DES MOINES, IOWA — Hubbell Realty Co. will break ground July 28 on Edencrest at Beaverdale, an assisted living and memory care community in Des Moines. The community will feature 30 units each of assisted living and memory care. Development costs are estimated at $12 million. When completed, Senior Housing Management will operate the community. Edencrest at Beaverdale will be Hubbell’s third community, all located within the greater Des Moines area. The company is also planning to build two more Edencrest communities in the region.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — The Richman Group of California Development Company has completed construction of Ventana, a 95-unit affordable seniors housing community in Fullerton. The six-story, 130,000-square-foot midrise building on 0.6 acres features 3,200 square feet of retail space and a subterranean parking garage. The community is already fully leased. Richman Property Services will operate and handle leasing for Ventana. Irwin Partners of Costa Mesa was the architecture firm and Cannon Constructors of San Diego was the general contractor. City of Fullerton Housing Bonds, tax credit funds and Bank of America all provided financing for the project. Founded in 1987, The Richman Group is a residential real estate investment, development and asset management firm based in Connecticut. The California branch is based in La Jolla.
ISSAQUAH, WASH. — LCS Development, a developer of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) throughout the United States, has nearly completed the Phase II expansion of Timber Ridge at Talus, a CCRC in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah. National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), a major healthcare REIT, is providing the funding for the $154.5 million expansion. When completed, the project will add 145 independent living apartments, 14 assisted living apartments, a new 12-bed memory care neighborhood and nine private nursing suites. The project will also add a new dining venue, an indoor swimming pool and a 190-seat auditorium. Phase I of Timber Ridge was completed in 2008 as a 10-acre portion of a 630-acre, master-planned Talus community. The site is located near the 3,100-acre Cougar Mountain Wildland Park. The expansion is 80 percent completed, according to LCS Development. The auditorium and memory care neighborhood will open for residents this month. Westminster Capital is a joint venture partner on the development. LCS Development is a subsidiary of LCS and a sister company of Life Care Services, which operates Timber Ridge at Talus.
ARVADA, COLO. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Development have broken ground on MorningStar Senior Living of Arvada, a 141-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Denver suburb of Arvada. The developers expect to complete construction in fall 2017, with an information center opened by January of that year. The 160,000-square-foot development will feature 71 suites for independent living, 41 suites for assisted living and 29 suites for memory care. The community will be situated on 4.5 acres, encircled by six parks and Arvada Reservoir. Suites will range from studio to two-bedroom layouts, and 340 to 1,200 square feet. MorningStar of Arvada is the sixth joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar Senior Living, a Denver-based senior living developer and operator, and Confluent Development, a Denver-based development and investment firm. It will be MorningStar’s 16th ground-up seniors housing development. Rosemann & Associates of Denver is serving as the architect for the new development, and Thoma-Holec Design of Phoenix is the interior designer.
HARLEYSVILLE, PA. — Green Courte Partners through its fund, Green Courte Real Estate Partners IV and its affiliates, has acquired Arbour Square of Harleysville. Built in two phases and completed in 2014, the 275-unit independent living community was 78 percent occupied at the time of closing. Heritage Senior Living will manage the property. Matt Pyzyk of Green Courte Partners originated the transaction for Green Courte Partners.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — JCH Consulting Group has arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in the Los Angeles suburb of Riverside for $13.1 million. Built in 1969, the facility features 188 beds, resulting in a sale price of $69,680 per bed. The community was 60 percent occupied at the time of sale The buyer was a California owner-operator, and the seller was a regional operator. Shep Roylance was the lead agent on the transaction.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — Bernards, a commercial builder, has commenced work on Crestavilla, a 220-unit, $95.5 million independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Los Angeles suburb of Laguna Niguel. Santa Ana-based William Hezmalhalch Architects designed the community, which Irvine-based Steadfast Senior Living is developing. Since the project was first announced in February, the number of units and acuity mix have changed. The 211,387 square feet will now feature 112 independent living units (formerly announced as 61), 72 assisted living units (formerly announced as 115) and 36 memory care units (formerly announced as 25). The project is located on 11.5 acres and is scheduled for completion in November 2017.
ATHENS, GA. — LTC Properties Inc., a seniors housing and healthcare REIT, has acquired Village at Athens, a 70-unit assisted living and memory care community in Athens, for $14.3 million. The seller, Atlanta-based developer and operator Thrive Senior Living, finished construction of the community in May. Thrive will stay on to operate under the new ownership. This is the third seniors housing partnership between LTC and Thrive, and the companies expect to open two more developments by year’s end. Village at Athens features 50 assisted living units and 20 memory care units. Home of the University of Georgia, Athens is located approximately 70 miles east of Atlanta.
GOLDEN, COLO. — Rocky Mountain Senior Living has hired OZ Architecture to design Golden Lodge Assisted Living, a 111-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Denver suburb of Golden. The community will feature two buildings – a 65,000-square-foot, four-story assisted living community with 75 units, and a 24,000-square-foot, single-story memory care community with 36 units. Colorado-based Vivage Senior Living will operate the community once it is completed. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2016 for completion in the fall of 2017. OZ Architecture is a Colorado-based design firm.
ROSELAND, N.J., AND WILLISTOWN, PA. — Formation-Shelbourne Senior Living Services has completed the disposition of two Class A seniors housing communities — The Solana Roseland in Roseland and The Solana Willistown in Willistown. An undisclosed buyer acquired The Solana portfolio for $98.2 million. The portfolio encompasses 118 assisted living and 53 memory care units in a variety of options ranging from studio to two-bedroom floor plans. The Solana Roseland is located at 345 Eagle Rock Ave. in Roseland, and The Solana Willistown is located at 1713 W. Chester Pike in the Philadelphia suburb of Willistown. Completed in 2013, the properties are 94 percent leased and total 74,222 rentable square feet. Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, Sarah Baccich of HFF secured a $63.9 million acquisition loan, provided by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, for the buyer.