DECATUR, GA. — Columbia Residential is set to open Columbia Senior Residences at East Decatur, a mixed-income seniors housing community located adjacent to the Avondale MARTA station in Decatur, roughly eight miles east of downtown Atlanta. Columbia Residential partnered with the DeKalb County Community Development Department, the Housing Authority of DeKalb County and the Development Authority of DeKalb to transform the former parking lot adjacent to the MARTA station into a seniors housing community. The five-story building features 92 units dedicated to seniors 62 and older. Amenities include a dining and dancing room, business center, movie theater, fitness center, onsite laundry facilities and a courtyard with a gazebo. The site’s main pedestrian walk provides access to the Avondale MARTA bus and transit station. East Decatur is part of MARTA’s latest transit-oriented development at Avondale Station. In addition to the 92 seniors housing units, the Development Authority of Decatur, Columbia Ventures and Cortland Partners will deliver 377 market-rate apartments, 34 condos and more than 40,000 square feet of retail space. Upon completion, each portion of the project will be connected by a central plaza. DeKalb County and the Housing Authority of DeKalb County provided a first mortgage loan for East Decatur. Enterprise …
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Columbia Pacific Advisors to Acquire Seniors Housing Owner-Operator Hawthorn Retirement Group
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Columbia Pacific Advisors, a Seattle-based investment firm, has agreed to acquire Vancouver, Wash.-based seniors housing owner-operator Hawthorn Retirement Group for an undisclosed price. Hawthorn owns, develops and operates communities located across 20 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Hawthorn currently operates 55 communities, with another 24 communities under construction or in pre-development. In addition to the real estate portfolio, the acquisition will include Hawthorn’s management and construction businesses. The principal owners of Hawthorn — Bart Colson, Brad Colson, Norm Brenden and Pat Kennedy — have all known and worked with Columbia Pacific co-founder Dan Baty for many years. Bill Colson and Dan Baty were the primary owners of Holiday Retirement prior to its sale to Fortress Investment Group in 2007. Bart Colson and Brad Colson are Bill’s sons, and Bart was Holiday’s COO for 10 years prior to the sale to Fortress. Norm Brenden and Pat Kennedy were also high-ranking executives at Holiday. “We are buying what we believe to be one of the best senior living companies ahead of a huge and quickly approaching demographic trend of an aging U.S. population,” said Alex Washburn, managing partner and co-founder of Columbia Pacific Advisors. “The Hawthorn platform consists of …
CLINTON, IOWA — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $5.7 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Village Cooperative of Clinton. The 44-unit seniors housing property was constructed in 2013. All units are restricted to persons age 62 and older. The HUD 213/223(a)(7) loan is fully amortized over 40 years. The refinancing lowered the interest rate and resulted in reduced annual debt-service payments for the borrower, according to Dougherty.
Live Oak Bank Provides $2.2M Acquisition Financing for Boutique Assisted Living Community Near Seattle
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Live Oak Bank has provided a $2.2 million loan for the acquisition of an assisted living community in a northern suburb of Seattle. The community features 12 beds across two adjacent buildings. The boutique community has monthly rents between $6,000 and $10,000. A husband-and-wife team, one of which is a longtime employee at the community, acquired the property from an undisclosed seller. The SBA loan features 90 percent loan-to-cost ratio.
APPLE VALLEY, MINN. — Dominium has completed development of The Legends of Apple Valley, a 163-unit affordable seniors housing property located 20 miles south of Minneapolis. Residents who are 55 and older and who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income are eligible to live at the property. Amenities include a fitness center, community room, theater room and a beauty salon. Eagle Building Co. was the general contractor. Dominium’s Legends portfolio comprises 2,100 units of affordable senior apartments across the metro area.
PHILIPSBURG, PA. — Presbyterian Senior Living has completed a $10 million expansion at Windy Hill Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Central Pennsylvania borough of Philipsburg. The project added a 48-unit apartment building to the property. The expansion was based on the Passive House design, which requires 50 percent less energy than other heating and cooling systems. Dan Rothschild served as the project architect. Of the 48 total units, eight are priced at market rate, ranging from $850 to $1,100, and the remaining rentals will be subsidized by tax credits for individuals who apply and meet income-limit requirements. Presbyterian Senior Living was awarded $7.7 million in tax credits by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency for this project.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $34 million HUD-insured loan for the construction of The Legends at Berry Senior in St. Paul. The 241-unit affordable seniors housing property will be situated on the former Weyerhaesuer Lumber site. All of the units will be restricted to persons age 62 and older who earn 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities will include a beauty salon, craft room, community room, fitness room, theater room, courtyard and patio. The FHA 221(d)(4) loan guaranteed by HUD is fully amortized over 40 years. Financing also involves 4 percent low-income housing tax credits. St. Paul Leased Housing Associates IX LLLP was the borrower.
MESQUITE, NEV. — Mission Senior Living has started construction of Mesa Valley Estates Assisted Living and Memory Care, an $8 million seniors housing community in Mesquite, near the Arizona border. The 61,386-square-foot, one-story community will feature 54 assisted living apartments and a memory care neighborhood with 24 apartments. Project partners include Pinnacle Architects and MSL Construction. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2019.
Capital One Provides $47.2M HUD Refinancing for Three Skilled Nursing Facilities in Massachusetts
by David Cohen
CHELSEA, FALL RIVER, BROCKTON, MASS. — Capital One has provided $47.2 million to refinance a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts. The three facilities have a combined 512 beds and were purchased as part of a four-facility portfolio in 2016. The properties are Eastpointe Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Chelsea with 195 beds, Southpointe Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Fall River with 152 beds, and Baypointe Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Brockton with 169 beds. Although the borrower was not disclosed, the properties are all listed on the website of The Pointe Group. Joshua Rosen of Capital One originated the transaction. The three HUD loans feature fixed rates and 35-year terms.
RICHMOND, VA. — SunTrust Community Capital (STCC) has provided $11.2 million in financing for two redevelopment projects in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. The Community Preservation and Development Corp. (CPDC) is leading the redevelopments, which will replace current public housing with new workforce housing, seniors housing and retail. The first project, dubbed Jackson Ward, will include 72 newly constructed, one-bedroom seniors housing units in a four-story building. The second project will provide 82 units of mixed-income housing and 6,000 square feet of retail in one building that will be located adjacent to the seniors housing building. CPDC’s Jackson Ward project is part of a larger redevelopment effort to provide replacement housing for 200 units at the Fay Towers Senior Public Housing site in Richmond’s Gilpin neighborhood. CPDC is utilizing the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program to fund the . CPDC is currently developing replacement housing at three other sites in Richmond.