CHICAGO — The NHP Foundation (NHPF) has completed a major renovation of the Edwin C. Berry Manor Apartments in Chicago. The Section 8 seniors housing property is located at 737 E. 69th St. The rehabilitation project was made possible by a financial partnership between HUD, Merchants Capital, Illinois Housing Development Authority, National Affordable Housing Trust and UnitedHealth Group. The 57-unit community, built in 1991, marks the fourth property that NHPF has acquired or built in Chicago in the last five years and the first specifically for seniors. The units are …
CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Vineyard on Catawba in the lakeside town of Catawba Island. The campus features independent living units, assisted living apartments, developable land and affordable senior apartments. The seller was one of the country’s largest nonprofits. The buyer was United Church Homes, another large nonprofit seniors housing provider. The price was not disclosed. United Church Homes has rebranded the campus as The Parkvue Community on Catawba Island. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly led the Blueprint team.
ROCHELLE, Ill. — Lincoln Avenue Communities (LAC) has broken ground on Willis Senior Lofts, an affordable housing development for lower-income seniors. The property will be constructed in Rochelle, a small city of fewer than 10,000 residents approximately 75 miles west of Chicago. The 60-unit property represents LAC’s second new construction deal in Illinois. Willis Senior Lofts will serve residents age 55 and older, with 45 units restricted to households earning less than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 15 units restricted to 30 percent AMI. LAC plans …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …