CHICAGO — The NHP Foundation (NHPF) has completed a major renovation of the Edwin C. Berry Manor Apartments in Chicago. The Section 8 seniors housing property is located at 737 E. 69th St. The rehabilitation project was made possible by a financial partnership between HUD, Merchants Capital, Illinois Housing Development Authority, National Affordable Housing Trust and UnitedHealth Group. The 57-unit community, built in 1991, marks the fourth property that NHPF has acquired or built in Chicago in the last five years and the first specifically for seniors. The units are …
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Chelsea Senior Living has opened The Chelsea at Fair Lawn, a seniors housing community in Fair Lawn, approximately 15 miles northwest of Manhattan. The property features 67 assisted living and memory care units. The three-story community is located directly across from Chelsea’s independent living community, which opened in March of this year and features 26 units. Trammell Crow Company (TCC), a global real estate developer, developed the property and IMC Construction served as the general contractor. In addition to the Fair Lawn locations, Chelsea is slated …
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — LCS has completed the $10 million renovation project at Fountain View Village, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Fountain Hills, approximately 25 miles northeast of Phoenix. The project included a redesign of all common areas and apartments, as well as upgrades to all community amenities. The project also includes a sport court area with a gazebo, pickleball court, and putting green in an outdoor recreational space, scheduled for completion in early 2024.
ROCHELLE, Ill. — Lincoln Avenue Communities (LAC) has broken ground on Willis Senior Lofts, an affordable housing development for lower-income seniors. The property will be constructed in Rochelle, a small city of fewer than 10,000 residents approximately 75 miles west of Chicago. The 60-unit property represents LAC’s second new construction deal in Illinois. Willis Senior Lofts will serve residents age 55 and older, with 45 units restricted to households earning less than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI) and 15 units restricted to 30 percent AMI. LAC plans …
Developers and operators must be proactive to remedy defects. By Megan A. Picataggio, Ball Janik LLP A high volume of construction and development can often result in the commercial real estate industry cutting corners, leading to an increase in construction defect claims and litigation. Multifamily construction projects, including seniors housing, are no exception. In order to deliver a high volume of projects quickly and maximize profits, general contractors modify construction methods to meet demand. This often results in poorly constructed projects that contain a litany of construction defects. It is critical …
Architects and interior designers see their work shift toward updating older properties as ground-up development activity continues to wane. By Jeff Shaw The slowdown in new construction starts in the seniors housing industry has far-reaching consequences. The number of seniors housing units under construction relative to the total existing seniors housing inventory was 4.7 percent in the third quarter, the lowest percentage since 2014, according to NIC MAP Vision data. While this obviously means less work for seniors housing builders, it also means less work for the architects and interior …
Make sure the operator and general contractor work together as residents move in. By Chad Suitonu You, as the owner/developer of a brand new senior living community, just finished the grueling construction effort. Now it’s time to hand the building over to your senior living operator and sit back and make some rent money. But wait a second — your job as owner is not over yet. You’ll be involved with the project for months to come as the operator (specifically the executive director and facility manager) take over the …
With a $500 million pipeline, the developer is one of the few currently working on ground-up construction projects. By Jeff Shaw With borrowing rates at a 20-year high, the cost of construction extremely high in its own right, and suitable development sites becoming harder and harder to find, very few seniors housing builders are breaking ground right now. In the private-pay seniors housing segment, year-over-year inventory growth nationally was 1.3 percent in the third quarter of this year, according to NIC MAP Vision. That figure is near the smallest year-over-year …
HOLYOKE, Mass. — WinnDevelopment has broken ground on a $55.3 million adaptive reuse transformation of a long-vacant, historic mill complex that will be transformed into 88 affordable apartment homes for seniors age 55 and older. The project is located in Holyoke, a suburb of Springfield. The redevelopment at the Appleton Mill property in downtown Holyoke will create new loft-style apartments in three interconnected, 111-year-old industrial buildings that were once home to the Farr Alpaca Co. and have been vacant for decades. In addition, WinnDevelopment will construct a new community building …
FAIRFAX, Va. — The Virginian, an independently operated continuing care retirement community in Fairfax, has opened the second phase of the community as part of a $67 million renovation. The renovated seven-story, 367,000-square-foot buildings will feature four wings, comprising 155 independent living apartments, 56 assisted living residences and 36 memory care units, along with 81 skilled nursing beds. Nestled on over 32 wooded acres along the Accotink Creek of the Potomac River, The Virginian stands out as one of the few senior living communities in the area.