SWEETWATER, Fla. — CREI has received approval from the Sweetwater City Commission to construct Li’l Abner III, an affordable seniors housing expansion in Sweetwater, a suburb west of Miami. The project will rise next to its sister buildings, Li’l Abner I and II, and add 316 units to the complex. “CREI Holdings is committed to providing affordable and workforce housing for seniors who are being squeezed out of the Miami-Dade market by skyrocketing rents,” says Raul Rodriguez, managing member of CREI Holdings. “We decided to build Li’l Abner III after …
ILLINOIS — VIUM Capital has provided a $7.8 million HUD refinancing for a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Illinois. The refinancing will achieve debt-service savings and create a permanent debt structure for the stabilized project. Further details were not disclosed.
DES MOINES, Iowa — LCS, the nation’s third-largest senior living operator, has promoted GeLynna Shaw to the role of executive vice president of operations/senior living management. Effective Jan. 1, she will be responsible for supporting Chris Bird, president and chief operating officer, in leading the company’s operating activities. Shaw’s 25-year senior living career includes experience in finance, mergers, acquisitions and operations for both continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and rental communities. She joined LCS in 2018 as the senior vice president of operations for the rental division and has been …
RICHMOND, Va. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Guardian Place, a 236-unit affordable seniors housing portfolio spanning two buildings located at 1620 N. Hamilton St. in Richmond. Fairfield Residential purchased the properties, known as Guardian Place I (121 units) and Guardian Place II (115 units), for $25.7 million. Jorge Rosa and T.J. Liberto of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, United Methodists Family Services, in the transaction.
GARLAND, Texas — Locally based developer Palladium USA has completed a 122-unit mixed-income seniors housing project in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Designed by HEDK Architects, the development consists of 92 units reserved for renters age 62 and above who earn 60 percent or less of the area median income. The remaining 30 units will be rented at market rates.
MOBILE, Ala. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Knollwood Healthcare & Gordon Oaks Senior Living, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Mobile. Originally constructed in 1985 and expanded in 1987, 1993 and 1996, the property features 279 units of skilled nursing, independent living, assisted living and memory care. Blueprint represented the court-appointed receiver, Healthcare Management Partners, in the fall of 2021 to run a competitive marketing process to select a stalking horse bidder. That bidder, MED Healthcare, eventually became the buyer. The price was …
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — Lument Securities has served as exclusive financial advisor to the board of directors of Saunders House, a nonprofit skilled nursing facility, on its sale to a regional private operator. The property is located in the first-ring Philadelphia suburb of Wynnewood and features 180 beds. Laca Wong-Hammond and Dominic Porretta led the transaction for Lument Securities. Saunders House dates back to 1864 when it opened as the Old Man’s Home of Philadelphia. The current facility, which is located adjacent to Lankenau Medical Center, opened in 1973 and underwent …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Standard Communities, a developer of affordable housing for seniors and families, has named Feras Qumseya as chief development officer. This is a new position created to lead the new-construction division, a national platform focused on leveraging 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing to build new dedicated affordable housing units in major metropolitan areas. He will be based out of Washington, D.C. Qumseya brings 20 years of experience working on all aspects of affordable housing, economic development, public-private partnerships, large mixed-use projects and transit-oriented developments. …
By Sunny Thompson and Aliya Astaphan, Snell & Wilmer Senior living providers throughout the country are facing an emerging litigation threat — tester lawsuits brought by fair housing organizations claiming a lack of access to seniors housing facilities for deaf individuals who require American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. These lawsuits are the product of undercover campaigns by fair housing organizations throughout the United States. “Testers” posing as potential residents or family members of a prospective resident visit or call seniors housing facilities to determine whether they are willing to …
With ground-up construction increasingly fraught with risk, savvy developers leverage data and consumer research to their advantage. By Jeff Shaw Developers and investors already know that a market report is one of the most crucial pieces of the “go” versus “no-go” decision on whether to build a seniors housing community. But those studies — which factor in everything from demographics and cost of living to competition in the marketplace to the difficulty of navigating the entitlement process — have become even more important in recent years as new headwinds buffet …