OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Erickson Senior Living has opened Santa Fe Ridge, an independent living expansion at its Tallgrass Creek continuing care retirement community. Located on 65 acres in the Overland Park suburb of Kansas City, Tallgrass Creek now features…
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ziegler has arranged $30 million in bond financing for Vicar’s Landing, a continuing care retirement community in Ponte Vedra Beach, approximately 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville. The community occupies a 24.3-acre site within Sawgrass, a…
HOUSTON — The Buckingham, a continuing care retirement community in Houston, has named Philip Jacob as its new executive director. Jacob joined the community as a health care administrator in 2011, and mostly recently served as interim executive director. He…
REDMOND, Wash. — Emerald Communities has started construction of an expansion project at Emerald Heights, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. The new building, named Courtyard, will rise three stories and feature 42 independent…
CARMEL, Calif. — Ziegler has arranged $36 million in bond financing for California Congregational Retirement Homes. The transaction will refinance existing debt and fund capital improvements at Carmel Valley Manor. Located in the small beach city of Carmel, located south…
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Nonprofit developer Green Cay Life Plan Village Inc. has unveiled plans for a $250 million continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Boynton Beach along the Atlantic Coast in South Florida. Green Cay has purchased the 15-acre…
By Steven Leone and Richard C. Quinn, Spiezle Architectural Group Over the past several years, design trends have painted an interesting picture for future life plan communities that stray from what we have seen for decades. Life plan communities (previously…
ARIZONA — VIUM Capital has provided a $13.7 million HUD refinancing for a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Arizona. The transaction replaces a bridge loan, which VIUM also provided in January 2021. The property features 12 independent living,…
BURLINGTON, N.C. — Ziegler has arranged three separate loans to fund the acquisition of The Village at Brookwood (TVAB), a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Burlington. Opened in 2003, TVAB features 155 independent living units, 12 assisted living units,…
LONGVIEW, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named David Ummel as the new executive director at Buckner Westminster Place in the East Texas city of Longview. Ummel most recently served as executive director for Calder Woods in Beaumont, which Buckner…
PLANO, Texas — Ziegler has arranged $197.7 million in bond financing for the Outlook at Windhaven Forefront Living, a seniors housing community in Plano. The property is currently in the development process. Designs call for 153 independent living apartments, 30…
ABILENE, AMARILLO and TYLER, Texas — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s seniors housing investment sales team has arranged the sale of a three continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) in Texas. Lifespace Communities acquired the properties from RSF Partners, Evergreen Senior Living…
WINCHESTER, Va. — Ziegler has arranged $71 million in bond financing for Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury (SVWC), a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Winchester, approximately 75 miles west of Washington, D.C. SVWC was founded in 1982 and provides housing, healthcare…
PHOENIX — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed on a $145 million, two-bank term facility for LCS and Westminster Capital. The borrowers will use the funds to recapitalize Sagewood, a continuing care retirement community in Phoenix.…
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) successfully represented the sale of Hudson Hills Senior Living, a 212-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in North Bergen, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Hudson Hills was originally constructed in…
REDMOND, Wash. — Emerald Communities, a nonprofit senior housing and services organization based in Redmond, has appointed Alexander Candalla as vice president of operations. Candalla joins Emerald Communities with nearly three decades of experience in senior living. In his role…
Due to the nature of their clientele, senior living operators continually need to market their services to attract prospective new residents. But it’s not just new residents that they need to attract: it’s new employees as well. For the reality…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — John Knox Village of Florida (JKV), a continuing care retirement community in the South Florida city of Pompano Beach, has broken ground on Westlake, a two-tower, $120 million expansion. The groundbreaking comes on the heels of…
SOUTH CAROLINA — Ziegler has arranged $27.5 million in bond financing for The Lutheran Homes of South Carolina (LHSC). The borrower is a South Carolina-based nonprofit corporation that currently operates five life plan communities, three hospice offices and four non-medical…
Seniors housing valuations — what can the industry expect in terms of future occupancy, inflation and interest rates? These were the most pressing topics of the “Inflation and Rising Interest Rates — Doom or Boom for the Seniors Housing…
TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) has expanded its strategic partnership with Oakmont Management Group, a West Coast operator of Class A seniors housing communities. Welltower agreed to purchase seven senior living communities, subject to customary closing conditions, which…
RICHMOND, Va. — Ziegler has arranged $193.2 million in bond financing for Westminster Canterbury Richmond, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Richmond. Opening in 1975 as one of the first CCRCs in Virginia, Westminster Canterbury Richmond has become one…
Senior living communities, often strained by labor shortages, can benefit from design and technology strategies built to streamline how employees spend their time. While the focus in any construction, design or renovation project must be on resident needs first, an…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ziegler has arranged $68 million in financing for Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, a continuing care retirement community in Fort Myers. The community currently features 377 independent living units, 44 assisted living units, 44 memory support…
PONTIAC, Ill. — HJ Sims has arranged financing for a $32 million expansion project at Evenglow Lodge, a continuing care retirement community in downtown Pontiac, approximately 95 miles southwest of Chicago. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing…
Cut Costs, Save Time and Recruit and Retain Good Workers The growth of the aging population is creating more demand for senior living options. But growing demand is colliding with a labor shortage, adding to the workload and strain on…
EASLEY, S.C. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Easley Place, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Easley. Easley Place, a 222-unit campus offering independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing services, is located in…