DRAPER, UTAH — Alliance Residential has opened The Ivy, an active adult community in Draper, approximately 17 miles south of Salt Lake City. The luxury community, located in what the developer calls “one of Salt Lake City’s most stylish suburbs,” will be restricted to residents over the age of 55.
DOVER, N.H. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of Wadleigh House, an assisted living community in Dover, near the Maine border. The buyer was a local operator and developer seeking to refurbish and expand the property. The price was not disclosed. The community offers a bed-and-breakfast atmosphere in a converted historic colonial home. The deal was negotiated as a sale-leaseback, offering a path to retirement for the husband-and-wife seller. The seller will remain as operator under a lease until the development project is completed, at which time operations will transfer to the new real estate owner. The transaction team consisted of Steve Thomes with special assistance from Adam Sherman of Live Oak Bank, a former Blueprint team member.
YUMA, ARIZ. — Love Funding has secured a $10.5 million bridge-to-HUD construction loan for a transitional rehabilitation facility in Yuma. The 32,000-square-foot facility will offer 41 Medicare and managed care beds upon completion. Love Funding’s Leonard Lucas secured the bridge loan through Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. This is the second bridge-to-HUD construction loan obtained through Love Funding for the developer-operator’s portfolio.
SWANSEA, ILL. — Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) and Bywater Development Group, along with Bi-State Development and other key stakeholders, have opened Metro Landing of Swansea, a 62-unit affordable seniors housing community in Swansea. The $11 million, three-story development is a transit-oriented project connecting to St. Louis via the adjacent Swansea MetroLink Station. More than 40 of the 62 affordable one- and two-bedroom units have already been leased, with full occupancy expected by the end of March. Rents start at $565 per month for a one-bedroom apartment and $705 for a two-bedroom apartment. SWIDA and Bywater, which jointly developed the project, secured the majority of the financing from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), with further construction financing provided by PNC Bank. Additional support came from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and Ameren, along with the St. Clair County Intergovernmental Grants Department. The Federal Transit Administration also played a role in the project, providing the necessary approval for Bi-State Development to sell the ground at the transit center to the developers for this project. St. Louis-based Altman Charter served as general contractor for the project. Chicago-based Worn Jerabek Wiltse Architects is the project architect, and the …
GALLATIN, TENN. — Hunt Midwest has acquired a six-acre plot in Gallatin, approximately 27 miles northeast of Nashville, with plans to build a seniors housing community on the site. The Capstone at Station Camp will be a two-story, 76,000-square-foot seniors housing community featuring 88 units of assisted living and memory care. Site work is expected to begin in late March 2019. Infrastructure enhancements are scheduled for completion this summer, followed by vertical construction. The full project is slated to be delivered in August 2020. Upon completion, Integral Senior Living will operate the community. Pi Architects is the designer, Civil Site Design Group will perform land planning and civil engineering and Hardaway Construction will be the general contractor for the project. Hunt Midwest collaborated with ISL Ventures, a division of Integral, and Leading Light Development and Construction Consulting for site selection.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Angel Commercial has negotiated the $2.1 million sale of the former Astoria Park Nursing Home in Bridgeport. Located at 725 Park Ave., the 61,344-square-foot building was acquired by the Bridgeport Rescue Mission, which will use the property for a new community care center. Founded in 1993, the Bridgeport Rescue Mission provides food, shelter, clothing, education, job training and counseling for the urban poor of Coastal Fairfield County. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial represented the seller, Laureate Astoria LLC, in the transaction.
BIRMINGHAM, MICH. — Developer CA Ventures and architect Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) have completed The Sheridan at Birmingham, a 122-unit seniors housing project in Michigan. The 111,264-square-foot property includes 83 assisted living units and 39 memory care units. The assisted living portion is contained in a four-story building. The one-story memory support portion is tucked behind the assisted living units and opens into an enclosed garden. HED designed a series of landscaped gardens and courtyards on the 3.7-acre site.
ORANGE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of two seniors housing communities in Orange, approximately 33 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Marlon LTD, a private partnership, acquired the two newly constructed apartment communities from RC Hobbs Cos. for $15 million. The sale was an exchange dependent on Marlon selling two older properties in nearby Tustin. The seniors housing apartments included a 28-unit property at 184 N. Prospect St. and a 12-unit property at 130 S. Hewes St. CBRE’s Dan Blackwell represented Marlon and RC Hobbs in the transactions. Korkees LP, another exchange buyer represented by Blackwell, purchased the two older assets in Tustin.
PENNSYLVANIA — Capital Health Group LLC (CHG) has arranged the sale of a four-community, 534-bed seniors housing portfolio in southeastern Pennsylvania. Affiliates of CHG acquired the portfolio, which features a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units, in January 2017. CHG’s affiliated management company, Milestone Retirement Communities LLC, operated the communities during this time. Under CHG’s ownership, portfolio occupancy averaged over 93 percent and the operating margin was consistently above 38 percent. CHG sold the community on behalf of CHH Senior Housing LP, a CHG-sponsored operating company capitalized by Akard Street Partners, an investment venture with the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. The buyer, price and names of the communities were not disclosed. CHG is a private equity firm that was founded in 2006 to make capital investments in seniors housing facilities through acquisition and development. CHG’s current portfolio includes 41 operating communities and six communities under development. Milestone’s portfolio is located nationally across 20 states and consists of 89 communities with more than 7,800 units.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — New Perspective Senior Living is developing a 173,000-square-foot facility in Waukesha. The new community will offer 94 independent living and assisted living apartments as well as 34 memory care apartments. An official groundbreaking ceremony will take place this spring, with completion slated for summer 2020. Amenities will include a two-story lobby and reception area, three dining venues, an indoor pool, wellness center, beauty salon, activity center, movie theater and dance hall. Residents can also take advantage of weekly housekeeping, activity transportation, on-site physical therapy and wellness services. For those requiring additional assistance, care will be available 24 hours per day.
