Seniors Housing

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BASALT, COLO. — Realty Capital Partners, a Dallas-based equity investor, has invested $11.7 million in the development of 72 residential rental units tailored for active adults (age 55 and over) in Basalt. Developer Realty Capital Residential has acquired the land and secured all necessary entitlements, permits and approved plans. The project will encompass a modern living concept and 2,600 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space. Groundbreaking is set for this month, with completion slated for August 2025. The community will feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 675 square feet to 1,322 square feet.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Arrow Senior Living has opened The Summit Senior Living at Chenal Valley in Little Rock. Built by O’Reilly Development, the property is situated in the West Little Rock area and sits on 12 acres near outdoor recreation, shopping and fine dining. The 163,000-square-foot property features 96 independent living units, 44 assisted living units and 18 memory care units. The Summit Senior Living at Chenal Valley is the first Arrow-operated community in Arkansas and the operator’s 35th in the nation.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two assisted living communities in Albuquerque. The communities were built in 1972 and 1982, with renovations in 2011 and 2015. The properties are 3,176 and 7,880 square feet and are situated on approximately 0.38 and 0.6 acres of land. The seller was a mom-and-pop owner divesting to retire from the industry. The buyer is an owner-operator expanding its presence in the West. This is the buyer’s first acquisition in New Mexico. The price was not disclosed. Vince Viverito and Matthew Alley of SLIB handled the transaction.

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REDMOND, WASH. — Emerald Communities has broken ground on an assisted living expansion project in Redmond, approximately 10 miles east of Seattle.  The development will add 54 one-bedroom units to Emerald Heights, a continuing care retirement community. The project also includes a dining space, activity rooms, an outdoor patio and a centralized courtyard across 67,55 square feet. Development costs are estimated at $55 million. Dean Kelly of the architecture firm Rice Fergus Miller is leading the design, and also recently managed Emerald Heights’ new 42-unit independent living building and earlier expansion projects, which were completed in 2014.  GLY Construction has been named as the builder. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2024. Emerald Heights is situated on 38 acres in the Education Hill area of Redmond.

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BROCKTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $12.9 million in financing for Bixby Brockton Apartments, a 106-unit affordable seniors housing complex located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The complex houses 88 one-bedroom apartments and 18 two-bedroom apartments, with two units occupied by maintenance and security staff. The borrower, Affordable Housing & Services Collaborative Inc., will use the proceeds to fund capital improvements and extend the property’s affordability status. Among the improvements slated for the property are unit repairs, two new heating systems, a new fence, security camera upgrades and the extension of a laundry room.

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SAVOY, ILL. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Champaign Urbana Nursing & Rehab in Savoy, located about midway between Chicago and St. Louis. A regional owner-operator sold the asset to Mozart Healthcare, which plans to install Accolade Healthcare as the operator. The sales price was undisclosed. Initially built in 1975, the facility is licensed for 213 skilled nursing beds, and at the time of marketing was 49 percent occupied. The current operator restored the occupancy rate to 67 percent by the time of closing.

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CINCINNATI — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of St. Theresa Care Center in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. A public REIT elected to execute the strategic sale of the facility following an operator transition earlier this year. St. Theresa Care Center is licensed for 92 assisted living beds and 99 skilled nursing beds. Designated as a National Historic Landmark, the property was originally built as an acute care hospital in the mid-1920s and was later expanded in the late 1950s. The building was ultimately converted to its current use, also featuring units available for independent living residents. However, the independent living and assisted living floors were most recently underutilized. The buyer was an owner-operator with a growing presence in the area. The facility has been renamed The Mariemont Care Center. Michael Segal, Connor Doherty, Ben Firestone and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint brokered the sale.

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LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Brittany House Memory Care Center in Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles. The seller is a San Diego-based developer and operator looking to focus its resources on a newly developed portfolio of communities throughout Orange and San Diego counties. The buyer is a Los Angeles-based high-net-worth family. The price was not disclosed. The buyer plans to convert the memory care community into an affordable housing property using the Assisted Living Waiver program in California. The Blueprint team included Jacob Gehl and Scott Frazier.

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ATLANTA — One of the central questions of the investment panel at InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast was: Will transaction activity return in the fourth quarter? When Brooks Blackmon, panel moderator and executive managing director of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, asked the question, there was a quick response from the panel — “no.” “Return to what?” asked Kelly Sheehy senior managing director of Artemis Real Estate Partners. “Higher than today? Yes. Compared to 2019? No, it’s going to take time.” InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast is an annual conference hosted by France Media’s InterFace Conference Group, Seniors Housing Business and Southeast Real Estate Business. The event was held on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Westin Buckhead Atlanta hotel. Blackmon moderated the discussion. The panelists agreed that the fly in the ointment that has stifled investment sales the past few quarters has been the rapid runup in interest rates. The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.3 percent at the time of this writing, which is the highest level since 2007. The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) and federal funds rate, two short-term benchmark interest rates, have risen by more than 500 basis points in roughly 16 months. “Until debt markets improve, you’re …

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MUSKEGO AND OAK CREEK, WIS. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $16 million in HUD-insured loans for the acquisition of two assisted living properties in metro Milwaukee. Kevin Giusti and Daniel Barone of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a developer. The first property is Caring Alternatives of Muskego, a 30-unit community located on Pioneer Drive in Muskego. The second is Caring Alternatives of Oak Creek, a 45-unit property located on 13th Street in Oak Creek.

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