NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $47.5 million loan for the refinancing of The 80th Street Residence, an assisted living facility in Manhattan. The property specializes in enhanced memory care and comprises 61 units and 70 beds. IDB Bank, a New York-based private and commercial bank, provided the loan. Peter Rotchford, Zach Rigby, Jason Skalko and Dillon Donald of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of property owners Wayne Kaplan and Larry Morehead.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Herbert J. Sims & Co., Inc. (HJ Sims) and Duncan-Williams have arranged a financing package totaling $219.3 million for the construction of The Farms at Bailey Station, a continuing care retirement community in Collierville. The borrower for the development at 3382 Grand Central Circle E. is Retirement Cos. of America (RCA). The development will be a sister community to Kirby Pines Estates in nearby Memphis. When completed, The Farms will feature 176 independent living units, 63 garden homes, 52 assisted living units, 32 memory support suites and a health center consisting of 60 private skilled nursing suites. The units are already 70 percent pre-sold. Construction has commenced throughout the campus. The apartments will be delivered in stages, with the first resident occupancy planned for June 2021. The health campus is slated for completion in April 2021. Nine of the garden homes are already completed, with seven more currently under construction. REES Architects and Renaissance Group served as architects. Memphis-based Dalhoff Thomas design studio assisted as landscape architect. Linkous Construction Co. Inc. is the general contractor. Greystone is the project manager, with RCA as asset manager. Sims and Duncan-Williams were co-managers on the transaction, which was structured as …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Amtex Multi-Housing LLC has broken ground on Limestone Ridge Senior Apartments, a 225-unit affordable housing project in Austin for seniors earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Slated to be complete in fall 2021, the community will offer 223 one- and two-bedroom units plus a pair of two-bedroom units allocated for onsite managers. Amenities will include a resident clubhouse, pool, walking trails and a community garden.
EXTON, PA. — Capitol Seniors Housing has started construction of Arbor Terrace Exton, an 86-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Philadelphia suburb of Exton. The 78,000-square-foot community will be located near major medical facilities, restaurants and shopping centers. The Arbor Company will operate the community upon completion, which is slated for winter 2020. Meyer Senior Living Studio is the designer on the project.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $19.6 million in financing to Denver-based Steele Properties LLC for the acquisition and renovation of Wayman Manor Apartments, a seniors housing property located in the Central Texas city of Temple. Following the renovation, Wayman Manor, which was built in 1971, will consist of 32 one-bedroom units, 96 two-bedroom residences and 32 three-bedroom units. All units are restricted under low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) regulations at 60 percent of the area median income. Sarah Geis of KeyBank handled the transaction.
Historically, seniors housing dining services were known for serving simple proteins and side items purchased from an outside distributor, which would be prepared in bulk and served all at once in a communal dining room. But variety and novelty are quickly becoming key selling points for today’s incoming senior population, and communities are scrambling to keep up with the demand. “We have a tsunami of developers and contractors building new facilities across the United States, and full-service dining is one of the most important features that prospective residents look for,” says Victoria Albert, vice president of marketing at Boston-based dining vendor Unidine. “The baby boomers are different from their parents. They are more worldly and experimental, and they want opportunities to try different cuisines.” Newer dining programs allow service teams to think more like an industrial kitchen, planning their menus around seasonal flavors and cross-utilizing the same ingredients for a variety of dishes. The result is a higher quality of food service with a thoughtful application of resources and marketing. “The environment of the business is shifting to operate more like restaurants and market more to friends and families of guests,” says Harris Ader, founder of Senior Dining Association, an …
GREELEY, Colo. — OZ Architecture has completed design work on WellAge Greeley, a 71,000-square-foot senior living community in Greeley, approximately 55 miles north of Denver. Rocky Mountain Senior Housing is developing the 92-unit community, which WellAge will operate. The property sits on 3.5 acres and will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community is scheduled to open in second-quarter 2020.
NEW JERSEY AND MASSACHUSETTS — Harrison Street, a Chicago-based alternative asset investment firm, has acquired a portfolio of 11 seniors housing properties managed by Brightview Senior Living located throughout New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland. The portfolio totals 1,322 units. The New Jersey properties include Brightview Greentree in Marlton, Brightview Mount Laurel in Mount Laurel and Brightview Woodbury Lake in Deptford. The Massachusetts properties include Brightview Concord River in Billerica and Brightview North Andover in North Andover. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
Erickson Living Starts Construction of $300M Seniors Housing Community in Richmond’s Short Pump Area
RICHMOND, VA. — Erickson Living has started construction of Avery Point, a large-scale continuing care retirement community in the Short Pump area of Richmond. Upon full buildout, the community will feature 1,160 independent living units, 120 assisted living units, 60 memory care units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The property will comprise 14 individual buildings totaling 2 million square feet of space. Total development costs are estimated at $300 million. Phase I is currently under way, which is scheduled to deliver 200 independent living apartments and a 43,000-square-foot amenity building in 2022. The development was first reported by the Richmond-Times Dispatch, and Erickson has since confirmed the details to REBusinessOnline. The newspaper also reported that Erickson bought the 94-acre plot in 2018 for $23.5 million, and that entrance fees will start around $200,000 and be 80 percent refundable.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — Terwilliger & Bartone Properties has completed Phase I of Cornerstone at Hauppauge, a 98-unit seniors housing project in Hauppauge, located in the central part of Long Island. The community will ultimately offer 68 one-bedroom and 30 two-bedroom units to residents aged 55 and older and a 3,000-square-foot clubhouse with a dining room, library, fitness center and outdoor recreation area. Phase II, which centers on the construction of two-bedroom units, is slated for completion in March 2020.