NEW YORK CITY — A development team consisting of Kayne Anderson Real Estate, Watermark Retirement Communities and Tishman Speyer has opened the $330 million Watermark at Brooklyn Heights seniors housing community at 21 Clark St. The project is a redevelopment of the Leverich Towers Hotel, a 310,000-square-foot hotel built in 1928 that served as the pre-game home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team in the 1930s and 1940s. The building’s 275 apartments include 145 for independent living, 88 for assisted living and 42 for memory care. Watermark at Brooklyn Heights …
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Ziegler has arranged $47.9 million in bond financing for an expansion project at Heritage Community of Kalamazoo. The nonprofit continuing care retirement community currently features 86 independent living units, 49 assisted living and memory care units, and 90 skilled nursing beds just south of downtown Kalamazoo. The four-story expansion, named Revel Creek, will add 60 independent living units. The building will also feature a new dining venue with commercial kitchen, a bar area, den, living room, library, outdoor terraces with seating spaces and a fitness room. There …
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ziegler has arranged $27.9 million in bond financing Ohio Living Communities. The funds will be used for an expansion project at the company’s Westminster-Thurber campus in Columbus. Named Heritage Pointe, the 11-story building will add 56 independent living units to the community. The total project cost is approximately $39.2 million. A development timeline was not released. The bonds consist of tax-exempt, fixed-interest-rate serial term bonds with a final maturity in 2045. In addition to Heritage Pointe construction, the financing will fund $2.5 million of other capital projects …
BOULDER, Colo. — Truist has provided a $50 million refinancing for Frasier, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Boulder. The 20-acre campus is home to more than 350 residents, and is currently planning an expansion project, according to the community website. The refinancing “will provide significant cash flow savings to allow Frasier to create additional liquidity and flexibility,” according to Truist. Approximately $11 million of the transaction is a “Cinderella refunding,” where a prior issuance can be refunded and automatically convert its taxable debt to non-taxable debt in the …
BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County has received bond financing for a planned $160 million expansion at The Toby and Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, a 100-acre seniors housing campus in Boca Raton. Construction has already started on the project, which will add 111 independent living units and new communal areas. HJ Sims arranged the $135 million bond financing. Life Care Services, An LCS Company, manages the property. Its affiliated company, LCS Development, is in charge of planning and executing the expansion. …
Ziegler Arranges $47.8M Financing for Expansion at Pennybyrn CCRC in High Point, North Carolina
by Jeff Shaw
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Ziegler has arranged $47.8 million in bond financing for a planned expansion project at Pennybyrn at Maryfield, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in High Point, just southwest of Greensboro. Located on 72 acres, Pennybyrn currently features 180 independent living units, 24 assisted living units, 24 memory care units and 125 skilled nursing beds. The planned expansion will add 42 new independent living apartments, with 74 percent of them pre-sold, as well as a 24-bed transitional rehabilitation therapy building. The project will also include improvements to …
Truist Provides $42.4M in Financing for Hillcrest CCRC Expansion in La Verne, California
by Jeff Shaw
LA VERNE, Calif. — Truist Financial Corporation has provided $42.4 million in financing for Hillcrest, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in La Verne, approximately 30 miles east of Los Angeles. The funding will be used to refinance existing debt and support the construction of a new independent living area, named Hawthorne Homes. The 24,000 square-foot development will consist of 14 one-floor cottage and duplex units located on a 1.4-acre parcel on Hillcrest’s 50-acre campus. The new construction includes several environmentally friendly and sustainable features, including solar energy, rainwater reclamation, …
In a September 17 Seniors Housing Business webinar: How the Pandemic, Baby Boomers, and Technology are Changing the Senior Living Business, panelists discussed how the senior living industry is shifting. Wellness trends, including specialized diets like Paleo and Keto, are increasingly requested by residents and their adult children — and the requests are anticipated to grow as more Baby Boomers move into seniors housing residences. New uses for health-related technology, such as real-time data collection, show promise in terms of improving resident health and preventing hospital stays. Technology is also changing …
Ziegler Arranges $131.4M Bond Financing for Development of Stevenson Oaks in Fort Worth
by Jeff Shaw
FORT WORTH, Texas — Ziegler has arranged $131.4 million in bond financing for the development of Stevenson Oaks, a planned senior living community in Fort Worth. The property will feature 172 independent living units as well as an assisted living center with 40 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The community will be situated within Tavolo Park, a new master-planned commercial and residential project in the southwest portion of the city. The surrounding Tavolo Park development will provide two restaurants and a variety of activities for Stevenson Oaks …
Smith Senior Living Opens $24M Rehab Expansion at Smith Crossing in Orland Park, Illinois
by Jeff Shaw
ORLAND PARK, Ill. — Smith Senior Living has opened Smith Crossing Greenleaf Rehab, a 46-suite short-term rehabilitation expansion at its Smith Crossing community in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park. The two-story, 45,222 square-foot building is connected with a passageway to the west side of the main building on Smith Crossing’s 32-acre. This expansion increases the total square footage of its main building to almost 506,000 square-feet of residences and common areas. With the $24 million addition of the new rehab wing, Smith Crossing has invested $119 million in building …