MORGANTON, N.C. — Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge has completed a renovation project at Grace Ridge Retirement Community in Morganton, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Beginning in 2020, Grace Ridge partnered with North Carolina-based Frank L. Blum Construction Co. and Steele Group Architects in the project. ID Collaborative designed the interior. Grace Ridge is a continuing care retirement community spanning 52 acres.
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Partnership Breaks Ground on 132-Unit Seniors Housing Project in Mission Viejo, California
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Denver-based Confluent Senior Living, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Concord Development Partners and Denver-based MorningStar Senior Living have broken ground on MorningStar of Mission Viejo, a 132-unit seniors housing community. The property will be situated at the former Avery Plaza business center at the intersection of Marguerite and Avery parkways in Mission Viejo. Slated to open in early 2023, the community will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom suites, as well as 126 below-grade parking spaces. Community amenities …
Walker Real Estate, Chalk Hill Ventures Complete Active Adult Community in Georgetown, Texas
GEORGETOWN, Texas — Walker Real Estate and Chalk Hill Ventures, in collaboration with Pi Architects, Square One Consultants, Pat Berry Design and Skybeck Construction, have completed construction of an active adult community in Georgetown. Located on a 12-acre site near Rabbit Hill, NorthStar Georgetown includes 298,800 square feet of active adult living with 210 resident apartments. Roscoe Property Management is the operator.
LINCOLN, Neb. — Ziegler has arranged $38 million in bond financing for Eastmont, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Lincoln. Proceeds of the Bonds, along with other available funds, will be used to finance an expansion project. Transforming Age operates the community, which opened in 1968. Currently, the community comprises 121 independent living apartments, 53 assisted living apartments and 22 skilled nursing beds. The expansion will add a four-story building featuring 50 independent living apartments. In addition, Eastmont plans to convert 10 assisted living apartments into five penthouse independent …
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A partnership between Autumn Senior Living, Cleveland Construction and Small Brothers has received a certificate of occupancy for Aravilla Clearwater, a memory care community in Clearwater. The 65,000-square-foot community features 84 units. Construction took 18 months. The first phase of the project includes a two-story building. The second phase of the project will begin with constructing a three-story, 105,000-square-foot assisted living community with a connection to the memory care community.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities has started a $78 million expansion at Country House, a senior living community in Wilmington. The project will add 20 new cottage homes, 62 independent living apartments and a clubhouse featuring a variety of new amenities to the campus, which is home to approximately 200 residents. The 2,100-square-foot cottages will feature stone finishes, open floor plans, fully appointed kitchens, covered patios and two-car garages. Phase II of the project includes an expanded clubhouse and residential apartments. The clubhouse will include new casual and fine …
SAN JOSE — Atria has completed construction of Atria Almaden, a 200-unit seniors housing community in the Almaden neighborhood of San Jose. The property is located near Almaden Lake Park, Santana Row and the San Pedro Square Market. The four-story community offers assisted living and memory care. Atria opened the community with aggressive infectious disease control measures under a health and safety initiative. The company vaccinated its first residents and staff on Dec. 21 and has now vaccinated more than 30,000 resident and staff across the U.S.
Bellwether Enterprise Arranges $28.9M Construction Loan for Legacy Riverside in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged a $28.9 million loan for the construction of Legacy Riverside Senior Living Community in Fort Worth. Phil Melton and Jeff Bradley, both in Bellwether Enterprise’s Dallas office, originated the loan with Cindy Hannon of Bellwether’s Atlanta office on behalf of the borrowers, Legacy Multifamily Development and RISE Residential Construction. This is the sixth loan deal in which Bellwether Enterprise has partnered with RISE Residential since 2017. Legacy Riverside will provide 264 affordable units in north-central Fort Worth, using …
USA Properties Starts Construction of $114M Multifamily Complex in Simi Valley, California
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — USA Properties Fund has commenced construction on two apartment projects in Simi Valley. Totaling $114 million, the combined communities will offer a total of 311 mixed-income, multi-generational units to the area. Situated on nearly 13 acres, the projects are The Landing at Arroyo, a market-rate community, and Vintage at Sycamore, an affordable seniors housing community for residents at least 62 years old. The project is located on the former Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District’s headquarters. Vintage at Sycamore will feature 99 apartments for seniors earning …
MONTVALE, N.J. — Thrive Senior Living will open the welcome center on March 27 for Thrive at Montvale, a seniors housing community in Montvale. The community will feature 203 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The three-story building is located near Lake Tappan along the New York State border just north of Manhattan.