SAN FRANCISCO — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets Group has arranged the $25 million sale of Hayes Valley Senior Living, a 52-unit, two-property assisted living portfolio in San Francisco. The two properties are located across the street from each other at 601 and 624 Laguna Street. 601 Laguna Street was built in the 1880s as a hotel and converted to assisted living in 1997. 624 Laguna Street was purpose-built as an assisted living facility in 2005. The buyer was a San Diego-based private owner-operator and the seller was a local nonprofit owner-operator. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Aaron Rosenzweig led the Cushman & Wakefield team on the transaction.
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Elder Care Alliance has acquired The Villa at San Mateo, a 135-unit independent living community in San Mateo, located between San Francisco and San Jose, for an undisclosed price. The community is located on a 4.5-acre campus. Elder Care partnered with Rockwood Pacific, CBRE and HJ Sims to complete the deal. The transaction marks the first acquisition by Elder Care Alliance, a Bay Area nonprofit operator. The company now serves nearly 700 seniors in five communities throughout California.
BARNEGAT, N.J. — Walters Group has opened Cornerstone at Barnegat, an age- and income-restricted housing project located at 9 S. Main St. in Barnegat. The three-story building features 70 energy-efficient units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts with balconies. On-site amenities include large gathering areas, fitness center, conference room, computers, outdoor barbecue area, secured access, elevators, and on-site management and maintenance. The property is restricted to residents age 55 or older.
PONTIAC, ILL. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage Inc. has arranged the sale of Woodridge Supportive Living in Pontiac, north of Bloomington, for $7.5 million. The 36,610-square-foot facility sits on five acres and includes 60 units. A private partnership that develops and operates assisted living and memory care facilities was the seller. A regional operator of seniors housing in Illinois was the buyer. Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage arranged the transaction.
BEDFORD, TEXAS — Caddis has broken ground for Heartis MidCities, its newest senior living community in Texas. Located in Bedford, the 178,530-square-foot property will feature 178 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, outdoor walking paths, courtyards, and game and activity rooms. Cameron, Texas-based EBCO is constructing the property, which is slated for completion in winter 2017. Expedition Capital Advisors LLC provided construction financing on behalf of Caddis. Frontier Management will manage the property, and Austin-based Katus LLC is serving as architect for the project. The property is Caddis’ fifth seniors housing community near Dallas/Fort Worth and its 12th in Texas.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Caddis has broken ground on Heartis Fayetteville, a 168-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Fayetteville, approximately 20 miles south of Atlanta. The community will comprise three buildings totaling 157,029 square feet that will house 80 independent living units, 56 assisted living apartments and 32 memory care units. This is the first entry into Georgia for Caddis, a healthcare real estate firm based in Dallas, though the company is also planning another Heartis-branded community in nearby Suwanee. Portland, Ore.-based Frontier Management will operate Heartis Fayetteville upon completion, which Caddis expects to be in late 2017. Chicago-based investment firm Singerman Real Estate is a joint venture development partner on the project. The Atlanta office of Choate Construction will be the general contractor.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $16.7 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the capital to refinance debt on Welbrook Arlington, a seniors housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Riverside. MBK Senior Living operates the community, which features 207 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Aron Will, vice chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the non-recourse, 10-year, floating-rate loan with full-term interest-only payments through the company’s Fannie Mae DUS Multifamily loan origination program.
Kennedy Funding Financial Closes $1.7M Loan for Assisted Living Facility in East Windsor, New Jersey
EAST WINDSOR, N.J. — Kennedy Funding Financial has closed a $1.7 million loan for EW Acquisition. The loan proceeds will be used for working capital and to fund infrastructure improvements to convert the property into The Seasons at East Windsor, a proposed 121-unit/148-bed assisted living facility located at 359 Princeton Road in East Windsor. The borrower acquired the property in 2005 and started an improvement program at the property, which is situated on 3.9 acres. The 89,038 square feet of improvements are scheduled for completion in 2017. Once complete, the property will contain a mix of assisted and memory care units.
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has acquired Mountain View Apartments, a 280-unit affordable seniors housing community in Cathedral City, approximately 100 miles east of Los Angeles. A private trust sold the property for an undisclosed price. In conjunction with the sale, CPP has unveiled plans for $11.3 million in renovations to the community, which includes 70 buildings of four one-bedroom units each on a 20-acre plot. The community was built in 1984, and renovations are slated for completion by late 2017. Planned renovations include replacing all windows and doors, new paint, water efficiency upgrades, new exterior lighting and landscaping, cable television and wireless internet installation, new appliances, and fully remodeled bathrooms. The cost of the upgrades equates to approximately $40,000 per unit. Irvine-based CPP is an affordable housing rehabilitation company that owns more than 4,500 units across the United States.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Wingate Cos. and Columbia Residential has opened City Lights Apartment Homes, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta. The units, all one-bedroom, are reserved for residents over the age of 62. Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. provided construction financing for City Lights, which comprises a four-story building spanning 93,333 square feet. Financial partners on City Lights included Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp., Sugar Creek Capital, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, The City of Atlanta, InvestAtlanta and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The design team included architect JHP Architecture/Urban Design and general contractor Agile Construction. The project is part of a redevelopment plan for Village of Bedford Pine, and Wingate has announced Phase II of the redevelopment, a 96-unit affordable community called Station 464, which will not have any age restrictions. Four existing buildings will be torn down to make way for construction of the five-story Station 464. Wingate plans to start construction of that project as early as 2017.