic rent growth that had stifled the market since the multifamily building boom — and subsequent oil bust — of 2015. Basic Numbers A surge in demand drove multifamily occupancy up 120 basis points to 90.1 percent between August and September of 2017, its highest level since the fourth quarter of 2015. The heightened demand translated into a monthly rent increase of 1.4 percent. In effect, rent grew to $999 per month on average in September, …