MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened Arbor Terrace Mount Laurel, an 88-unit seniors housing community in Mount Laurel. The 75,000-square-foot community offers assisted living and memory care services. The Arbor Company is the operator. Mount Laurel is an affluent suburb east of Philadelphia. The community is just east of the Interstate 295 interchange and the New Jersey Turnpike, making the community very accessible to the entire market area. Meyer Senior Living Studio designed the property.
Assisted Living
Walker & Dunlop Funds $11M Bridge Loan for Supportive Living Facility Acquisition in Illinois
by Jeff Shaw
AURORA, Ill. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided $11 million in bridge financing for The Vistas Fox Valley, a 136-bed supportive living facility in Aurora. The borrower was Cascade Capital Group, which used the funds to acquire the community. Supportive living is an Illinois program to offer assisted living services while still allowing for government reimbursement. Walker & Dunlop’s bridge lending program utilizes the company’s own balance sheet to offer short-term, non-recourse loans for properties that are being acquired or repositioned. Joshua Rosen and the bridge lending team structured …
MATTESON, Ill. — Alexi Senior Living Corp. has received $17.7 million in HUD financing, allowing the company to start construction of Alexi Senior Community in Matteson, a southern suburb of Chicago. Upon completion the property will feature 55 assisted living and 20 memory care units. The 81,500-square-foot building will be the first of four planned for the property. Future buildings will include an independent living building, scheduled for groundbreaking in August 2020, plus areas for early learning and higher education, leading to an intergenerational community. The development team includes architectural …
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. — Summit Contracting Group has started construction of The Canopy at Boynton Ridge, an assisted living and memory care community n Fort Oglethorpe, just across the state border from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The community will feature 64 units in a two-story, 49,697-square-foot building. building, Construction is scheduled for completion in January 2021. The developer is Rimrock Cos. and the architect is Group 4 Design Inc.
HAMMOND, La. — Phoenix Senior Living has unveiled plans for The Phoenix at Hammond, a 91-unit assisted living and memory care community in the New Orleans suburb of Hammond. First Guaranty Bank is the lending partner for the project. Groundbreaking is scheduled to take place before the end of January. Phoenix Senior Living, founded in 2014, operates 26 communities throughout the Southeast. The Phoenix at Hammond will be the company’s second community in Louisiana.
CLEMMONS, N.C. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Crest of Clemmons, an assisted living community in the Winston-Salem suburb of Clemmons for $5 million, or $111,000 per unit. The seller was previously the owner-operator, which leased the facility 15 months ago. The buyer is the current regional operator exercising its purchase option. The 45-unit community features 70 operational and licensed beds. It was built in 1984 and renovated in 2005. Occupancy has averaged 85 percent (per bed, not unit) since 2016.
STOCKBRIDGE and MORROW, Ga. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of two GoldenCrest Assisted Living communities in Georgia. The portfolio consists of a community in Stockbridge and a community in Morrow, approximately eight miles apart south of Atlanta. The portfolio sold for $12 million, or $124,000 per unit. Built in 1990, GoldenCrest at Eagles Landing in Stockbridge is a 57-unit assisted living community that is consistently over 90 percent occupancy. Built in 1996, GoldenCrest at Morrow is a 40-unit community that recently transitioned all units to memory …
CALDWELL, Idaho — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Alexander Place, a closed, 35-unit assisted living community in Caldwell, approximately 25 miles west of Boise. A national owner-operator sold the property to a local owner-operator for an undisclosed price. This acquisition marks the buyer’s seventh community in Idaho. Blueprint positioned the offering as a value-add opportunity for an incoming operator to renovate and relicense the closed building. Blake Bozett, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the transaction.
STRATFORD, Conn. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Atria Stratford, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Stratford. A publicly traded REIT sold the property to partners of Woodbine Senior Living for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1999, the 87,000-square-foot community features 76 assisted living and 24 memory care units. The property previously boasted an average assisted living occupancy of 98 percent, but was struggling with new competition in the market, according to Blueprint. Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Alex …
PONTIAC, Ill. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $7.6 million HUD loan to refinance Pontiac Supportive Living, a 60-bed assisted living facility in Pontiac. Located in the central part of the state approximately 100 miles southwest of Chicago, the community features eight one-bedroom units and 52 private studios. The loan is fully amortizing on a 35-year term.