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Evergreen Completes $31.5M Bellwood Senior Apartments Affordable Community in Metro Chicago

by Jeff Shaw

BELLWOOD, Ill. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has completed Bellwood Senior Apartments, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing community in Bellwood, a western suburb of Chicago. The $31.5 million project replaces a former Walgreens that had been vacant for nearly five years. The four-story development offers 76 one-bedroom and four two-bedroom apartments for seniors age 62 or older with incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI).  Evergreen says the building is 40 percent leased and will reach full occupancy in the next few months. “The robust …

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Alpert Group Breaks Ground on 65-Unit Affordable Community in West Orange, New Jersey

by Jeff Shaw

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — The Alpert Group LLC has broken ground on a 65-unit affordable seniors housing community in West Orange, approximately 20 miles west of Manhattan. Located at 46 Mount Pleasant Ave., the project will be situated in the town’s central business district, adjacent to the town hall, police facility, and Renna House senior apartments. The five-story building will include one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, on-site parking, modern amenities and age-friendly features. Five units are reserved for formerly homeless residents. The income-restricted community is helping to satisfy West Orange’s affordable …

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Standard Communities Acquires 214-Unit Huntington Towers Affordable Community in Mount Prospect, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. — Standard Communities has led a public-private partnership in acquiring Huntington Towers, an affordable seniors housing community in Mount Prospect, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago. The community totals 214 units, and the acquisition will preserve its affordability for 30 years. The total capitalization of the transaction is approximately $74.9 million, including $16.1 million for planned renovations. Standard completed the acquisition in partnership with the Illinois Housing Development Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The property was originally built in 1978. Renovations at …

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Enterprise Receives Financing for 151-Unit Edgewood Commons V Affordable Community in Washington, D.C. 

by Jeff Shaw

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Enterprise Community Development Inc. has received an undisclosed amount of financing for development of Edgewood Commons V, a 151-unit affordable seniors housing community in Northeast Washington, D.C. The development is part of the larger Edgewood Commons development, which will feature nearly 800 affordable housing units. Edgewood Commons V will feature 11 studios, 135 one-bedroom and five two-bedroom apartments. Of those, 96 apartments will be available for residents earning up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI), 54 apartments will be available for residents earning up …

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Woda Cooper, Housing Services Alliance Open 57-Unit Haven Crossing Affordable Community in Walton, Kentucky

by Jeff Shaw

WALTON, Ky. — Developer Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. and co-developer Housing Services Alliance have opened Haven Crossing, an affordable seniors housing community in Walton, approximately 20 miles south of Cincinnati. Haven Crossing is a three-story building with an elevator that provides 33 one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units. It is restricted to residents age 55 and over earning 30 percent to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Project partners included Kentucky Housing Corp., Boone County, City of Walton, Marble Cliff Capital and First Financial Bank. Primary financing for …

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MassDevelopment Issues $17.8M in Bond Financing for Leland House Affordable Community in Waltham, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

WALTHAM, Mass. — MassDevelopment has issued $17.8 million in tax-exempt bond financing on behalf of 2Life Leland LLC, an affiliate of 2Life Communities. The borrower will use bond proceeds to demolish a vacant former rest home at 21 Newton St. in downtown Waltham and build a three-story, 68-unit affordable rental housing facility for seniors in its place.  Built in 1891, the existing building operated as The Leland Home before its closing in 2020. The new building, which will be known as Leland House, will include 66 one-bedroom apartments and two …

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Merchants Capital Provides $17.4M in Financing for Affordable Community in Fort Wayne, Indiana

by Jeff Shaw

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Merchants Capital has provided $17.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction of Reserve on Park Place, an affordable seniors housing community in Fort Wayne.  Brown Capital Group, Leo Brown Group and Rogers Development Group are developing the 187-unit property. Restricted to seniors age 55 and older, the three-story community will feature 15 studios, 136 one-bedroom units and 36 two-bedroom units for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income.  The units are designed to support senior and …

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NHP Foundation Completes Renovation of 57-Unit Affordable Property in Chicago

by Jeff Shaw

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 …

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Blueprint Arranges Sale of Mixed-Income Vineyard on Catawba Campus in Ohio

by Jeff Shaw

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.

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Lincoln Avenue Communities Breaks Ground on Willis Senior Lofts Affordable Development in Rochelle, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

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 …

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