Author

Jeff Shaw

FeaturesNewsOperationsTechnology

Smart Tech Implementation Can Make Operations More Efficient, Say Webinar Panelists

by Jeff Shaw

Implementing technology is a tricky proposition for seniors housing operators. Will the return justify the expense? Will staff learn and use the technology? Will residents use it and like it? Perhaps most importantly, will it drive more efficiency and allow fewer employees to do more during a labor crisis? If a purchase is to be worthwhile, the answer to all of those questions should be “yes.” That was the message of panelists on a recent webinar entitled “Rethinking Seniors Housing Resident Engagement — Technology that Improves Staff Efficiencies while Enhancing …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
DevelopmentNewsTexas

Three Starts Construction of Touchmark at 271-Unit Touchmark at Emerald Lake in McKinney, Texas

by Jeff Shaw

MCKINNEY, Texas — Architecture firm Three has completed design and started construction of Touchmark at Emerald Lake, a seniors housing community in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. Located on 81 acres, the community will be built in two phases. The first phase will feature 149 independent living apartments, six casitas (duplex residences), 84 assisted living and 32 memory care residences. Thirty-two of the assisted living homes will be studios offering a smaller neighborhood environment and higher resident-to-staff ratio. A future phase will add a health and fitness center with …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
CCRCFinanceFloridaNews

Ziegler Arranges $16.6M Bond Refinancing for Oak Hammock at the University of Florida

by Jeff Shaw

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ziegler has arranged $16.6 million in bond financing for Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Gainesville. The community sits on an approximately 135-acre campus and consists of 269 independent living units, 46 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 73 skilled nursing beds. The proceeds of the bonds will be used to refinance outstanding 2017 debt and finance approximately $1.9 million of capital expenditures. The 2021 bonds will be followed by the $39 million in bonds scheduled for …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
AcquisitionsAssisted LivingNewsWest Virginia

ESI Brokers $7.1M Sale of SweetBriar Assisted Living in Dunbar, West Virginia

by Jeff Shaw

DUNBAR, W.V. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of SweetBriar Assisted Living, a 65-unit assisted living and memory care community, for $7.1 million, or $110,000 per unit. The community is located in Dunbar, five miles east of Charleston. It was originally built in 1990, and underwent additional expansions in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Today the community has 75 functional beds and 85 licensed beds, and the resident base is 100 percent private pay. At the time of marketing, the community was averaging 95 percent functional bed occupancy …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
AcquisitionsAssisted LivingFloridaNews

Coldwell Banker Negotiates $8.2M Sale of Watermark of Gulf Breeze in Florida

by Jeff Shaw

GULF BREEZE, Fla. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has arranged the sale of Watermark of Gulf Breeze, an assisted living facility in Gulf Breeze, located across Pensacola Bay from Pensacola. The property sold for $8.2 million. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. Michael Mangrum, commercial state director for Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in Florida, brought the property to market with Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT’s accelerated marketing team led by David Lowry and Roman Tsimberg. The property received 6,353 potential buyers, 138 confidentiality agreements and 16 fully approved bidders.

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
NewsPeople

Strive Senior Living Hires Melissa Bossert as Chief Operating Officer

by Jeff Shaw

APOPKA, Fla. — Strive Senior Living, an owner-operator based in the Orlando suburb of Apopka, has hired Melissa Bossert as chief operating officer. She will oversee the company’s day-to-day administration and operations. Bossert has been involved in the senior living industry for over 26 years. Inspired by her grandmother’s love to travel, she began her career in the travel and tourism industry. While working in that environment, she escorted senior groups on tours across the United States, and this is where she fell in love with caring for older adults. …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
CCRCDevelopmentFinanceNew YorkNews

HJ Sims Arranges $398.1M Financing for Broadview at Purchase College Development in New York

by Jeff Shaw

PURCHASE, N.Y. — HJ Sims has arranged $398.1 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds for Purchase Senior Learning Community Inc., which was formed to develop a new university-based retirement community, Broadview at Purchase College, on the State University of New York Purchase College campus. Centrally located on campus, Broadview will be a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) consisting of up to 68 assisted living and memory care beds, as well as 220 senior residential apartments and villas, 20 percent of which will be reserved for residents earning no more than …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Active AdultDevelopmentFloridaNews

Resort Lifestyle Communities Opens $30M Shell Harbor Property in Rockledge, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

ROCKLEDGE, Fla. — Resort Lifestyle Communities (RLC) has opened Shell Harbor Retirement Community, a 180,000-square-foot seniors housing property in Rockledge, located along the Atlantic Coast east of Orlando. Development costs were estimated at $30 million. The number of units was not disclosed, but they will be available in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Shell Harbor Retirement Community is the fifth RLC location in Florida.

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Affordable HousingDevelopmentGeorgiaNews

Columbia Residential, Decatur Housing Authority Receive Funding for Affordable Project in Georgia

by Jeff Shaw

DECATUR, Ga. — The Decatur Housing Authority (DHA), in partnership with Columbia Residential, was recently awarded a 9 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) allocation from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The move will fund development of Columbia Senior Residences at Decatur East Phase II. The mixed-income community for seniors age 62 and older will be located adjacent to the Avondale MARTA station in Decatur, just east of Atlanta. Phase II will deliver 80 units, 70 of which will be affordable to households earning below 60 percent of the …

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
AcquisitionsIllinoisNewsSkilled Nursing

SLIB Brokers Sale of 70-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility in Central Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

AUBURN, Ill. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in the small Central Illinois city of Auburn. The community was built in 1970. Occupancy was 75 percent at the time of sale. The seller was a regional owner-operator looking to exit a non-core asset while the buyer was looking to expand its presence in central Illinois. The price and name of the facility were not disclosed.

Continue Reading
0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail
Newer Posts
Older Posts