Development

By Jeff Shaw When Jeramy Ragsdale founded Thrive Senior Living in 2008, it was not his intent to challenge the industry to redefine itself. At the time, he was a residential home developer and knew that seniors housing was a niche property type for which he could find financing. He built his first assisted living and memory care community in the company’s hometown of Atlanta. He immediately fell in love with the business and its ability to positively impact people. By 2016, the company operated eight communities with another 12 …

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PATERSON, N.J. — Love Funding has provided two loans totaling $55.6 million for the construction and permanent financing of Riverside Village Senior Apartments and Riverside Village Family Apartment, both in Paterson. Riverside Village Senior Apartments will feature 81 units in a four-story, elevator-serviced building. The Housing Authority of the City of Paterson and other third-party providers will offer social services at the property. Riverside Village Family Apartments will feature 165 townhouse-style rental units. The construction will be part of an existing public housing development known as Riverside Terrace, currently containing …

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MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Artis Senior Living has acquired 176,269 square feet within the Evergreen Village mixed-use development in Morgan Hill, a city at the southern tip of Silicon Valley. Artis plans to build a memory care community on the four-acre site, though details and a timeline have not yet been released. Frans Construction Inc. is the general contractor on the site and MH Engineering Co. is the civil engineer. Evergreen Devco Inc., a retail and multifamily development company in the West, is building Evergreen Village on 20.4 acres. The …

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PROSPECT, Ky. — Civitas Senior Living has opened the doors on The Grand Senior Living in Prospect, a suburb of Louisville. The property totals 191,832 square feet near Norton Commons, a massive mixed-use development with restaurants, retail services, annual festivals and single-family homes. The development was completed approximately 10 years ago on 600 acres of vacant farmland. The Grand features 91 independent living, 62 personal care and 24 memory care residences. Guttman Properties, based in nearby Cincinnati, developed The Grand, which Civitas will operate.

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OKLAHOMA CITY — HarborChase has completed HarborChase of South Oklahoma City, a luxury seniors housing community. The property offers assisted living and memory care services, as well as respite stays. A grand opening will be held at the property on Thursday, March 12, led by Willie Ferguson, the community’s executive director.

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Collaborations with builders and designers could help developers achieve profitability in this growing sector. By Drew Blaylock, Director of Preconstruction, ARCO Living Group As developers work to stay in front of the changing seniors housing market, the development of active adult rental communities continues to increase, but not without challenges. For seniors housing developers, there is a high amount of risk associated with creating a new product type that is similar to traditional seniors housing facilities but charges rent rates more in line with a standard multifamily product. There are …

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WEATHERFORD, Texas — Civitas Senior Living and PremCap Senior Living have opened West Fork at Weatherford, located west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The 75,800-square-foot community offers 70 assisted living apartments and 19 memory care suites. The community is located near Weatherford’s historic downtown and directly adjacent to Medical City Weatherford.

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FERN PARK, Fla. — Maitland-Based Strive Senior Living has opened its first community, Strive at Fern Park, approximately eight miles north of downtown Orlando. The property features 79 assisted living and 46 memory care units. Strive Senior Living is managing the community in partnership with KR Management, a Clearwater-based operator. The Agency for Health Care Administration approved the license, effective Feb. 14 and the first residents moved in Feb. 19.

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HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — Sunrise Senior Living has completed construction of Sunrise of Huntington, located in the Suffolk County town of Huntington on Long Island. The community can accommodate up to 108 residents and offers assisted living and memory care services. “According to a recent independent study, the population of seniors over 85 years old, in Suffolk County specifically, has increased by 56 percent over the past 13 years,” says Jenifer Salamino, senior vice president of operations for Sunrise Senior Living. Sunrise held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 19, for …

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DALLAS and NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — New Braunfels-based SilverPoint Senior Living, a newly formed management company led by CEO Shawn Corzine, has signed an expansion partnership with Journey Capital, a Dallas-based real estate development company led by hospitality entrepreneurs Anand Patel and Narayan Patel. With its investment in SilverPoint, Journey Capital’s co-founders will also assume roles as partners in the management company Journey Capital will work with SilverPoint to grow its development and acquisition pipeline and lean on the company for third-party management and consulting services. While SilverPoint is currently …

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