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. …
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LOS ANGELES — MP Los Angeles, the developer behind the massive $1 billion Hollywood Center mixed-use project in Los Angeles, has unveiled plans for 130 units of affordable seniors housing at the development. The proposal calls for four new buildings — one rising 46 stories, another 35 stories and two mid-rise, 11-story buildings — filling the surface parking lots around the Capitol Records Building. The project is located at Los Angeles’ renowned Hollywood and Vine intersection, including LA Metro’s Red Line transit stop across the street. “We believe Hollywood Center …
TORRANCE, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened Oakmont of Torrance, an assisted living and memory care community in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. Oakmont of Torrance is the first of several Oakmont communities to open during the 2020 pandemic. Guests at the grand opening event were required to RSVP, wear masks, social distance and follow safety precautions. The 106,613-square-foot community sits on nearly two acres and features 55 assisted living units and 32 memory care units.
PHILADELPHIA — HJ Sims has arranged $6.5 million in financing for capital improvements at Philadelphia Protestant Home (PPH). PPH operates a continuing care retirement community in northeast Philadelphia, featuring 266 independent living units, 175 personal-care units and a 126-bed skilled nursing facility. PPH has been funding capital improvements from general fund revenues. Prior to engaging PPH’s existing banking partner, Citizens Bank, Sims worked with the PPH Fiscal Oversight Committee to develop structuring options. Citizens provided the 10-year, fully amortizing loan with five years of interest-only payments.
From processes to spaces, senior living design and construction are in for a change. By Drew Roskos Now in month six of our country’s full-scale reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all embracing today’s heightened awareness of public health across the board, especially in our field of senior living. As of this writing, roughly one-third of COVID-19 cases reported have been in senior living communities. As research continues to teach us more about the spread of the virus who is at the greatest risk, we are also likely …
Interior designers in the seniors housing sector place greater emphasis on antimicrobial materials, socially distant layouts and outdoor spaces. By Kristin Hiller Interior designers within the senior living space say they’ve always considered health and wellness as an integral part of their work. But today — amid the coronavirus pandemic and the vulnerability of seniors — safety and infection prevention is at the forefront of design decisions. Karla Jackson, principal and design director with Austin, Texas-based StudioSix5, says that COVID-19 is now a long-term design consideration for her company. “All …
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 …
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Summit Contracting Group has broken ground on Siena Pointe, a seniors housing community in unincorporated northeast Polk County near Orlando. Siena Pointe will be a U-shaped, four-story, wood-frame building on a seven-acre site. The property will feature 163 units of seniors housing in a 194,127-square-foot building. Construction is slated for completion in fall 2021. The developer is Eastwind Development LLC and the architect is Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc.
Dallas Retirement Village Starts Construction of 29-Unit Independent Living Expansion in Oregon
by Jeff Shaw
DALLAS, Ore. — Dallas Retirement Village, a seniors housing community in the Salem suburb of Dallas, has started construction of its Phase II expansion, known as Lodge Residences. The 60,000-square-foot project will complete the circle around the existing courtyard, adding 29 independent living apartments, an indoor pool, spa, fitness facilities and more. “Phase 1 was completed four years ago. Since then, we’ve continued to build a waiting list,” says Dave Parrett, the community’s executive director. “Having more apartments will make us more accessible to local seniors who would like to …
PLANO, Texas — Forefront Living, a faith-based, nonprofit organization providing senior living and hospice services in the Dallas area, is seeking approval from Plano city officials to develop a senior living community in West Plano. The proposed community, The Outlook at Windhaven, would provide up to 190 independent living residences: a 160-unit apartment building with underground parking and 30 cottage homes. The campus would also include a 64-unit building for assisted living and memory care services and a clubhouse building. The community would be developed on an 18.2-acre creekside site. …