SHREWSBURY, Mass. — Massachusetts-based Casa Builders and Developers has started construction of Wyman Farms, a 26-unit senior living community in Shrewsbury, an eastern suburb of Worcester. The property will feature 13 duplex-style residences with two bedrooms each that will be restricted to residents age 55 and older. The property is located near UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus, multiple golf courses and retailers such as Wegmans, Walmart and Whole Foods Market. The project is slated for completion in 2022.
NEWTON, Mass. — Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC), a Newton-based REIT, has elected Daniel LePage to the company’s board as an independent trustee. The election is part of DHC’s previously announced, multi-year review of its governance policies. It is working with executive search firm Korn Ferry to expand and refresh the board. With the addition of LePage, DHC’s board now has six trustees, four of them independent. In 2019, LePage founded DFL Capital LLC, a company specializing in real estate investing, real estate securities and advisory services. From 2006 to …
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to take a bite out of seniors housing occupancy, communities should put the pedal down on lead generation in order to survive, according to seniors housing marketing firm The Roche Associates. “There could be an occupancy time bomb waiting. You don’t feel the effect right now, but you might soon,” said Joseph Roche, president and CEO of the Wilbraham, Massachusetts-based company. “During the Great Recession, the communities that kept marketing even though they were getting clocked were the ones that came out and did the …
LOS ANGELES — Panorama Senior Housing has released plans for an assisted living and memory care community on Holt Avenue, 200 feet south of Los Angeles’ Beverly Hills neighborhood. KTGY Architecture + Planning designed the 61,000-square-foot project. Construction is slated to start in early 2021, with delivery planned for late 2022. The community will have a total of 80 resident rooms, 62 for assisted living and 18 for memory care. The memory care units will be on the second floor of the five-story building, with a dedicated common area, dining …
TEXAS — CBRE has arranges an undisclosed amount of financing for the acquisition of a 60-unit assisted living and memory care community in North Texas. The borrower is a joint venture between HJ Sims and Voralto Living. The financing is a four-year, floating-rate loan with 24 months of interest-only payments. A national bank provided the funds. CBRE’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg arranged the financing. The name and specific location of the property were not disclosed.
DENVER — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in the Denver metro area and a third in Eastern Colorado. The portfolio totals 250 skilled nursing beds, as well as 25 assisted living units. LTC Properties sold the assets as part of its plan to divest all its Preferred Care-branded communities. The buyer is a private private company looking to expand its presence in Colorado, as well as its relationships with its third-party operators in the state. The price was not disclosed.
FLORIDA — Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group has provided $5.1 million in financing for a 165-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility was constructed in 2010 and offers a mix of skilled nursing and assisted living. “HUD financing enabled our client to take advantage of this value-add opportunity and expand the property,” said Ed Williams, senior director with Berkadia. Williams arranged the HUD 241(a) supplemental loan for an Indiana-based borrower. The loan proceeds, representing 90 percent of project cost, will be used for construction of a new skilled …
LOS ANGELES — Cadence Living has been appointed manager at Nikkei Senior Gardens, a 78-unit independent living, assisted living and memory community in the Arleta neighborhood of Los Angeles. The property is affiliated with the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center. Although the community is open to everyone, it was designed to appeal specifically to Japanese-American seniors. Staff members are multilingual and programming includes cultural activities. “Nikkei Senior Gardens is a great testament to the Japanese-American culture with beautiful Japanese gardens on site and culinary menus that cater to …
Resident safety correctly took priority, but now occupancy concerns loom. By Sharon Brooks As the coronavirus pandemic reached the tipping point on the public’s radar, senior living was 100 percent focused on resident safety. Marketing questions loomed but weren’t high priority. For those of us who were focused on marketing, we quickly recognized this as a black swan event. We are now able to formulate an approach to marketing toward the proverbial “new normal.” Anticipating the course We can separate the pandemic into four phases: Crisis Containment Management Normalization Today …
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) has voted to approve the brownfield and tax-increment financing (TIF) plan for the Red Cedar project, a $256 million mixed-use development along Michigan Avenue in Lansing. The approval gives the developer, Continental/Ferguson Lansing LLC, the green light to move forward with construction. The developer expects to break ground on 181 market-rate apartments as well as an assisted living and memory care facility late this summer. A 792-bed student housing component is scheduled for completion in fall 2021. Construction of two dual-brand hotels, …