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CCRC Model is Changing for the Better

by Jeff Shaw

Opportunities are available in renovating old stock and building niche communities. By Richard Ackerman Upheaval in the continuing care retirement community (CCRC) market is changing the assumptions and opportunities that fueled the senior living trend for over 40 years. Today’s investors can find new opportunities at two ends of the spectrum — redevelopment of aging CCRCs and new development of smaller-scale CCRCs in upscale niche markets. With conventional private equity financing hard to come by, creative approaches, including structuring CCRCs as nonprofits, offer a proven path to bring communities to …

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CCRCDevelopmentLouisianaNews

HJ Sims Arranges $23.3M Financing for Poydras Home CCRC Renovations in New Orleans

by Jeff Shaw

NEW ORLEANS — HJ Sims has arranged $23.3 million in financing for Poydras Home, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in New Orleans. Opened in 1857, Poydras now consists of 10 independent living units, 22 assisted living units, 11 memory care units and 64 private nursing care beds. The community will replace all 64 nursing units with a small-house model and add 14 new assisted living units across two three-story buildings. Poydras will be the first certified Green House project in Louisiana, featuring an model of care where the resident’s …

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CCRCFinanceNewsPennsylvania

HJ Sims Arranges $47.6M Financing for Two Asbury Communities CCRCs in Pennsylvania

by Jeff Shaw

ERIE and MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — HJ Sims hass arranged $47.6 million in financing for Asbury Communities Inc. The loans support two life plan communities — Bethany Village Retirement Center in Mechanicsburg and Springhill in Erie. Bethany includes two campuses with 400 independent living units, 100 assisted living units, a 69-bed skilled nursing center and amenities. Springhill has 158 independent living and 35 personal care units, plus an 80-bed skilled nursing facility. The loans refinance bonds from 2012 and include a $20.4 million bank loan and tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds totaling $27.2 …

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CCRCDevelopmentFinanceNewsTexas

Ziegler Arranges $56.9M Bond Financing for Westminster CCRC Expansion in Austin

by Jeff Shaw

AUSTIN, Texas — Ziegler has arranged $56.9 million in bond financing through the New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. for an expansion at Westminster, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Austin. The community is located on approximately 9.3 acres in west central Austin and comprises 324 independent living units, 22 assisted living units and 85 skilled nursing beds (of which 30 are utilized for memory care). Life Care Services (LCS) has operated the property since 1981. Additionally, LCS is providing development services for Westminster’s expansion project. The project …

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CCRCFinanceIndianaNews

HJ Sims Arranges $60.5M Bond Financing for Westminster Village CCRC in West Lafayette, Indiana

by Jeff Shaw

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — HJ Sims has arranged $60.5 million in bond financing for Westminster Village, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in West Lafayette, approximately midway between Chicago and Indianapolis. Founded in 1976, the community features 346 beds targeting middle-class seniors. The ownership partners with Purdue University. Westminster Village sought to take advantage of low interest rates to refinancing its outstanding 2014 bond issue. Sims found a banking partner with terms that would offer flexibility and savings for the borrower. The financing generated enough savings to for the community …

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CCRCDevelopmentFinanceFloridaNews

Ziegler Arranges $115.6M Bond Financing for Vicar’s Landing CCRC Expansion in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ziegler has arranged $115.6 million in bond financing for Vicar’s Landing, a continuing care retirement community in Ponte Vedra Beach, approximately 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville. Vicar’s Landing was developed in 1983. It sits on a 24.3-acre site within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community. The larger master-planned Sawgrass community features four adjacent golf clubs, TPC Sawgrass, the Sawgrass Marriott Resort, a shopping center and other residential and recreational amenities. Vicar’s Landing features 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living apartments and 60 …

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AcquisitionsCCRCNewsWisconsin

Lifespace Communities Acquires 257-Unit Newcastle Place CCRC in Metro Milwaukee

by Jeff Shaw

MEQUON, Wis. — Lifespace Communities has acquired Newcastle Place, a 257-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Mequon. The seller and price were not disclosed. The acquisition of Newcastle Place, located in a suburb of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan’s western shore, brings Lifespace’s family of continuing care communities to 16. Newcastle Place, which sits on 52 acres, joins six other Lifespace communities in the Midwest. Lifespace, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit owners and operators of CCRCs.

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CCRCDevelopmentNewsOregon

Greystone Plans $124.2M Expansion at Friendsview CCRC in Newberg, Oregon

by Jeff Shaw

NEWBERG, Ore. — Greystone plans to break ground July 8 on an expansion project at Friendsview, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Portland suburb of Newberg. Yamhill County Hospital Authority issued $124.2 million in bond financing, underwritten by Ziegler, for the project. The community was founded in 1961 and boasts affordable CCRC living, with average monthly fees of $2,500. The expansion will bring new amenities to current residents across three new components named Springbrook Meadows North, Sutton Terrace at University Village and Charles Beals Plaza. “Replacing the health …

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CCRCFrom The Magazine

CCRCs Learn to Adapt, Thrive

by Jeff Shaw

Life plan communities outperform other types of seniors housing amid the pandemic due to an increased focus on choice and long-term residents. By Jeff Shaw The 2008 housing market crash, also known as the Great Recession or Global Financial Crisis, hit one segment of seniors housing particularly hard: continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The CCRC, or life plan community, concept is a campus with a full continuum of care — from independent living through skilled nursing — where residents can continue to live at the community as their acuity increases. …

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AcquisitionsCCRCIowaNews

Lument Securities Advises Multi-Generational Family Business on Exit from Seniors Housing Industry

by Jeff Shaw

WOODBINE, Iowa — Lument Securities has advised Sherer Management, a multi-generational seniors housing and care owner and operator based in Woodbine, on the sale of two businesses as well as the company’s exit from the seniors housing industry. Sherer Management is a family-owned business that operated continuing care retirement communities in western Iowa, Rose Vista in Woodbine and Longview Home in Missouri Valley, which offer skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living services, in addition to hospice services through Generations Hospice. The company operated the communities for over 60 years. …

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