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Channing Hamilton

CUMMING, Ga. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Country Gardens Lanier, a 41-unit assisted living facility in Cumming, approximately 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. SLIB was retained to solicit bids on behalf of the court-appointed receiver, GGG Partners. The buyer was a regional owner and operator seeking to expand its footprint across the Southeast.  Managing Director Daniel Geraghty and Senior Managing Director Bradley Clousing of SLIB handled this transaction. The buyer operates another seniors housing community in Forsyth County, Georgia, according to Geraghty, which “should …

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SARASOTA, FLA. — Aztec Group has arranged a $54.5 million bridge loan for Alloro at University Groves, a seniors housing community located in Sarasota. An affiliate of United Group of Cos. was the borrower. Mortgage REIT provided the debt. Developed in 2023, Alloro at University Groves features 183 units for residents aged 55 and older. Amenities at the community include a 12,587-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center, yoga room, salon, movie theater, pickleball and bocce courts, a spa, community garden, dog park and onsite dining facilities. 

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HENDERSON, Ky. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of a four-property portfolio in Henderson, located in western Kentucky along the Ohio River and approximately 11 miles south of Evansville, Ind. Known as the Colonial Portfolio, the properties in the transaction included Colonial Assisted Living (69 units), Colonial Court Independent Living (22 units), Colonial Senior Living (51 assisted living units) and Colonial Cottages (16 independent living units). The seller was a local owner who developed and operated the assets since their inception. The buyer was a Kentucky-based owner and operator looking to grow its portfolio …

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Chaparral Winds in Surprise, Arizona

MESA, SURPRISE, PEORIA, SEDONA AND YOUNGTOWN, ARIZ. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $96.5 million in refinancing for a five-property, 971-unit seniors housing portfolio in Arizona. Alanna Ellis, Brad Miner and Ace Sudah of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the financing for the borrower, Douglaston Development and The Hampton Group. Recently renovated between 2021 and 2024, the portfolio consists of 510 independent living units, 339 assisted living units and 122 memory care units. The portfolio includes Canyon Winds at 2851 N. Boulder Canyon and 7311 E. Oasis St. in Mesa; …

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jon Fletcher of Senior Housing Partners, the development arm of Roseville, Minnesota-based Presbyterian Homes & Services, offers this advice to developers undertaking a middle-market project: set aside your ego, focus on what the residents need, and avoid the temptation to provide a variety of “fringe luxury amenities.” Not every community needs two to four restaurants, for example. “The reality is that it’s just not going to work in a middle-market space. Residents obviously still need to be treated with respect and have an amazing life enrichment experience, …

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Caroline Clapp, senior principal, NIC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key performance metric helps explain why the active adult segment of seniors housing remains an investment darling. Among the nearly 800 properties and more than 116,000 units tracked nationally by NIC MAP Vision, the occupancy rate is 93 percent. By comparison, the occupancy rate for seniors housing properties (independent and assisted living) is in the high 80s. What makes that 93 percent occupancy even more significant is that it includes active adult properties that either recently opened or are in lease-up mode.  “If you look at properties that …

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BALTIMORE AND ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Enterprise Community Development Inc. has secured $116.4 million in financing for three affordable housing communities in Maryland. The three communities are The Greens at Irvington Mews II and Park Heights Place, both located in Baltimore, and College Parkway Place in Annapolis. The Greens at Irvington Mews II is a 59-unit community for independent seniors. The project is currently underway and is slated to complete in October 2025. Of the property’s total unit count, 47 residences will be set aside for residents earning up to 50 percent …

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LAKE WORTH, Fla. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Mariposa, a 313-unit seniors housing community in Lake Worth, located about 17 miles south of West Palm Beach and 20 miles north of Boca Raton. The real services firm also secured financing for the buyer. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but the South Florida Business Journal reports that the facility sold for nearly $63.8 million. The seller was Ventas, the Chicago-based healthcare real estate investment trust. JLL represented the seller, and procured the buyer, Focus Healthcare Partners. Additionally, JLL …

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FREEHOLD, N.J. — Distinctive Living, a “boutique” seniors housing management and development firm, has appointed Timothy J. Ford as general counsel and chief human resources officer. In his new role, which became effective May 1, Ford is responsible for overseeing legal matters and human resources functions across Distinctive Living’s portfolio of communities, ensuring compliance with regulations and supporting the company’s mission of providing high-quality care to its residents. Recently elected to the New Jersey Assisted Living Council Board of Directors, Ford brings almost two decades of extensive legal expertise in senior care, …

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PHOENIX and PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Live Oak Bank has provided a $54 million bridge loan for an Arizona-based owner and operator of seniors housing communities. Loan proceeds were used to retire existing bank debt for a four-property campus portfolio in the metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) of Phoenix and Prescott Valley. The loan provides a bridge-to-agency option and features a two-year initial term and 24 months of interest-only payments.

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