What can traditional seniors housing operators learn from successes in the active adult community segment, especially when it comes to generating interest and inquiries? How can active adult communities improve their own marketings strategies? These were the questions that Seniors Housing Business‘ latest webinar “Seniors Housing — Lead Generation Lessons from Active Adult Communities” sought to answer on Oct. 6. This webinar, sponsored by LeadingResponse, covered the following topics and more when it comes to best practices for marketing in the senior living space: Julie Podewitz, Vitality Living, explains …
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Ziegler Arranges $104.1M Bond Financing for Friendship Village of Tempe Expansion Project
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ziegler has arranged $104.1 million in bond financing to fund an expansion project at Friendship Village of Tempe, a continuing care retirement community in Tempe. The property currently features a 554-unit retirement center including garden homes and apartments, a 67-unit assisted living building, 24 memory care beds, a 128-bed skilled nursing center and a 14-bed hospice unit. The expansion, which is Phase II of the campus master plan, will add a five-story building that replaces a former 60-unit apartment building with 64 entrance-fee apartments and a new …
Smith Senior Living Completes $23M Modernization of Skilled Nursing Facility in Chicago
CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has completed a $23 million modernization project of the skilled nursing facilities, known as Johanson Wing, at Smith Village in Chicago. Completed six months early, the project finishes a $74 million campus transformation that began in 2006. Smith village offers the full continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing. The Johanson Wing now houses private suites for short-term rehab patients along with private rooms and a few shared rooms for skilled nursing care residents. To provide more private …
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Edgewood Senior Solutions Group of Massachusetts has broken ground on The Baldwin, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Londonderry, approximately 45 miles northwest of Boston. The developer describes presales as “brisk” and expects to open the community in summer 2023. “What we’ve seen in the senior living industry over the past 18 months is that a well-managed senior living community has been a great place to live during the pandemic,” says Marlene Rotering, CEO of The Baldwin and its sister community, Edgewood Retirement Community in North …
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Ziegler has arranged $120 million in tax-exempt bond financing for HumanGood, a nonprofit owner-operator based in Pleasanton. HumanGood was formed with the merger of American Baptist Homes of the West and be.group in 2017. The company owns and operates 14 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs throughout California, totaling 2,188 residential living apartments, 477 assisted living apartments, 161 memory support suites and 656 skilled nursing beds. The bonds will be used to fund capital projects and renovations at 13 of its 14 campuses. Projects will include upgrades to …
TACOMA, Wash. — Ziegler has arranged $91.9 million in bond financing, issued through the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, for an expansion project at Eliseo, a continuing care retirement community in Tacoma. Eliseo, formerly known as Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Community, is a nonprofit corporation established in 1975 to develop, own and operate senior living facilities. Eliseo comprises 53 independent living apartments, 88 condo-style independent living units, 41 licensed assisted living beds, 14 memory care units and 187 skilled nursing beds. The expansion project will add 91 new independent living units …
WOODBURY, Minn. — Ryan Cos. US Inc., Great Lakes Management and Artemis Real Estate Partners have broken ground on Talamore Senior Living Woodbury, a 200-unit seniors housing community in Woodbury, just east of St. Paul. Talamore Woodbury will be a four-story, 245,00-square-foot senior living community with 90 independent living units, 70 assisted living units, 26 memory care units and 14 care suites. The age and income qualified households — ages 75 and older earning more than $75,000 a year — in the area are expected to grow by 42.3 percent …
CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has completed a $23 million modernization at Smith Village, a continuing care retirement community in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. The project quadruples the number of private suites and rooms for rehabilitation and skilled nursing care residents by reducing its licensed beds to 78 from 100. Smith also built a three-story addition that houses therapy areas and dining rooms. Planning for this project began in 2017 and construction was accelerated because tradespeople were named essential workers during the pandemic, making this wing ready for total occupancy …
GLEN MILLS, Pa. — Erickson Senior Living has completed Evergreen Pointe, an expansion at Maris Grove, a continuing care retirement community in Glen Mills. Located approximately 25 miles west of Philadelphia, the project adds a 76,000-square-foot assisted living addition to the property. The expansion is part of a multi-year plan to grow and renovate the CCRC. Evergreen Pointe is located adjacent to the existing continuing care building, Rose Court, which is being renovated to include an expanded memory care neighborhood and redesigned lobby and bistro. The new neighborhood features 84 …
BRYN MAWR, Pa. — Lument Securities has advised the board of directors of Bryn Mawr Terrace, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Bryn Mawr, on its sale to a private operator. Located roughly 10 miles from downtown Philadelphia and operated by Main Line Senior Care Alliance, Bryn Mawr Terrace is an independent, nonprofit organization providing skilled nursing, memory care and personal care services. As a standalone senior care provider without a Medicaid license, the board of directors at Bryn Mawr sought a strategic and confidential sale. The transaction closed …