By Jeff Shaw Every affordable housing project relies on an intricate combination of funding, partnerships and know-how to reach the finish line. Fortunately, developers have a lot of different levers they can pull to make a project work financially. Each development typically involves a mash-up of federal tax credits, support from various municipalities (state, county and/or city) and private funding. It requires immense creativity on the part of developers. But many developers are still finding success, as evidenced by the bevy of new projects coming to market across the country. …
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Lockwood Cos., a developer and manager of senior living communities, has opened Lockwood of Ann Arbor. With a focus on independent living, the community features 154 senior apartments, with 65 of these units designated as affordable housing. Households earning up to 60 percent of area median income will be eligible for the affordable units. The $47 million development is designed to provide high-quality, accessible living for seniors in Washtenaw County, addressing the growing need for seniors housing as the local population continues to age. The facility is equipped …
LOS ANGELES — EBSC Lending has arranged $31.2 million in construction financing for a new 172,163-square-foot luxury senior living community under development in Los Angeles. The borrower operates senior living facilities in the Southeast, with a primary focus on Florida. Brian Stark, manager of information technology at EBSC Lending, led the transaction. The facility will offer a total of 198 catered living, assisted living and memory care units in three buildings spread over a 7.8-acre campus. It will also feature gourmet restaurant-style dining, boutique hotel décor, and a variety of …
Webinar: Creating Value in Seniors Housing — The Economics of Dealmaking in This Cycle
The Sept. 5 webinar “Creating Value in Seniors Housing — The Economics of Dealmaking in This Cycle,” sponsored by CBRE, brought together industry leaders to discuss the current trends shaping the seniors housing market, including occupancy rates, strategic investments and the evolving landscape of assisted living, memory care and independent living communities. This discussion covered innovative technologies, economic factors influencing cap rates, considerations about the future of care and analysis of increasingly sophisticated operations strategies. Expert panelists shared their experiences and projections for the sector, including the increasing demand for seniors housing …
Hunt Provides LIHTC Financing for Rehabilitation, Expansion of Valley Pride Village in San Fernando Valley
SYLMAR, Calif. — Hunt Capital Partners (HCP), in partnership with Alliance Property Group (APG) and Community Bible Community Development Corporation (CBCDC), has provided $37 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity and $15.1 million in state LIHTC financing for the redevelopment and expansion of Valley Pride Village. The affordable seniors housing property is located in Sylmar, northwest of Los Angeles. The development project will preserve its 88 existing homes and introduce 92 new housing options. Valley Pride Village’s rehabilitation and expansion will help alleviate the urgent need for …
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Marquis Health Consulting Services has opened a new memory care neighborhood at The Meadows at Lawrence, a cottage-style, long-term care skilled nursing community in Lawrence Township, a suburb of Trenton. The Journeys Memory Care model was developed by Marquis Health Consulting Services.
Largo Arranges $11.6M in Financing for Skilled Nursing-to-Multifamily Conversion in Buffalo, New York
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ned Perlman of Largo Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged $11.6 million in construction/renovation financing for a former nursing home that will be transformed into an upscale 84-unit multifamily property with luxury amenity spaces. The property will undergo extensive interior and exterior renovations and feature 57-one-bed, one-bath units; four two-bed, one-bath units; and 23 studios. The property is located in downtown Buffalo with access to the city’s major attractions and interstate highway system.
IPA Capital Markets Arranges $25.5M Construction Financing for Meadowview of Fayetteville in Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $25.5 million in construction financing for Meadowview of Fayetteville, a 117-unit senior living complex in Fayetteville. Frank Montalto, managing director in IPA Capital Markets’ Chicago office, secured the financing with a local bank on behalf of a private developer. Terms of the construction loan include a floating rate, five-year term and 70 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The ground-up development will feature 60 independent living apartments and 57 assisted living apartments.
WinnDevelopment Starts Construction of $51M Historic Redevelopment in Worcester, Massachusetts
WORCESTER, Mass. — WinnCompanies has started construction of Residences on Lincoln Square, a $51 million project to transform the historic Worcester Boys Club property into 80 affordable apartment homes for adults 55 and older. The historic structure hosted one of the first Boys Clubs in the nation in 1930 and later served as Worcester Vocational High School for decades before becoming vacant in 2006. The WinnDevelopment effort will employ adaptive reuse techniques to preserve and renovate the 94-year-old building as 16 apartment homes and a variety of community spaces, while …
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Ziegler has arranged $62.4 million in bond financing for Parkshore Juanita Bay, a 50-unit independent living community in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. The borrower was originally founded in 1932 to provide housing and care for German seniors. In 1977, the organization constructed an assisted living retirement home known as The Gardens at Juanita Bay in Kirkland’s historic Juanita Bay neighborhood on the shores of Lake Washington. In December 2018, the community affiliated with Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest, now known as Transforming Age. In 2021, management announced …