STAMFORD, Conn. — Benchmark Senior Living has taken over operations of the former Sunrise of Stamford, an assisted living and memory care community in Stamford, approximately 25 miles northeast of New York City. The 83-unit community will now be called Benchmark at Stamford.Including the new addition, Benchmark currently operates 65 senior living communities throughout the Northeast, including 20 in Connecticut and eight in Fairfield County. The company offers independent living, assisted living, memory care and respite care.
Connecticut
GLASTONBURY, Conn. — LCB Senior Living has taken over management of The Hearth at Glastonbury in Glastonbury, just southeast of Hartford. The community will be renamed The Residence at Glastonbury. Further details on the property were not disclosed. LCB Senior Living has eight senior living residences across Connecticut, including in Avon, Darien, South Windsor, Rocky Hill, Stamford, Suffield and Westport.
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of The Landing of North Haven, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in North Haven. Located near Long Island Sound south of Hartford, the community opened in late 2019 on an 11-acre campus. The seller is a national investor and developer. Inspired Healthcare Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Inspired plans to keep the existing operator. While lease-up progress was solid through COVID, rates and margin were always strong, leading to meaningful cash …
HADDAM, Conn. — Commonwealth Senior Living has taken over management at Saybrook at Haddam in Haddam, approximately 25 miles south of Hartford. The community will be rebranded to Commonwealth Senior Living at Haddam. It 82 independent living and assisted living apartments as well as 34 memory care apartments. The owner was not disclosed.
Blueprint Negotiates Sale of 180-Bed Skilled Nursing Facility in Wallingford, Connecticut
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a vacant, 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Wallingford, approximately midway between Hartford and New Haven. The buyer was a Florida-based developer with local ties to Wallingford. No further details were disclosed.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of three skilled nursing facilities in Connecticut. Totaling 380 beds, the properties are all located in the northeastern suburbs of Hartford. A joint venture owner sold the assets to a regional buyer for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to focus on operational efficiencies, including addressing staffing efficiencies, as well as investing in capital projects at the facilities.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale of 46-Unit Buckingham Heights Memory Care Community in Glastonbury, Connecticut
GLASTONBURY, Conn. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Buckingham Heights, a 46-unit, 52-bed memory care community in Glastonbury, a suburb of Hartford. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Jim Dooley and Jack Griffin represented the seller, Longview Senior Housing, in the transaction. Hamister Group, a seniors housing investor and operator, purchased the property for an undisclosed price. “This community had some of the most durable cash flow we’ve seen in today’s market and its strong location was especially attractive,” says Wagner. The property is a single-story building …
Hamister Group Acquires 46-Unit Brookdale Buckingham Memory Care Community in Glastonbury, Connecticut
GLASTONBURY, Conn. — Hamister Real Estate Equity Fund III, a private real estate fund sponsored by Hamister Group, has acquired Brookdale Buckingham, a standalone memory care community in Glastonbury, a suburb of Hartford. The community will be renamed Buckingham Heights. The community first opened in 2001 and underwent a full renovation in 2020. The community features 46 units in a 33,640-square-foot building. Buckingham Heights will become the ninth senior living community in the company’s managed portfolio.
HARTFORD, Conn. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of a three-property senior living and skilled nursing portfolio located just outside of Hartford. The portfolio features 114 independent living units and 246 skilled nursing beds all within 10 miles of each other. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the communities were 92 percent occupied and featured a strong post-acute rehab census mix within the skilled nursing communities. The buyer was an east coast owner-operator expanding its presence in the state. The seller and price were not disclosed.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Refinancing for The Residence at Summer Street in Stamford, Connecticut
STAMFORD, Conn. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the refinancing of The Residence at Summer Street, a newly developed assisted living community in Stamford. The borrowers are Virtus and LCB Senior Living LLC. The amount of the financing was not disclosed. Cushman & Wakefield’s Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Joseph Carbone represented the borrowers in the transaction. VIUM Capital and its affiliate Merchants Bank of Indiana provided the funds. LCB, a senior living operator and developer in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, completed the community in 2018 with …