CALIFORNIA — BWE has provided five Freddie Mac Targeted Affordable Housing loans to refinance four affordable housing developments in El Dorado County and one in Sonoma County. Jon Killough and John Roberts, Vice President in the firm’s originated the loans on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. “California remains a center of the country’s housing crisis, so it’s critical that low-income housing developments like these have the financing they need to thrive and serve their residents,” says Killough. The five loans include:
LOS ANGELES — Page & Turnbull has completed the adaptive reuse project that converted the former Pierce Brothers Mortuary and attached garage in Los Angeles into a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community. Called Washington View Apartments, Page & Turnbull reconstructed and transformed the two-story mortuary and garage into modern living spaces that incorporate designs from the building’s Spanish Colonial revival-style, including a seismic upgrade and full ADA compliance. Designed by Meyer & Holler, the mortuary was designated as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1993 as an excellent …
ALTADENA, Calif. — C.W. Driver Cos. has broken ground on its second and final phase of construction at Episcopal Communities & Services’ MonteCedro senior living community in Altadena, approximately 15 miles north of Los Angeles. Totaling approximately 101,862 square feet, the project adds four residential buildings, including 40 independent living apartments and a terrace restaurant. The new $56M villa-style buildings will be two and three stories in height, with two of the structures positioned over a below-grade parking garage podium level. All four buildings will be designated as California licensed …
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Avanath Capital Management LLC has acquired Rivers Senior, a 120-unit affordable seniors housing community in West Sacramento, for $19 million. Constructed in 2008, Rivers Senior was built utilizing the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) along with bond financing via multiple agencies. Additionally, the asset benefits from the State of California’s Welfare Tax Exemption. The community features 96 one-bedroom and 24 two-bedroom units, 60 of which are reserved for residents earning up to 50 percent of area median income (AMI) and 59 …
GLENDALE, THOUSAND OAKS and FRESNO, California — Agemark Senior Living has taken over management at three seniors housing communities in California: Sage Glendale in Glendale, Sage Mountain in Thousand Oaks and Kingston Bay in Fresno. Ownership of these three communities is a joint venture between Mountain Capital Partners, Dekel Capital and Willis Development. Sophos Equities was the consulting asset manager for the transition. Agemark now having operates 29 communities. Agemark’s brands include Astoria, CountryHouse, Kensington-Evergreen, Holland Farms, Serra Sol, Symphony Pointe and TreVista.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Harbert South Bay Partners has broken ground on The Seville, an assisted living and memory care community in San Clemente, a coastal city approximately 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The property will feature 63 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Completion is scheduled for summer 2024. Project partners include Momentum Senior Living as operator, Banvard & Soderbergh as architect, Rodrigo Vargas Design as interior designer and W.E. O’Neil as general contractor.
HAYWARD, Calif. — Sherman & Roylance has arranged the bankruptcy sale of Parkview Healthcare Center, a 121-bed skilled nursing facility in the Bay Area city of Hayward. The 56,367-square-foot community was in bankruptcy, and Shep Roylance and John Sherman led a 30-day closing process. The new operator will be Spyglass Healthcare.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Ziegler has arranged $61.3 million in bond financing for Aldersly Garden Retirement Community, a continuing care retirement community in San Rafael, a northern suburb of San Francisco. The community was originally founded and incorporated in 1921 by Danish organizations as a retirement home serving the Danish-American communities in California and Nevada. The property is situated on an approximately 3.5-acre campus. Life Care Services LLC has provided management and marketing services since 2004. The borrower will use the proceeds of the bonds, together with an equity contribution, …
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has brokered the lease negotiation of a skilled nursing facility in Bakersfield, approximately 130 miles north of Los Angeles. The previous regional operator decided it was time to sell its leasehold position and become the landlord. A growing local operator took over management at the property. “This particular asset is 100 years old, and it took a few attempts to identify the perfect buyer,” says Jennifer Contreras, senior vice president of JCH.
ALHAMBRA, Calif. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the lease negotiation of a prominent assisted living facility in Alhambra, just east of Los Angeles. The facility, previously operated by a national operator, will now be under the management of a regional operator that specializes in low-income residents.