CANONSBURG, Pa. — KeyBank’s Community Development Lending & Investment (CDLI) division has provided $23 million in financing for the construction of an affordable seniors housing project in Canonsburg, located about 20 miles south of Pittsburgh. The financing consisted of an $11 million construction loan and $12 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity. The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency also provided a $1.3 million permanent loan. The borrower is a partnership between Ohio-based developer MVAH Partners LLC and nonprofit operator Blueprints. David Lacki and Laura Janosko of KeyBank’s CDLI team …
SAN DIEGO — Chelsea Investment Corp. and Sudberry Properties have opened Siena affordable apartments for seniors and Stylus affordable apartments for families in Civita urban village, located in the Mission Valley area of San Diego. The adjacent properties are located on Russell Park Way between Civita Boulevard and Friars Road. The $155 million project is one of the largest new affordable housing projects in San Diego County and brings the total of affordable apartments in Civita to 456. Civita is the redevelopment of a 79-year-old sand and gravel quarry into …
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — WinnDevelopment has started redevelopment work to convert the remainder of the historic Cliftex Mill building in New Bedford, approximately 60 miles south of Boston, into 71 units of mixed-income housing for adults 55 and older. The adaptive reuse of the 114-year-old, five-story brick building will complete the residential development of Manomet Place, a 76-unit, age-restricted apartment community that WinnCompanies opened in a portion of the renovated mill in 2013. There are currently 170 applicants on the wait list for Manomet Place, which WinnResidential manages. “We first …
FORT WORTH, Texas — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged a $28.9 million loan for the construction of Legacy Riverside Senior Living Community in Fort Worth. Phil Melton and Jeff Bradley, both in Bellwether Enterprise’s Dallas office, originated the loan with Cindy Hannon of Bellwether’s Atlanta office on behalf of the borrowers, Legacy Multifamily Development and RISE Residential Construction. This is the sixth loan deal in which Bellwether Enterprise has partnered with RISE Residential since 2017. Legacy Riverside will provide 264 affordable units in north-central Fort Worth, using …
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — USA Properties Fund has commenced construction on two apartment projects in Simi Valley. Totaling $114 million, the combined communities will offer a total of 311 mixed-income, multi-generational units to the area. Situated on nearly 13 acres, the projects are The Landing at Arroyo, a market-rate community, and Vintage at Sycamore, an affordable seniors housing community for residents at least 62 years old. The project is located on the former Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District’s headquarters. Vintage at Sycamore will feature 99 apartments for seniors earning …
LOS ANGELES — USA Properties Fund Inc. has started construction of Vintage at Woodman, a 239-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Units will be restricted to residents at least 55 years old that meet a range of income limits, via the California Housing Finance Agency’s Mixed-Income Program. Vintage at Woodman is the first USA Properties project to use the Mixed-Income Program. With the Mixed-Income Program, renters earning 50 percent to 80 percent of the area median income — about $45,000 to $72,000 for …
AUBURN, Mass. — Pennrose and the Town of Auburn have broken ground on the historic rehabilitation of the Julia Bancroft School, a 60-unit, mixed-income development for seniors 62 and older. The site is located in Auburn, a suburb just south of Worcester. Plans for the redevelopment include renovating the original 1920s school building, demolishing the later-built addition and replacing it with a new, four-story building. The project is slated for completion in summer 2022. Designed to meet LEED Silver sustainability standards, the community will include studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments. …
GLENARDEN, Md. — Pennrose, Redevelopment Authority of Prince George’s County, B&W Solutions and SHABACH! Ministries has opened Residences at Glenarden Hills II, an affordable housing expansion in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Glenarden. The development is the second of the six-phase Glenarden Hills master-planned community, which will include senior and family affordable apartments, market-rate and affordable rental townhomes and for-sale townhomes across 27 acres. The Residences at Glenarden Hills II extends and completes the four-story building built in Phase I, adding an additional 55 units of affordable seniors housing, a …
FISHERS, Ind. — AHEPA Affordable Housing Management Co. (AMC) has reached an agreement with Gardant Management Solutions to assume management of two affordable assisted living lifestyle communities located in Indiana, effective March 1. Through its newly launched subsidiary, Hellenic Management Company, Fishers-based AMC will assume management of two affordable assisted living communities AMC owns, Hellenic Senior Living of Indianapolis and Hellenic Senior Living of New Albany. “We are excited about future opportunities for growth and that optimism begins with reaching an agreement with Gardant to assume management of these two …
CHICAGO — Merchants Capital has provided funding for the development of Montclare Senior Residences of Calumet Heights, a 134-unit affordable seniors housing project in Chicago. Financing for the project was obtained through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 221(d)(4) program. The funding was completed in partnership with MR Properties LLC and Patti Ann Charitable Services. Located on a formerly vacant, five-acre lot in the historic Pill Hill neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, the majority of units are reserved for extremely-low, very-low and low-income seniors earning no …