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WinnDevelopment Starts $55.3M Adaptive Reuse of Historic Mill Complex in Western Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

HOLYOKE, Mass. — WinnDevelopment has broken ground on a $55.3 million adaptive reuse transformation of a long-vacant, historic mill complex that will be transformed into 88 affordable apartment homes for seniors age 55 and older. The project is located in Holyoke, a suburb of Springfield. The redevelopment at the Appleton Mill property in downtown Holyoke will create new loft-style apartments in three interconnected, 111-year-old industrial buildings that were once home to the Farr Alpaca Co. and have been vacant for decades. In addition, WinnDevelopment will construct a new community building …

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Affordable HousingCaliforniaDevelopmentNews

Community HousingWorks Opens Portola Senior Apartments in Lake Forest, California

by Jeff Shaw

LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has opened Portola Senior Apartments, an affordable housing community in Lake Forest.  CHW’s first community in Orange County, Portola Senior Apartments is built as a standalone, four-story building with ground-floor retail space. The building features 58 one-bedroom apartments (including one designated for an on-site property manager) for singles or couples age 62 years and older who earn 50 percent of the area median income (AMI) or less, which is approximately $50,000 per year. Over 750 people applied to live in Portola within three …

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Affordable HousingArizonaDevelopmentNews

Pennrose Breaks Ground on $28M Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Phoenix

by Jeff Shaw

PHOENIX — Pennrose, Butler Housing Co., CBC Financing Corp., the City of Phoenix, the Arizona Department of Housing and additional project partners have broken ground on Garfield Housing Phase II, an affordable housing community for low-income seniors in Phoenix’s Garfield neighborhood. The project is located at 1510 E. Portland St. Located adjacent to the Garfield Commons affordable housing community, the second phase will deliver 60 affordable apartments with community amenities and on-site supportive services for seniors age 55 or older. Completion is slated for winter 2024. The four-story, 58,000-square-foot community …

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BWE Arranges $15.3M in Financing for Affordable Communities in the South

by Jeff Shaw

AUSTIN, Texas; DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.; and MOBILE, Ala. — BWE has arranged $15.3 million in permanent loans to finance three affordable housing communities in Austin, Douglasville and Mobile. Jon Killough and Tony Love originated the loans using HUD’s RAD for PRAC initiative, a new tool designed to preserve existing Section 202 housing as well as create new Section 8 housing across the country. Traditionally, Section 202 PRAC rental assistance could only be used for operating expenses, not debt servicing. The RAD for PRAC process allows borrowers to convert PRAC subsidies to …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFinanceMassachusettsNews

MassHousing Funds Upgrades Shawme Heights Affordable Community in Sandwich, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

SANDWICH, Mass. — MassHousing has provided $6.2 million in financing to Sandwich Senior Housing Corp. The funds will be used to improve the physical plant of Shawme Heights Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community in the Cap Cod town of Sandwich. The nonprofit Sandwich Senior Housing Corp. refinanced the property through MassHousing’s Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)/Ginnie Mae Joint Venture program with partner lender Rockport Mortgage Corp. MassHousing offers the MAP/Ginnie Mae loan program to the owners of rental housing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD …

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Affordable HousingFinanceNew YorkNews

Rockabill, BWE Provide $16.9M Refinancing for Monastery Manor Affordable Community in Yonkers, New York

by Jeff Shaw

YONKERS, N.Y. — Rockabill and BWE have provided a $16.9 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance debt on Monastery Manor, a 147-unit affordable apartment building for seniors just north of New York City in Yonkers. The borrower is nonprofit owner-operator Finian Sullivan Corp. Proceeds from the refinancing will be used to fund renovations at the property and pay off existing debt. The refinancing also includes an extension of the property’s existing PILOT agreement with the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency. BWE’s Jim Gillespie and Ilya Weinstein originated the loan. Units are …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFloridaNews

HTG, AM Affordable Housing Break Ground on $37M Oasis at Aventura in Miami

by Jeff Shaw

MIAMI — A joint venture between Housing Trust Group (HTG) and AM Affordable Housing has broken ground on a $37 million affordable seniors housing project located at 18700 NE 25th Ave. in Miami. Dubbed Oasis at Aventura, the development will feature 95 one-bedroom units across eight stories reserved for residents age 62 years or older earning at or below 25, 33 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities at the community will include a community room, fitness center, business center, library and lounge and outdoor terrace. Monthly …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFinanceKeyBankNewsOhio

KeyBank Provides $11.4M Construction Financing for Garrett Square Apartments in Cleveland

by Jeff Shaw

CLEVELAND — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $11.3 million for 9 percent tax credit equity to finance the construction of Garrett Square Apartments, a 49-unit affordable seniors housing project located in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland.  KeyBank will provide a $9 million construction loan and a $2.3 million permanent loan. Additional permanent financing sources include secondary soft loans of $1.7 million provided through the City of Cleveland’s American Rescue Plan Act, $900,000 from City Home, and $450,000 from the County ERA fund. Garrett Square will be …

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What’s to Come: An Optimistic Outlook for Seniors Housing

by Sarah Daniels

By Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare Like many sectors within the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, the seniors housing market faced headwinds over the past year, largely due to tightening financing conditions and widespread economic uncertainty. However, based upon research and anecdotal evidence from the clients and companies we serve in the seniors housing space, we believe the sector is well positioned to bounce back and generate positive operating results for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024. View a higher resolution version of the construction trends graph above here. Fundamentals …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentHawaiiNews

Public-Private Partnership Breaks Ground on $62 Million Affordable Community in Honolulu

by Jeff Shaw

HONOLULU — EAH Housing has broken ground on Aloha Iā Halewilikō, a 140-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Aiea neighborhood of Honolulu. The City and County of Honolulu are providing the land for the project. Other partners on the $62 million project include Hawai‘i Housing Finance & Development Corp. (HHFDC), the Bank of Hawai‘i and U.S. Bank. The development has been in planning stages for five years and is scheduled for completion in 2025. Located in a residential neighborhood adjacent to ‘Aiea Public Library on the former site of  ‘Aiea …

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