GARY, Ind. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $7 million refinancing for Gary Manor, a 198-unit, age-restricted community in Gary, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago. Built in 1980 and substantially renovated in 2011, Gary Manor consists of a 12-story building for seniors and four, two-story walk-up buildings for families. Floor plans include 172 one-bedroom units, 20 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom units. JLL worked on behalf of the borrowers, Monroe Group Limited and Steele Properties, to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac Multifamily. JLL Real Estate …
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CARLSBAD, Calif. — Solstice Senior Living, a Carlsbad-based operator, has promoted David Lors from regional vice president of sales and marketing to vice president of sales and marketing. Lors will now support the entire Solstice portfolio of communities.
WESTFORD, Mass. — EPOCH Senior Living has named Abbi Laushine as the next executive director at Bridges by EPOCH at Westford Laushine’s daily responsibilities include directing the community’s overall operations and leading team members in providing care. For more than a decade, Laushine has worked with EPOCH Senior Living communities. She started her career as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Bridges by EPOCH at Westford and has served several different roles, including life enrichment director. She most recently was the Bridges program director at Waterstone on High Ridge in Stamford, …
KeyBank Provides $9.9M Loan for Affordable Housing Conversion in Cleveland Heights, Ohio
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $9.9 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity to finance the conversion of the Margaret Wagner Senior Apartments in Cleveland Heights to 80 low-income seniors housing units. The development will create 20 new apartments through the adaptive re-use of the first floor of Margaret Wagner House and preserve 60 apartments on the upper floors. Built in 1960 as a nursing home by the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, the facility offers HUD 202 PRAC subsidy for …
DELAND, Fla. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NYSE: CTRE) has funded a $15.7 million mortgage loan on a two-asset, 115-bed skilled nursing portfolio in Florida. The borrowers under the loan are affiliates of Elevation Group LLC, a Florida-based skilled nursing operator led by industry veterans Ken and Dan Funk. Elevation is an existing tenant of CareTrust. Proceeds of the loan were used to refinance Elevation’s existing loan on its Athens Post Acute facility, as well as to partially fund Elevation’s acquisition of Blue Lake Post Acute, both located in Deland, approximately …
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Juniper Communities, a Bloomfield-based owner-operator, has promoted Anne Campbell to vice president of operations. As part of the home office leadership team, Campbell will help plan the future direction and operations of Juniper’s senior living communities and its ancillary businesses. Campbell has been with Juniper Communities since July 2014. In addition to her role with Juniper, Campbell is a member of the board of directors for the Assisted Living/Personal Care, Pennsylvania Healthcare Association; past president of the Geriatric Interest Network of Centre County, Pennsylvania; and was an …
Lifespace Appoints Doug Fleegle as Executive Director of Beacon Hill in Lombard, Illinois
LOMBARD, Ill. — Lifespace Communities has named Doug Fleegle as executive director of its Beacon Hill community in Lombard, a village 20 miles west of Chicago. Fleegle previously served as executive director at Lifespace’s Village on the Green community in Longwood, Florida from 2016 to 2019. Fleegle has extensive executive-level leadership experience in senior living, healthcare and human services. Most recently, he served as the executive director of Las Ventanas, a HumanGood continuing care retirement community. He has also held leadership roles at Westminster Communities of Florida, Asbury Communities and …
SALEM, Ore. — Dwight Capital has provided a $35.7 million HUD 232/223(f) refinancing for Boone Ridge Senior Living. The 151-bed assisted living facility and memory care complex is located in Salem, approximately 50 miles southwest of Portland. Boone Ridge offers 103 assisted living beds and 48 memory care beds across 5.7 acres. The community opened in 2019. This historic loan is the FHA’s first firm commitment issued under its Section 232 Residential Care Facility Green Mortgage Insurance Premium Reduction Program. Eligible properties for this program must meet industry-recognized green building …
BWE Arranges Over $65M in Financing to Renovate, Preserve Affordable Communities Across the South
ASHEVILLE, N.C.; STARKVILLE, Miss.; CHESAPEAKE, Va.; and HOUSTON and BUDA, Texas — BWE has closed five loan deals totaling over $65 million to refinance and renovate affordable housing properties in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. Jon Killough and John Roberts originated the loans on behalf of multiple borrowers. The loans include:
DALLAS — 12 Oaks Senior Living, a Dallas-based regional senior living management company, has hired Melissa Labor as chief people officer. With over 25 years of experience, Labor has a background in commercial real estate, manufacturing and retail. In her previous roles as a head of talent at Amherst Holdings and CHRO at Granite Properties, Labor was a strategic partner. She is also founder and chief thought leader of Bespoke – People and Culture Strategies, a consulting and coaching practice. Labor is a certified Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR) …