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Mixed-Use Development Surrounding Tampa Bay Rays’ $1.3B Ballpark to Include 600 Units of Seniors Housing

by Jeff Shaw

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays, a Major League Baseball team since 1998, have reached an agreement with the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County to move forward with a new ballpark and surrounding development. The Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership will lead the project on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits. The project will include nearly 8 million square feet of mixed-use space along with the new ballpark to ensure the team stays in St. Petersburg for years to come. The team has …

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JLL Arranges $43.2M Loan for Varenita of Westlake in Thousand Oaks, California

by Jeff Shaw

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $43.2 million in financing for Varenita of Westlake, an 86-unit assisted living and memory care community in Thousand Oaks, approximately 40 miles west of Los Angeles. JLL represented the borrower, Westlake Senior Living, Center LLC, to secure the five-year loan from a regional bank. The Class A community consists of 58 assisted living units and 28 memory care units across three stories with surface and underground parking. The community features a mix of predominantly one-bedroom units, with some studios and two-bedroom …

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Silverstone Senior Living Names Ray Dennison as Executive Director of The Providence Fairfax

by Jeff Shaw

FAIRFAX, Va. — Silverstone Senior Living has named Ray Dennison as the new executive director at The Providence, a luxury assisted living and memory care community in Fairfax, approximately 15 miles west of Washington, D.C. Dennison will oversee the day-to-day operations, care and programming for the rental senior living community.  Prior to joining The Providence, Dennison served as the executive director of various communities in the Washington, D.C. area, including Elance Luxury Living at West End in Alexandria and numerous Sunrise Senior Living properties. The Providence is one of three …

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Blueprint Negotiates Sale of 61-Unit Florence Place in South Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

FLORENCE, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Florence Place, an assisted living and memory care community in Florence, approximately 80 miles east of Columbia. Originally constructed in 1999, the purpose-built seniors housing community featured 61 units in a prominent location within the submarket. Blueprint marketed the opportunity alongside 16 communities located throughout the Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. The undisclosed seller decided to market the portfolio at the start of 2023, following the successful implementation of rate increases, which resulted in double-digit revenue growth over …

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Industry Veterans Andrew Agins, Justin Dickinson Launch Operator Evolve Senior Living

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Andrew Agins and Justin Dickinson have announced the launch of Evolve Senior Living, a Chicago-based operator. The two partners and co-founders both worked at Anthology Senior Living, a Chicago-based operator and subsidiary of CA Senior Living Co. “For the last two decades, we have been not only owners of seniors housing communities but also worked in various capacities in the sector including development, acquisitions, asset management, operations and technology,” the pair said in a press release. “We recognize the challenges in the industry. We also understand the strategies …

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CFG Provides $13.8M Mezzanine Loan for 12 Communities in the Northwest

by Jeff Shaw

BALTIMORE — Capital Funding Group (CFG), a Baltimore-based lender, has provided a $13.8 million mezzanine loan that supported the refinancing of eleven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living facility.  In addition to the mezzanine debt, CFG helped the client place the senior debt, which totaled $78.5 million. The total financing package amounted to $93.3 million. The facilities, which span Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, comprise over 1,554 beds. Further details on the borrower and properties were not disclosed.

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Investment in Infrastructure, Processes is Key to Owner-Operator Success, Says Expert Panel

by Jeff Shaw

ATLANTA — Today’s seniors housing market is a tough one, characterized by an inflationary environment and high operational costs. Amid the challenges the industry currently faces, owner-operators within the sector must focus on controlling expenses, such as labor and insurance, to maintain profitability — and earlier is better when it comes to planning to mitigate these expenses. Eric Mendelsohn, CEO and president of National Health Investors, a REIT that specializes in seniors housing, emphasized the importance of labor market analysis in the underwriting stage of operations. “Labor is a key …

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Sunrise Senior Living Hires Marco Trecroce as Chief Technology Officer

by Jeff Shaw

MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean-based senior living operator, has hired Marco Trecroce as chief technology officer (CTO). With more than 25 years of global executive leadership experience, Trecroce’s breadth of functional expertise spans multiple industries including hospitality, travel, retail and professional services. Most recently he served as global chief information officer at The Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts.  Prior to Four Seasons, Trecroce held executive roles at Loblaw Cos. Limited, a retail and wholesale food retailer; Masterfile Corp., a business-to-business sales and advertising company; and Opodo Group …

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Spiezle Hires Jason Maguire as Senior Project Manager

by Jeff Shaw

SPRINGFIELD, Pa. — Spiezle Architectural Group has hired Jason Maguire as a senior project manager. Maguire has more than 20 years of architectural design experience. He most recently worked at Bernardon in Wilmington, Delaware, where he oversaw multiple large-scale senior living projects, from independent living to assisted living and memory care. Maguire is the state director for the Delaware Disaster Assistance Program through AIA and a member of the Committee of 100, a non-partisan, nonprofit association of Delaware business leaders that works to promote responsible economic development and address issues …

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