LIBERTY, MO. — Developers have broken ground on Norterre, a master-planned seniors housing community in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. Development costs are estimated at $66 million for the first phase, which will include a health center, café, single-family homes for seniors and short-stay rehabilitation. Norterre will be built on a 17-acre site adjacent to Liberty Hospital. A 50,000-square-foot healthy living center will act as the center of the community. The seniors housing portions of the community will be based on the household model where up to 20 seniors share a set of amenities. When complete, the community will feature 60 assisted living units, 20 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds. The first phase is expected to open in spring or summer 2017.
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LITTLE CANADA, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $17.9 million loan for the construction of Cardigan Ridge, a 120-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Twin Cities suburb of Little Canada. Hearth Development is building the project, which is already under construction. Grandbridge estimates total development costs will exceed $20 million. Dave Rasmussen, a senior vice president in Grandbridge’s Minneapolis office, originated the loan. A local bank is providing the capital. The non-recourse loan featured a five-year term, 25-year amortization and an interest rate near 3.5 percent.
DENVILLE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Franciscan Oaks, a continuing care retirement community located at 19 Pocono Road in Denville. Springpoint Senior Living acquired the entrance-fee property for an undisclosed sum. Situated on 14 acres, the property features 285 independent living apartments, 33 assisted living units and an 84-bed skilled nursing facility. Allen McMurtry, Megan Fetter and David Kliewer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Catholic Health Initiatives, in the transaction.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Senior Lifestyle Corp. has opened The Addison of Pleasant Prairie, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Pleasant Prairie, located on the Illinois border approximately midway between Chicago and Milwaukee. Construction of the 85,000-square-foot facility began in December 2014. The community is located on a nine-acre plot and features two memory care communities. Senior Lifestyle Corp. is a developer, owner and operator of seniors housing communities based in Chicago. The company’s portfolio includes 170 communities in 26 states.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS AND BURR RIDGE, ILL. — Brookdale Senior Living will undertake a $4 million memory care conversion at its communities in the Chicago suburbs of Prospect Heights and Burr Ridge. The projects are part of a capital investment and community management joint venture between Brookdale and HCP, a large healthcare REIT. At both Brookdale Prospect Heights and Brookdale Burr Ridge, 26 existing assisted living apartments will be converted to memory care. Both communities offer skilled nursing in addition to the assisted living and memory care options.
EUGENE, ORE. — FollettUSA has purchased Summer Oaks, a 102-home 55+ mobile home park in Eugene, for $10.4 million. The seller was Zacorn LLC. Colliers International Portland represented both parties in the transaction. The company’s team on the deal included Skip Rotticci, vice president, and associates Alexander Cheng and Kenneth Verbeck. The sales price equates to $102,000 per pad and a capitalization rate of 4 percent.
NORWOOD, OHIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $14.5 million sale of Victoria Retirement Community and Victory Park Nursing Home, both located in the Cincinnati suburb of Norwood. Victoria Retirement Community, built in 1991, contains a mix of 90 skilled nursing beds and 68 assisted living beds. Victory Park Nursing Home was built in 1965 and expanded in 1989. It contains 55 skilled nursing beds. The seller was a private family investment group whose operator planned to let its lease expire. The buyer was an undisclosed real estate investment trust with a strong presence in the region that has a new operator lined up.
WACO, TEXAS — Caddis, a national healthcare real estate firm headquartered in Dallas, has opened the 81-unit, 70,000-square-foot Heartis Waco seniors housing community at 5317 Speegleville Road in Waco. Caddis owns the community and Frontier Management will manage it. Heartis Waco offers amenities including a bistro, Internet café, fitness center, salon and spa, barber shop, two interior courtyards, dining room, arts and crafts room, media room, library, indoor and outdoor walking paths, 24-hour emergency call system and personal transportation. Austin-based Katus LLC was the architect for the project, and EBCO General Contractor Ltd. was the general contractor.
BLUE ASH, OHIO — Harborview Capital Partners has arranged $73 million in loans for the refinancing of a skilled nursing portfolio operated by CommuniCare, a healthcare owner-operator based in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash. The nine-building portfolio includes 936 beds and is located throughout Ohio and Maryland. The financing consists of a $12 million revolver loan and a $61 million bridge-to-HUD loan. The capital stack was further enhanced by a mezzanine loan in the amount of $8.5 million. The funds were used to refinance existing debt, exercise purchase options and consolidate balance sheets in preparation for bringing the portfolio to HUD. The five-year, floating-rate loan is non-recourse and has a LIBOR-based interest rate with one year of interest-only payments. Ephraim Kutner and Jonathan Kutner, both principals with Harborview, originated the loan. Gershon Yarmush, senior loan analyst, negotiated the terms.
NorthMarq Arranges Construction Financing for Seniors Housing Property in Metro Atlanta
by John Nelson
MARIETTA, GA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a credit enhancement and joint venture sponsor to finance the construction of The Arbor Terrace at Burnt Hickory, a 92-unit seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta. Developer and operator The Arbor Co. is developing the community, and the general contractor, Choate Construction, expects to deliver the property by March 2017. Will James of NorthMarq’s Atlanta office secured the financing for the landowner, Hollander Properties. Specific terms were not disclosed.