ROSWELL, GA. — California-based developer Griffin Real Estate Management and investment firm Canyon Partners Real Estate, in partnership with operator Thrive Senior Living, have started construction of The Georgian Lakeside Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 95-unit community in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell. Thrive will operate the community — which comprises 70 assisted living units and 25 memory care units — when complete.
WESTMONT, ILL. — CBRE’s debt and structured finance team has secured $24 million in construction financing for Pathway Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate Capital. The joint venture partnership will use the financing to construct Aspired Living of Westmont, a Class A assisted living and memory care facility in Westmont, a western Chicago suburb. The property will consist of 75 assisted living units and 34 memory care units. The 123,000-square-foot, three-story building will be situated on 3.5 acres. The loan was originated at 70 percent loan-to-cost and includes a four-year floating rate and 36 months of interest-only payments. Aron Will of CBRE arranged the financing provided by a regional bank. Chicago-based Pathway Senior Living is a privately held company. Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital is a real estate private equity sponsor.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — The third annual InterFace On-Campus Housing conference began yesterday in Tempe at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel, near Arizona State University (ASU). Wednesday, more than 60 attendees toured four on-campus properties at ASU that American Campus Communities (ACC) developed or re-developed in a public-private partnership with the university. Vista Del Sol, which opened in 2008, features more than 1,800 beds and was developed by ACC, while Hassayampa Academic Village, which opened in 2006 and was developed by Machado and Silvetti + GouldEvans LLC, features more than 1,900 beds. Representatives from ACC and ASU, as well as construction firm Hardison Downey Construction, were on-hand to talk about the projects and answer questions. Thursday began with a breakfast and speed networking session, as well as the keynote speech by generational expert Michael Wood of 747 Group. Wood spoke about the upcoming Gen Z, what its members’ interests are, what they expect of authority and what they may prefer in housing after entering higher education. Sessions and panels continue today at the Tempe Mission Palms.
DENVER — Rob McAdams has joined Lancaster Pollard and will open a new office for the firm in Denver. McAdams will serve the lender’s clients in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and will oversee the structuring and funding of healthcare project financings for hospitals and senior living providers in those states. McAdams has been involved in investment sales and debt and equity structuring for the hotel and hospitality industry since 2005 and most recently served as a partner at U.S. Hotel Advisors in Denver. In that role, he oversaw all areas of hotel debt and equity financing transactions, including new business generation, negotiation of financing terms, selection of capital providers and orchestration of closing processes. He earned master’s degrees in finance, as well as real estate and construction management, from the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business. He received a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Colorado.
RENO, NEV. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged a $1.8 million bridge loan for Reno Valley Assisted Living & Retirement Center (RVALRC), a 118-unit assisted living facility located in Reno. The community was acquired in 2013 and has undergone a turnaround process. The loan, provided by a local lender, has a five-year term and will fund further capital improvements, debt repayment and recapitalization. The improvements will also allow RVALRC to accept Medicaid residents, opening its doors to a wider range of customers. The community plans to refinance the loan within three years once improvements are implemented. Grant Goodman led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
HOUSTON — Whiting Turner has broken ground on Amarillo Terrace, a new 108-unit independent living property at the Eagle’s Trace continuing care retirement community in Houston. Amenities will include stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, while screened-in porches and patios will be options for a number of the residences. Residents will also have access to a new media room, fitness center and additional meeting space. Amarillo Terrace is scheduled to open in the fall of 2016. Texas-based JHP Architecture designed Amarillo Terrace to be connected by a climate-controlled walkway to the main clubhouse of Eagle’s Trace, which houses services such as the medical center, convenience store, salon and bank. Additionally, the continuing care neighborhood provides 112 residences offering assisted living, memory care, post-acute rehabilitation and nursing care services.
CORTE MADERA, Calif. — The Atlanta-based Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Team of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $42.3 million refinancing for Aegis of Corte Madera, a 118-unit assisted living and memory care near San Francisco. A life insurance company provided funding for the loan. Grandbridge’s Richard Thomas, senior vice president, and Meredith Davis, vice president, originated the transaction. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranges permanent commercial and multifamily real estate loans, services loan portfolios and provides asset and portfolio management, as well as real estate brokerage services.
LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Gardens and The Guardian, a 108-bed seniors housing property located at 1401 Country Club Road in Lake Charles. The sales price was undisclosed, but the list price was $9.6 million. Rod Llanos and Doug O’Toole of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Llanos and O’Toole also secured the buyer, also a limited liability company. William Hoffpauir of Marcus & Millichap assisted in the transaction.
TUSCON, ARIZ. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $25 million construction loan for Hacienda at The River, a 129-unit assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing community in Tuscon. A joint venture of The Freshwater Group and Watermark Retirement Communities is developing the community on a 5.75 acre plot. When completed, Watermark will manage the community. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Jim Sellers and Tim Prouty, both senior vice presidents of the CBRE Debt & Structured Finance office in Tucson, secured a three-year, floating-rate loan that then converts to a three-year, mini-perm loan. The loan was placed through a regional bank. Based in Tuscon, Watermark is the 13th largest operator of seniors housing communities in the U.S. with 38 communities comprising 7,483 units, according to 2015 data from the American Seniors Housing Association.
MURRIETA, CALIF. — Developer and operator Anthem Memory Care has broken ground on Vineyard Place, a $12.6 million memory care community in Murrieta, about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Anthem expects to open the 38,000-square-foot, 66-unit community in summer 2016. Working with Anthem on developing and building Vineyard Place are CM Consulting, Markham Development Management Group, CBTwo Architects, Consolidated Contracting and LTC Properties, which is providing financing. Anthem, based in Lake Oswego, Ore., also operates a dementia care community in Chico, Calif., and four in Denver. It is currently developing three communities in the greater Chicago area.
