WALDORF, Md. — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Victoria Park Jaycees, a 60-unit affordable seniors housing community in Waldorf, approximately 25 miles south of Washington, D.C. Ari Firoozabadi and Henry Mathies from the firm’s D.C. office represented the seller, Osprey Property Cos. An undisclosed buyer paid $5.8 million for the community. Victoria Park Jaycees was completed in 2003 using Section 42 Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Eight are set aside for residents making up to 30 percent area median imcome (AMI), 16 units at 40 percent AMI, 20 at 50 …
Affordable Housing
AUSTIN, Texas — AMTEX Multi-Housing LLC has received financing and started construction of Limestone Ridge Senior Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community in Austin. The property will feature 223 one- and two-bedroom units, plus two apartments for on-site managers. Units are reserved for those over age 55 making up to 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), which is $45,420 annually for a two-person household. The community will also feature a one-story clubhouse and will have 405 surface parking spaces, or 1.8 spaces per unit. Social services will be …
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Pennrose has opened the doors on Pointe View at Aspen Hill in Silver Spring, located just north of Washington, D.C. The mixed-use property features 120 units, of which 108 are reserved for those age 62 and older making between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. The remaining 62 units are for “very low income” residents, though the developer did not specify the requirements associated with that designation. Pennrose has partnered with The Senior Connection to provide on-site supportive services. Pointe View at Aspen …
NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $68.5 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance Capitol Apartments, a Section 8 affordable seniors housing property in New York. Located on 8th Avenue where Hell’s Kitchen meets the Theater District in Manhattan, Capitol Apartments features 278 studio and one-bedroom apartments, including 250 age-restricted Section 8 units and 28 non-age-restricted units. Originally built in 1925 as a hotel, the 18-story property was converted to apartments in the 1970s. The property also has six street-level retail spaces, which are currently occupied by restaurants, a wine …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A project development team comprising Dantes Partners, Gilbane Development Co., Carding Group and H Street Community Development Corp. has broken ground on Livingston Place at Southern in Washington D.C.’s Ward 8. The five-story community offers 152 units of affordable assisted living. Partners on the project include the D.C. Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA), the D.C. Department of Health and the Department of Healthcare Finance. Residents must be at least age 60 and earn no more than 60 percent of the area median income. The project is the first …
CHICAGO — The NHP Foundation, in partnership with Low Income Investment Fund, has acquired Edwin C. Berry Manor Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community in Chicago. NHP plans to preserve and maintain the 57-unit property, which was built in 1991. The property is in the Woodlawn neighborhood, which features many new developments including the future Barack Obama Presidential Library. “According to a recent report by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, 37 percent of Chicago households age 65 to 79 — or about 220,000 — are cost-burdened, …
ATLANTA — Woda Cooper Companies Inc. and Parallel Housing Inc. have opened Adair Court, a mixed-income seniors housing property in the Adair Park neighborhood of Atlanta. The 91-unit project is located in the heart of the city, near a major park, a MARTA train stop and the celebrated rails-to-trails system, the Atlanta BeltLine. Development costs were estimated at $15 million. Adair Court consists of two buildings with one- and two-bedroom units for seniors age 55 years and older. Nineteen of the units are reserved for residents earning up to 50 …
COVINGTON, Ga. — Greystone has provided $15.8 million in Freddie Mac financing for the construction of Legends of Covington, a 198-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Covington. PJ McDevitt of Greystone originated the transaction on behalf of Dominium Holdings, one of the largest affordable housing development and management companies in the country. The Freddie Mac Tax Exempt Loan is part of the Freddie Mac Target Affordable Housing (TAH) Program. The financing includes a 30-month forward period for construction, with Freddie Mac’s permanent take-out carrying an 18-year …
Pennrose to Convert Historic School in Boston into Affordable, LGBTQ-Friendly Seniors Housing
by Jeff Shaw
BOSTON — Pennrose Development and LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. have unveiled plans to convert the historic William Barton Rogers Middle School in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood into an LGBTQ-supported affordable seniors housing community. The $33 million project will transform the existing structure into 74 units of income-restricted rental units. Tenants must be at least age 62, and the community will be “specifically welcoming to seniors who identify as LGBTQ,” according to the developers. “As Boston’s residents continue to age, the need for safe, affordable housing that is welcoming to all …
The Federal Housing Finance Administration’s (FHFA) recent decision to maintain healthy multifamily purchase volumes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calmed market uncertainties over capital availability for the remainder of 2019 and 2020, which had increased loan spreads by 30 to 50 basis points over the summer. The decision also addressed similar uncertainties in the seniors housing industry and, to some degree, growing concerns over affordability. Both were hot topics at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care’s fall conference in mid-September, and M&T Bank’s healthcare banking and …