TUCSON, ARIZ. — The Weitz Company, a design and construction firm based in Phoenix, has broken ground on Hacienda at the River, a $21 million seniors housing community in Tucson. A joint venture of The Freshwater Group and Watermark Retirement Communities is developing the community, which Watermark will manage upon completion. The new community will feature a 74,000-square-foot, two-story health care center offering short-term, long-term and hospice care. Hacienda at the River will include a 50-bed rehab unit, 12 long-term nursing care beds and 12 hospice beds. Also included are 69 assisted living and memory care units spread over a 43,000-square-foot village of single-story homes. The property will also house a 1,600-square-foot stable to offer equine therapy to residents.
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MARINA, DEL REY, CALIF. — TCA Architects has unveiled the multifamily component of Neptune Marina, a waterfront development that will include a new marina and boater facilities in Marina Del Rey. The 526 units will feature a mid-century modern design. The project will include elevated courtyards only accessible to residents, as well as lobbies and boater facilities on the public edges to supplement the surrounding promenades. Neptune Marina is already under construction, and is scheduled for completion in 2018.
American Healthcare Investors Hires Former Brookdale Regional President Christopher Belford
by Nellie Day
IRVINE, CALIF. — American Healthcare Investors, an Irvine-based investment firm specializing in the acquisition and management of healthcare-related properties, has hired Christopher Belford as executive vice president, asset management. Belford joins American Healthcare Investors from Brookdale Senior Living, the largest owner and operator of seniors housing communities in the United States, where he served as the president of the western division. While with Brookdale, Belford managed 269 senior living and retirement communities, representing 24,400 units and over 14,000 employees in 11 Western states. In his new role, Belford will oversee all seniors housing, skilled nursing and hospital properties within American Healthcare Investor’s $8 billion portfolio of assets under management. Christopher Rooney, who holds the same title as Belford, will continue to oversee all medical office buildings within the portfolio. Prior to Brookdale, Belford worked as senior vice president of operations for Emeritus Assisted Living from January 2001 until its merger with Brookdale in July 2014. With Emeritus, he was responsible for the operation of 270 communities in 18 states across the Western U.S. He also previously served in executive capacities with BPM Assisted Living/Regent Assisted Living and ERA Care Inc., where he began his healthcare career in 1991. Belford received …
LOS ANGELES — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $22.1 million refinancing for The Meadows, a 690-unit apartment complex in the Los Angeles submarket of Culver City. The community is located at 6100-6500 Green Valley Circle. The loan features a 10-year term with three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Jeffrey Weidell, Nathan Prouty and Andrew Slaton of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco office arranged the financing through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — A private investor has purchased a 53-unit apartment building in Monrovia for $12.2 million. The community is located at 1219 S. Alta Vista Ave. It was built in 1971. Warren Berzack and Stephen Geiger of Berzack Investment Property Advisors Group of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura represented both the buyer and seller, another private investor, in the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Keystone Automotive Industries has leased 230,000 square feet at Interstate Crossroads Distribution Center in Portland. The space is located at NE 166th Avenue and NE Cameron Boulevard. The owner, Interstate Crossroads LLP, is a joint venture between real estate finance and investment management firm PCCP LLC and project developer Specht Development. David Ellis and Don Ossey of Capacity Commercial Group/CORFAC International represented the joint venture in the deal.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Nova Academy Children’s Foundation has purchased a 38,000-square-foot office building in Santa Ana for $8 million. The building is located at 500 W. Santa Ana Blvd. The foundation will use this property as a flagship charter high school. Brian Corrigan of Voit Real Estate Services’ Anaheim executed the sale.
LAS VEGAS — A limited liability company has purchased Sahara Mini Storage, a 52,672-square-foot self-storage facility in Las Vegas, for $3.4 million. The facility is located at 8140 West Sahara Ave. It was about 62 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller, a personal trust, plans to donate all proceeds of the sale to charity. Cameron Glinton and Christopher R. Secreto of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
MUKILTEO, WASH. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $22.1 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the money to acquire and renovate Harbour Pointe Retirement & Assisted Living Community, a 107-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Seattle suburb of Mukilteo. Capitol, a Washington, D.C.-based owner and developer, plans to use $1 million of the loan to convert 31 assisted living units into a memory care wing for the 104,523-square-food community, among other improvements. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan includes a five-year term with 36 months of interest-only payments. A national bank is providing the capital. Capitol will lease the property to Milestone Retirement Communities, a Vancouver, Wash.-based operator of 30 communities in 10 states. Aron Will, executive vice president, led the CBRE team in the transaction.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Passco Companies LLC has acquired Day Creek Village, a 25,002-square-foot shopping center located in Rancho Cucamonga, for $15.8 million. Tenants at the fully occupied center include Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo, Super Cuts, Subway and Orange Theory Fitness. Ralph’s grocery store shadow-anchors the property. CJ Osbrink and Gleb Lvovich of HFF represented Passco and the seller, Day Creek Village LLC, in the off-market transaction.