PHOENIX — Ryan Cos. has broken ground on Clarendale Arcadia, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Phoenix. The project is a joint venture between Harrison Street, LCS and Ryan. The partnership entered into a long-term ground lease with the landowner, LAKO. Located on six acres, the 347,346-square-foot community will feature 140 independent living apartments, 68 assisted living apartments and 40 memory care apartments. Independent living residences will range from 696 square feet to 1,692 square feet, and assisted living residences will range from 439 square feet to 1,315 square feet. Fifth Third Bank N.A. acted as administrative agent and lead arranger alongside Regions Bank as syndication agent to finance the project. The amount of the financing was not disclosed. Craig Coppola of The Coppola Cheney Group at Lee & Associates worked on behalf of the land lessor and Ryan Cos. to negotiate this transaction. According to a market study conducted by Moore Diversified Services, senior living is undersupplied in this area, and the nearby communities that exist were built, on average, in 1990. ORB Architecture LLC is the project architect. Thoma-Holec Design is the interior designer. Phase I is scheduled for completion in summer 2022, followed …
Seniors Housing
Welltower Sells $1.3B of Seniors Housing and Outpatient Medical Facilities; CEO Steps Down
by John Nelson
TOLEDO, OHIO — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) has sold three separate portfolios totaling $1.3 billion in value. The portfolios comprise 11 seniors housing facilities in the Western United States, six seniors housing communities in Massachusetts and 20 outpatient medical facilities across five states. Separately, Welltower also announced on Monday a strategic personnel change in the C-suite as the Toledo-based REIT promoted Shankh Mitra from chief operating officer to CEO effective immediately. Tom DeRosa is stepping down from his role as CEO after six years. Mitra will also retain his chief investment officer title. Details of seniors housing sales The sales price of the Western portfolio totaled $702 million, or $466,000 per unit. The unnamed properties are situated in California, Washington and Nevada and have an average age of 12 years. Welltower’s previous ownership stake in the portfolio was 80 percent. The buyer was not disclosed. The sales price of the Massachusetts portfolio totaled $200 million, or $395,000 per unit. The unnamed properties have an average age of 19 years. Welltower is reducing its ownership stake from 95 percent to 20 percent. The remaining 80 percent of the portfolio will be owned by a fund co-managed by Taurus Investment Holdings and …
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened Oakmont of Torrance, an assisted living and memory care community in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Oakmont of Torrance is the first of several Oakmont communities to open during the 2020 pandemic. Guests at the grand opening event were required to RSVP, wear masks, social distance and follow safety precautions. The 106,613-square-foot community sits on nearly two acres and features 55 assisted living units and 32 memory care units.
Ziegler Arranges $47.8M Financing for Seniors Housing Expansion in High Point, North Carolina
by Alex Tostado
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Ziegler has arranged $47.8 million in bond financing for a planned expansion project at Pennybyrn at Maryfield, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in High Point, just southwest of Greensboro. Located on 72 acres, Pennybyrn currently offers 180 independent living units, 24 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 125 skilled nursing beds. The planned expansion will add 42 new independent living apartments, with 74 percent of them pre-sold, as well as a 24-bed transitional rehabilitation therapy building. The project will also include improvements to the buildings and exteriors throughout the existing campus. The project team includes borrower and developer ActionPact Development LLC, architect ActionPact Design Group LLC, general contractor Thomas Construction Group LLC, construction manager NewBanks Inc. and Dixon Hughes Goodman as feasibility consultant.
Summit Contracting Breaks Ground on 163-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Central Florida
by Alex Tostado
DAVENPORT, FLA. — Summit Contracting Group has broken ground on Siena Pointe, a seniors housing community in Davenport. Siena Pointe will be a four-story, wood-frame building situated on a seven-acre site. The property will feature 163 units of seniors housing in a 194,127-square-foot building. The community will be situated near Interstate 4 and U.S. Route 27, 33 miles southwest of downtown Orlando. Construction is slated for completion in fall 2021. The developer is Eastwind Development LLC, and the architect is Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH., and CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A national survey of independent living community residents, staff and prospective residents showed that those in the community overwhelmingly felt safe so far during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, respondents said they were confident that communities had taken appropriate precautions to keep them safe. Plante Moran Living Forward, the Southfield-based senior living development consulting division of Plante Moran Cresa and an affiliated entity of Plante Moran, partnered with Retirement Dynamics, a Charlotte-based senior living consulting firm, to complete the research. In June and July of this year the companies surveyed more than 23,000 residents and staff at senior living communities across the country, along with prospective future residents. While prospects worried about social isolation, shopping and other daily tasks when living in their own homes, survey results showed only a slight decrease in their likelihood to move into an independent living community as a result of the pandemic. The survey also revealed: 92 percent of staff felt the community where they worked responded well to the COVID-19 pandemic. 93 percent of residents felt their community took all precautions to keep them safe. 85 percent of staff agreed residents “are safer in their community than in …
Cambridge Provides $3.2M HUD Refinancing for Kadie Glen Assisted Living in Wenatchee, Washington
by Amy Works
WENATCHEE, WASH. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $3.2 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Kadie Glen Assisted Living. Located in Wenatchee, in the central part of Washington between Seattle and Spokane, the property features 62 beds. The borrower is a limited liability company based in Washington state. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. of Illinois, the Cambridge business that specializes in underwriting FHA-insured loans, underwrote the transaction. The 32-year loan is fully amortizing.
WACO, TEXAS — Hunt Capital Partners, in collaboration with co-developers Mears Development & Construction Inc. and Harris284 Team Inc., has raised $11 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) financing for the construction of Residences at Lake Waco in Waco. Designed for seniors 55 and older, the new development will feature 11 market-rate and 79 LIHTC units set aside for households earning up to 30, 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. Crossroads Housing Development Corp. is the general contractor, and Brownstone Architects & Planners Inc. is the project architect. Construction of the development began in August 2020 and is scheduled for completion in January 2022.
Monticello Provides $2M in Working Capital for 338-Bed Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Montana
by Amy Works
MONTANA — Monticello has provided a $2 million working capital loan to the operating companies of two skilled nursing facilities totaling 338 beds in Montana. Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital LLC, provided the financing. No further details were disclosed.
Greystone Provides $13.9M HUD Refinancing for Savoy at Lake Center Seniors Housing in Seattle
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Greystone has provided a $13.9 million HUD loan to refinance The Savoy at Lake City Senior Living, an 80-unit seniors housing property in Seattle. Shana Daby and Lorie Hanson of Greystone originated the transaction on behalf of the borrower, Lake City Project Associates. The non-recourse loan features a fixed interest rate and a 40-year term and amortization. As a green-certified and energy-efficient HUD housing project, The Savoy at Lake City also qualifies for a reduction in mortgage insurance premium (MIP) of 40 basis points, from 65 to 25 basis points, annually. Constructed in 2017, The Savoy at Lake City is a four-story building on Seattle’s north side that consists of 80 one- and two-bedroom units.