PORT RICHEY, ZEPHYRHILLS AND CASSELBERRY, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a three-property assisted living facility portfolio in Port Richey, Zephyrhills and Casselberry. Florida Seniors Properties Inc. sold the portfolio, which was 66 percent occupied at the time of sale. Best Care Senior Living LLC acquired The Cottages in Port Richey, which is located about 37 miles northwest of downtown Tampa. A joint venture between 201 Sunset Drive LLC and 6701 Dairy Road LLC acquired Westbrook Manor in Zephyrhills and Eastbrook Gardens in Casselberry. Westbrook Manor is located 31 miles northeast of downtown Tampa, and Eastbrook Gardens is situated 13 miles north of downtown Orlando. Ken Carriero and Damien Carriero of Colliers represented the seller in the transactions, which both closed Jan. 12.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium has completed construction of Presidium at Edgestone, a luxury active adult community in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas. Designed by Cross Architects and SeeSaw Creative, the 165,398-square-foot property features 188 units on 18 acres near a variety of commercial and retail developments, as well as 10 golf courses, several walking trails and the upcoming 275-acre Grand Park. The community offers freestanding independent living cottages in addition to a residential building with amenities such as clubrooms, a pool, fitness and wellness center, library and cyber lounge, media and game rooms, pavilions and a resident gardening area with shade structures. The operator is Capstone Real Estate. Average rents range from $1,382 to $2,135 per month.
HOUSTON — Seniors housing operator Civitas Senior Living and developer StoneCreek Real Estate Partners will redevelop the Copperfield Racquet & Health Club, a 98,000-square-foot seniors housing community in Houston. The new property, which will be branded StoneCreek of Copperfield, is situated on 6.6 acres and will feature 12 independent living villas, 74 assisted living units and 18 memory care units. Project partners include Pi Architects and interior design firm Senior By Design. Ground-up construction is planned to begin this month and to be complete by summer 2022.
CHERRY HILL, VOORHEES AND STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for a three-property seniors housing portfolio in New Jersey. The borrower was a joint venture between Chicago-based Harrison Street and LCB Senior Living. The communities, which are all operated under the Atria brand, total 263 units of assisted living and memory care. Two properties are located in the Philadelphia suburbs of Cherry Hill and Voorhees, while the third is in Stafford Township near the Jersey Shore. Cushman & Wakefield arranged the nonrecourse financing through Synovus Bank, with portions of the proceeds earmarked for capital expenditures. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Jim Dooley and Bailey Nygard of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
BELLEVUE, WASH. AND BOSTON — Aegis Living, a seniors housing owner and operator based in Bellevue, has acquired 10 properties from Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE: PEAK). Aegis already operated the communities under a lease agreement with Healthpeak Properties, a Denver-based real estate investment trust (REIT). Aegis’ joint venture partner on the $350 million acquisition is Blue Moon Capital Partners LP, a Boston-based private equity investor in the seniors housing sector. The portfolio is located in Washington, California and Nevada, totaling 702 units of assisted living and memory care. The acquired communities include: • Aegis Living Callahan House (Shoreline, Wash.) • Aegis Living Shoreline (Shoreline, Wash.) • Aegis Living Kirkland (Kirkland, Wash.) • Aegis Living Las Vegas (Las Vegas) • Aegis Living Dana Point (Dana Point, Calif.) • Aegis Gardens Fremont (Fremont, Calif.) • Aegis Living Granada Hills (Granada Hills, Calif.) • Aegis Living San Francisco (San Francisco) • Aegis Living Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) • Aegis Living Ventura (Ventura, Calif.) The transaction is the largest in Aegis’ history. The acquisition is the next step in the company’s growth strategy, which includes doubling its ownership portfolio by 2030, according to Aegis’ founder and CEO Dwayne Clark. “At a time when …
SAN DIEGO, FULLERTON AND HAWTHORNE, CALIF. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the operations of three skilled nursing facilities in Southern California on a triple-net lease basis. The properties include Golden Hill Post Acute, a 99-bed facility in San Diego; St. Catherine Healthcare, a 99-bed facility in Fullerton; and Camino Healthcare, a 99-bed facility in Hawthorne. This acquisition brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 231 healthcare operations, 24 of which also include assisted living operations, across 13 states. Ensign owns 95 real estate assets.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Chicago-based Draper & Kramer has acquired Adriatica Senior Living, a 121-unit community located in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The property was built in 2017 and features one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 806 to 1,370 square feet. Amenities include a community dining room, resident lounge for socializing, beauty salon, business center, movie room, wellness studio and a game room. The seller was not disclosed.
With two approved vaccines to combat COVID-19, the end of the pandemic is visible on the horizon. However, some seniors housing experts say it may be the third quarter of 2021 before the sector starts to see the turnaround take hold. “We have a much clearer picture of what the post-COVID world will look like,” said Adam Heavenrich, managing director of Heavenrich & Company. “The COVID world of 2020 will hopefully look drastically different from the post-COVID world of 2021.” The comments came during a panel titled “Investment Update: Should Today’s Investor Buy, Sell or Hold?” during France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing Investment, Development & Operations conference, held virtually in early December. Heavenrich moderated the panel, which included Kevin Carden, senior vice president of acquisitions, REDICO/American House; Joe Weisenburger, senior vice president and relationship manager, Welltower; Isaac Dole, founder and CEO, Birchwood Health Care Partners; and Curtis King, senior vice president, HJ Sims. King noted that, while the vaccine is certainly good news, turnaround properties and new construction can expect occupancy woes to continue for the near future. “We’re saying 2021 is still going to be a very tough year,” said King. “Pre-vaccination news, we were out there lending, looking …
IRVINE, CALIF. — Kisco Senior Living has acquired Atria Park of Woodbridge, a 139-unit seniors housing community in Irvine, approximately 40 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Healthpeak sold the 103,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The seller recently completed a $9 million renovation at the community that converted some assisted living units into a memory care neighborhood. In addition to taking over management duties from Atria Senior Living, Kisco plans to rename the community Woodbridge Terrace of Irvine as part of the results of a resident poll. The executive director will remain in place at the community, and Kisco Senior Living plans to hire two new sales directors to help increase occupancy. “We have a large presence throughout California, and we saw this as an opportunity to expand our footprint in Southern California,” says Andy Kohlberg, CEO of Kisco Senior Living. “We are committed to retaining staff at the community and working with Healthpeak and Atria Senior Living to make this transition as seamless as possible.” Kisco Senior Living owns and operates 20 additional communities in California, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia and Utah.
PITTSBURGH — The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh has tapped New Jersey-based Tryko Partners to redevelop the former Fairywood School into a 46-unit affordable housing community for seniors age 62 and older. The majority of the units (39) will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The new community will feature one-bedroom units surrounded by walkable green space. A community building will allow residents to take advantage of financial literacy, nutrition and exercise programs, health screenings and other support services. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency provided 9 percent low-income housing tax credits for the project. A construction timeline was not disclosed.