PINEVILLE, LA. — Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based Humanities Foundation has broken ground on the $6.6 million, 56-unit Arbor Hill, an affordable seniors housing development located on Shamrock Drive in Pineville. Bank of America, Alliant Capital and the City of Pineville provided financing for the project. Pinkerton & Laws is the general contractor for the development, Miller & Martin is the architect and Monceaux Buller & Associates is the civil engineer. Completion is slated for December 2012.
ODESSA — Construction has commenced on the 75-unit Orchard Park of Odessa, an assisted living facility located at 8050 Dr. Emmitt Headlee St. in Odessa. The community is slated to open in the fall of 2012. The facility will be operated by North Carolina-based Meridian Senior Living.
LAWTON, MICH. — Love Funding has closed a $2.8 million loan to refinance White Oak, a 72-bed assisted living and dementia care facility in Lawton, near Kalamazoo. Robert Smallwood of Love Funding's Cleveland office secured the loan through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development loan program. White Oaks is owned by Chuck and Barbara Randall, who own six assisted living properties in Ohio and Michigan.
MURPHY — Dallas-based Caddis Partners and the McFarlin Group are developing the 78-unit Orchard Park of Murphy, a 90-bed assisted living facility located at the southeast corner of FM 544 and Brand Road in Murphy. The project is funded by Love Funding through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 232 LEAN program. Good Neighbor Care will manage the day-to-day operations, Galier/Tolson/French is the project's architect and Weis Builders' Dallas branch is providing general contracting services. Construction is currently under way and completion is slated for the summer of 2012.
CUMMING, GA. — Choate Construction Co. has broken ground on the first phase of the $27 million Villas at Canterfield, a seniors housing community located 745 Atlanta Rd. in Cumming. The first phase includes 91 assisted living units, and the second phase will include 84 free-standing independent living villas and senior apartments. Amenities will include a library, salon, parlor, exercise room, transportation, arts and crafts room and a multi-purpose theater and presentation center. Medical Development Corp. is developing the property and The Corcoran Ota Group is the architect.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — The 56-unit Chastain Manor, an affordable housing senior community located at 381 34th Ave. E. in Tuscaloosa, has re-opened. The property was destroyed in the tornado that touched down in Tuscaloosa in April. Although the first residents have moved back in, full completion is slated for early 2012.
ORLANDO — Orlando-based CNL Properties Trust Inc. has agreed to acquire five senior living communities from affiliates of Primrose Retirement Communities for $84 million. The properties include Grand Island Senior Living in Grand Island, Neb.; Marion Senior Living in Marion, Ohio; Mansfield Senior Living in Mansfield, Ohio; Casper Senior Living in Casper, Wyo.; and Sweetwater Senior Center in Billings, Mont. The transition is expected to close the first quarter of 2012. The communities will continue to be operated by Primrose under a long-term lease agreement with CNL. As of Dec. 1, the properties were 96 percent occupied.
DECATUR, GA. — Savannah, Ga.-based NorSouth Constructs has broken ground on the 80-unit Oliver House, a seniors housing property located at 1450 Commerce Dr. in Decatur. The development is the second phase of a $30 million redevelopment of Allen Wilson Terrace Public Housing by the Decatur Housing Authority. Upon completion, Allen Wilson Terrace will contain 190 units for low-income families and seniors. HADP Architecture designed the property, which is expected to receive two EarthCraft green building certifications. Oliver House is slated for completion in August 2012.
BURLESON — LIG Assets' non-wholly owned subsidiary, World SeniorCare Services, has entered into a contract to purchase a 13-acre parcel for the development of a $20 million, 10-building senior housing property in Burleson. The project is slated to be constructed over a 2-year span.
ODESSA — Love Funding has secured an $8.91 million construction-to-permanent loan for the 97-bed Orchard Park of Odessa, a 69,500-square-foot assisted living community in Odessa. Joshua Hausfeld of Love Funding's Washington, D.C., office secured the 40-year loan through HUD's 232 LEAN Program on behalf of the owners, McFarlin Group and Stroud Development, both of Dallas. The facility is slated to open in late 2012.