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Ziegler Arranges $212.9M Bond Financing for Seafields at Kiawah Island in South Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Ziegler has arranged $212.9 million in bond financing for Seafields at Kiawah Island, located on Kiawah Island, a resort town south of Charleston. The borrower is Kiawah Life Plan Village Inc. (KLPV), a South Carolina nonprofit corporation that was formed on Dec. 7, 2020, to develop, own, and operate a continuing care retirement community on approximately eight acres. The community will feature 90 independent living units and 16 assisted living units.  Seafields is located adjacent to Freshfields Village, which is an open-air pedestrian village with a …

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AcquisitionsMemory CareNewsOregon

SLIB Brokers Sale of 30-Unit Revere Court in Portland, Oregon

by Jeff Shaw

PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Revere Court, a 30-unit memory care community in Portland. The facility was built in 2010 and expanded in 2013. It totals 16,300 square feet on two acres of land, A REIT sold the asset to a local owner-operator for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to spend money on capital improvements and focus improving occupancy and operations. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. “The seller is a REIT divesting of non-core, …

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LCS Completes Phase I of $75M Expansion at WhiteStone CCRC in Greensboro, North Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Life Care Services (LCS) has completed the first phase of a $75 million expansion project at WhiteStone, a continuing care retirement community in Greensboro. LCS manages the Masonic and Eastern Star community. This phase of the expansion added 67 one- and two-bedroom independent living units to the property. In addition, the Care and Wellness Center renovations include a rehabilitation gym, courtyard and gardens, and enhanced salon and spa. In Guilford County, more than 16 percent of the population is currently made up of seniors, and that number …

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Active AdultFinanceNews

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $390M in Financing for 10 Active Adult Communities

by Jeff Shaw

BETHESDA, Md. — Walker & Dunlop, a Bethesda-based financial services company, has arranged $390 million in financing for 10 active adult communities over the past year. Matt Wallach, Stephen West and Walker Layne led the Walker & Dunlop capital markets teams. The debt capital was sourced through Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD, life insurance companies, banks and debt funds. According to the U.S. Active Adult Community Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Gender and Segment Forecasts, the U.S. active adult community market size is estimated to reach $805 billion by …

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Measuring Labor Productivity Can Lead to Powerful Insights

by Jeff Shaw

By Dan Lindberg, founder and principal, Applied Economic Insight Labor shortages took center stage for business leaders and economists across many sectors of the economy during the Great Resignation toward the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Such shortages, however, are nothing new for seniors housing and care providers. While required staffing ratios and regulations add to this, at heart seniors housing is an operationally intensive business. It takes people to serve people.  That said, labor is a two-sided coin. On the first side, we have staffing levels measured in terms …

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Lifespace Completes Independent Living Renovation at Oak Trace in Downers Grove, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Lifespace has completed renovations to the independent living building at Oak Trace, a continuing care retirement community in Downers Grove, approximately 20 miles west of Chicago. The renovations were part of a $112 million full-campus redevelopment. The first phase of the project occurred in 2019, when Oak Trace opened its new Health and Wellness Center offering assisted living, memory care rehabilitation and skilled nursing. It was named among the Best Nursing Homes by U.S. News & World Reportfor 2022-2023. The latest phase, completed last week, features renovated shared …

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Blueprint Negotiates Sale of 110-Unit Community in Tulsa, Oklahoma

by Jeff Shaw

TULSA, Okla. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a 110-unit assisted living and memory care community in Tulsa. The community opened in late 2017 offering high-end design and finishes, Class A amenities, and a diverse unit mix. Despite some early traction, performance stalled going into, and through, the COVID-19 pandemic before showing signs of resurgence in the last 12 months. A national investor and its operator, both based in Seattle, sold the asset for an undisclosed price. The buyer was a growing operator with roots …

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Goodman Group Breaks Ground on 70-Unit Expansion at The Lakes at Stillwater in Minnesota

by Jeff Shaw

STILLWATER, Minn. — The Goodman Group has broken ground on Sandhill Shores, the third phase of construction at The Lakes at Stillwater in Stillwater, located along the Wisconsin border east of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Sandhill Shores offers 70 one- and two-bedroom luxury apartments for residents over age 62.  The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2024.

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LCS Promotes Two Executive Leaders

by Jeff Shaw

PHOENIX — Life Care Services has updated its executive team roster with two internal promotions and a new hire. Stewart Ingram was promoted to regional operations manager for Life Care Services (LCS). He has been working with Sagewood and its parent company, LCS, for more than 31 years and was Sagewood’s executive director for 17 years. In his new role, Ingram will oversee the operations of LCS-managed communities in the San Diego and San Francisco Bay markets. To fill the position of executive director at Sagewood, an LCS community in …

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Alta Acquires Newly Constructed Memory Care Community in North Palm Beach, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alta Senior Living has acquired Palm Beach Memory Care, a newly constructed 60-unit memory care community located in North Palm Beach.  The community opened with 20 percent of the units already pre-leased. It is strategically located near Alta Senior Living’s regional office that shares space with restaurant tenant, DeSano Pizza. Dan Baker with JLL arranged the sale. The seller and price were not disclosed.

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