MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Walker & Dunlop has provided $14.5 million in bridge financing through the company’s interim loan program to AFC Forsgate Owner LLC. The borrower, which is a joint venture between Artemis Real Estate Partners, Focus Healthcare Partners and Chelsea Senior Living, plans use the loan to refinance Chelsea at Forsgate. Located in Monroe Township, the 120-unit assisted living facility was originally constructed in 1996 and purchased by the borrower in February 2013. Since acquisition, the borrower has made capital improvements to the property and plans additional improvements. John Pantone and Jim Cope led the Walker & Dunlop team that structured the three-year, interest-only, cash-out transaction.
Seniors Housing
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roadside Development LLC and Dantes Partners have opened Hodge on 7th, a 90-unit, $28 million seniors housing apartment community located in the City Market at O project in Washington, D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood. The City Market at O is 1 million-square-foot urban infill project that features 90,000 square feet of retail, 650 multifamily units, a 182-room Cambria Suites Hotel that opened last week and a 500-car parking garage. The new LEED Silver-certified Hodge on 7th is available for senior citizens older than 55 years old and earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The project is one of four residential buildings coming to the Shaw neighborhood. According to Roadside Development, the new seniors housing community employs more than 100 people.
READING, MASS. — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets has arranged $19.6 million in senior financing and joint venture equity capital for LCB Senior Living’s acquisition of a seniors housing property in Reading. M&T Bank provided $13.5 million in acquisition financing, and Virtus Real Estate Capital provided the joint venture equity. LCB plans to rebrand the newly acquired property as The Residence at Pearl Street. The 86-unit assisted living community is situated in a former school building that was converted into seniors housing in 1997 by the previous owner. LCB plans to convert the first-floor units into memory-care units and continue to rehabilitate the property. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Stuart Kim of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing on behalf of LCB Senior Living.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Pennrose has opened The Jefferson, a $14 million affordable senior apartment complex in New Britain. The three-story building offers 70 units featuring spacious floor plans, oversized windows and wall-to-wall carpeting in the bedrooms. Additionally, eight of the units are handicapped-accessible and all units have 24-hour emergency call systems in the bedrooms and bathrooms. The age-restricted community also features a community room, fitness center, outdoor patio with picnic area and on-site laundry facilities. Pennrose Properties LLC developed the property in partnership with The Housing Authority of the City of New Britain, and Pennrose Management Company manages the community.
WOODSTOCK, GA. — The LaSalle Group has opened Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake, a 28,000-square-foot, $9.8 million memory care facility at 1962 Eagle Drive in Woodstock, about 30 miles north of Atlanta. The facility will serve residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Each unit will feature the Vigil System, a motion sensor program. This project is the first freestanding memory care facility in Woodstock, according to Susan Tidwell of Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake.
PLANO, TEXAS — Mainstreet, Greenbrier Development LLC and Adolfson & Peterson Construction have commenced construction of a new 100-unit, 66,500-square-foot seniors housing property in Plano. Designed by PRDG Architecture, the two-story facility will feature a community room, movie theater, salon, fitness center, game room, spa and four different dining venues. Ninety percent of the community’s apartments will be one-bedroom, private-bath residences. Indiana-based Mainstreet and Dallas-based Greenbrier are partnering on the development, while Adolfson & Peterson Construction is serving as general contractor. The Ensign Group will operate the soon-to-be-named property upon its completion in the first quarter of 2015.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Cassidy Turley has brokered the $83.5 million sale of Somerby of Alpharetta, a 282-unit seniors housing community in Alpharetta, an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta. The facility is comprised of 16 independent living villas, 187 independent living apartments, 56 assisted living units and 23 memory care units. The property was built in 2008 and has maintained occupancy in the mid-90 percent range. Allen McMurty represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was a publicly traded REIT.
DALLAS — Presbyterian Village North, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in north Dallas, is expanding with the construction of two new independent living buildings, a fitness center and transitional care unit, as well as an addition to its existing assisted living building. The project, valued at $93 million, will add approximately 350,000 square feet to the campus, allowing Presbyterian Village North to house and serve the needs of about 200 more seniors each year. The independent living buildings will include the 48-unit Leonard Rose Villas and the 56-unit Martins Landing. The fitness center will feature a swimming pool, spa, locker rooms and café. The 60-bed transitional care unit will connect to the existing rehab unit. Joyce Hall, the assisted living building, will expand with 71 new apartments. Construction is slated to begin in June. Presbyterian Village North is a development of faith-based nonprofit organization Presbyterian Communities and Services.
BEAVER, PA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a brokerage division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Friendship Ridge, a 605-bed nursing home in Beaver, a suburb of Pittsburgh. A private consortium of owners and investors based in New York and New Jersey purchased the property for $33.5 million from Beaver County, Pa. Situated on 25 acres at 246 Friendship Circle, the nursing home facility has been in operation since 1959. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Charles Hilding of IPA, along with Matthew Gorman of Marcus & Millichap’s Philadelphia office, represented the seller in the transaction.
CLARK, N.J. — Garden Communities, a subsidiary of Garden Homes, has opened the first apartment building at Woodcrest at Clark, an active-adult residential community in Clark. Located in Central Jersey, the four-building property will offer one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 900 to 1,630 square feet. The apartment units feature granite countertops, breakfast bars, stainless steel appliances, custom walk-in closets, master bathrooms with soaking tubs and double vanities, private balconies, controlled central heat and air conditioning, and utility rooms with washers and dryers. Additional property amenities will include a clubhouse with fireplaces, a fitness center, a card room and a TV lounge, which are slated for completion this summer. Garden Communities is currently preleasing the second apartment building, which is expected to be available for move-in by July. Completion for the entire project is slated for 2015.