COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Frisco, Texas-based Brian Schiff & Associates will develop The Langford Retirement Community, a seniors housing property in College Station. Methodist Retirement Communities will operate the property, which will comprise 72 independent living units, 24 assisted living residences and 18 memory support units. Spellman Brady & Co. handled the interior design of the property. A construction timeline for The Langford was not released.
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of River Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center, a 116-bed skilled nursing facility in Gainesville, located north of Fort Worth near the Texas-Oklahoma border. The property was built in 1971 and averaged an occupancy rate of approximately 50 percent in 2018. Matthew Alley of SLIB represented the seller, a regional owner-operator, in the transaction. The buyer, a Texas-based owner-operator, plans to renovate the asset to boost occupancy.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer HANAC Inc., in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners and Chase Bank, has completed construction of Corona Senior Residence, an affordable community for seniors over the age of 62 in Queens. The property totals 67 units exclusively for seniors, 21 units of which have been reserved for the homeless. The development includes an onsite preschool administered by the New York City School Construction Authority that currently serves nearly 60 children. Social services, medical care coordination and mental health assessments will be available to residents of the property.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Cadence Living has broken ground on Cadence at Rancho Cucamonga, a seniors housing community in the Town Center neighborhood of Rancho Cucamonga, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles. Cadence is developing the property in partnership with Coyne Development. When complete, the community will offer 97 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community is scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
OLATHE, KAN. — Hunt Midwest, in partnership with Senior Living Group, has opened Benton House of Olathe, an assisted living and memory care community in Olathe. This is the partnership’s ninth Benton House community in metro Kansas City. Benton House of Olathe features 55 studio and one-bedroom units. The single-story, 52,000-square-foot building is situated on 4.4 acres. The Beacon Neighborhood is a secured area dedicated to residents in need of additional memory care services and support. Monthly rental rates start at $3,000.
NEW YORK CITY — A public-private partnership between The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC), Project FIND, the Joint Ownership Entity New York City (JOE NYC) and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) has received $6 million in financing for the renovation of Hargrave House. The 113-unit property is an affordable seniors housing community that is located at 111 W. 71st St. Project FIND, a nonprofit that supports low-income seniors, and JOE NYC, a nonprofit that supports affordable housing developers in the city, are the primary sponsors behind the project. The renovation work will upgrade the building’s elevators, energy systems, lobby and façade. Hargrave House was originally built in 1913 as a Renaissance hotel until it was converted into a residential use in the mid-1900s. An additional $3.5 million renovation plan was executed in 2001.
GODFREY, ILL. — Life Care Services has completed a renovation project at The United Methodist Village, which has been renamed Asbury Village. The nonprofit continuing care retirement community, which opened in 1997, is located in Godfrey, approximately 25 miles north of St. Louis. The new amenities include communal spaces, a new library, activity areas, fireplace and coffee bar. The community also recently added a new wellness clinic. Life Care Services continues to manage the community, as it has for 17 years.
SAN LUIS OBISBO, CALIF. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of The Manse on Marsh, an 87-unit independent living and assisted living community in San Luis Obispo. An independent owner-operator sold the property to a California-based owner-operator for $12.8 million. The buyer is a turnaround specialist, and acquired the property as a value-add opportunity. The property was partially encumbered by a ground lease and included multiple cottages that were rented to residents at the community. Both the fee simple interest and leasehold interest were transferred to the buyer with the transaction. At the time of the sale, the community was 75 percent occupied and 100 percent private pay.
TEXAS — Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Co. has placed two bridge loans totaling $42 million for the recapitalization of a five-property portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located throughout Texas. In the first transaction, Lancaster Pollard provided a $12 million loan with a 12-month term for two facilities in South Texas. The transaction refinanced existing debt and provided equity-out proceeds. In the second transaction, Lancaster Pollard worked with syndicate partner MB Financial Bank to secure a $30 million, 30-month bridge loan for three facilities in South Texas. Scott Blount, Chris Mauger and Eric Sengpiel of Lancaster Pollard placed the debt on behalf of the borrower, Arboretum Group. The specific names and locations of the properties were not disclosed.
IRVING, TEXAS — Hunt Capital Partners, in partnership with Saigebrook Development and O-SDA Industries, has obtained $8.4 million in federal low-income housing tax credits for the development of Canova Palms, an affordable seniors housing project in Irving. The three-story property will feature 58 units. Of those, 50 will be reserved for seniors who earn up to 30, 50 and 60 percent of the area median income. Maker Bros. is the general contractor, and Miller Slayton Architects Inc. is the architect for the project. Construction began in mid-May and is slated for completion in May 2020.