Development

WILMINGTON, N.C. — LCS Development has started construction of an expansion at Plantation Village, a continuing care retirement community in Wilmington. The project will add 44 independent living units with covered parking, a new artisan studio, woodshop, dog park, cocktail bar, billiards room, more indoor and outdoor dining options, and expanded garden area for residents. A theater room, board room and creative arts room are also planned. Herbert J. Sims & Co. guided the financing of the project. Construction is scheduled for completion by May 2023. Project partners include CJMW …

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FOLSOM, Calif. — USA Properties Fund has started construction on Sage at Folsom, located approximately 25 miles east of Sacramento in Folsom. Sage at Folsom will offer affordable housing for residents 55 years and older earning between 30 and 80 percent of area median income — approximately $19,150 to $51,000 per year. Rents will range from $450 to $1,300. The 111-unit community is a few blocks from Folsom Lake College, healthcare providers, grocery stores and several large shopping centers, including Broadstone Plaza and the Palladio Shopping Center. Construction on the …

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GLEN BURNIE, ELLICOTT CITY and COLUMBIA, Md. — Enterprise Community Development has acquired and planned redevelopment projects at three affordable seniors housing communities: Park View at Furnace Branch in Glen Burnie, Park View at Ellicott City II in Ellicott City and Park View at Snowden River in Columbia. The combined cost to acquire and redevelop the properties is $60 million. Built in the early 2000s, all three communities serve low-income senior households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. In total, the three properties consist of 292 …

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NEW YORK CITY — Sunrise Senior Living has opened Sunrise at East 56th, a 151-unit high-rise in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. Partners on the project included Hines and Welltower (NYSE: WELL). The asset features assisted living and memory care services. Sunrise is collaborating with Northwell Health for services at the building. The community is the first and only building in the sector to receive LEED Silver, WELL Certification at the Silver level and WELL Health-Safety Rating Seal certifications, according to Sunrise. SLCE Architects designed the building. Champalimaud …

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HOUSTON — MorningStar Senior Living and Hines have opened MorningStar at River Oaks, a seniors housing community in Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood. The community features 85 assisted living and 27 memory care units. The community is Denver-based MorningStar’s first in Texas. Partners on the project include Munoz + Albin Planning & Architecture, Kirksey Architecture, Thoma-Holec Design, TBG Partners and D. E. Harvey Builders.

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Architects adjust their designs for incoming baby boomers, better infection control. By Jeff Shaw Most often, when it comes to planning for the future of the seniors housing industry, it’s considered from the angle of operations — the adjustments that must be made in programming, amenities and sales strategies for the next generation of residents. But programming and amenities don’t occur in a vacuum. The location, design and overall physical plant of a seniors housing community all affect what activities can take place that would appeal to a modern senior.  …

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NORTH TUSTIN, Calif. — Clearwater Living has opened Clearwater at North Tustin, a 110-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Orange County municipality of North Tustin. The community features 72 assisted living apartments and 38 memory support apartments. Clearwater Living now operates five communities in California and Nevada.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — FK Architecture has completed design work for the second phase of Westminster Baldwin Park in Orlando. The 180,000-square-foot expansion will bring the continuing care retirement community to a total of 155 units and 40 rehabilitation beds. The second phase features three additional new residential buildings with 75 apartments. The general contractor for the project is Clancy & Theys.

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and equity partners Peninsula Alternative Real Estate and Corecam Capital Partners have completed Watercrest Myrtle Beach Assisted Living and Memory Care, a seniors housing community in Myrtle Beach. The community features 76 units of assisted living and 22 units of memory care.

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CLOSTER, N.J. — Reuten Associates has released site plans for the Residences at Reuten Park, a 195-unit luxury senior living development in Closter, approximately 15 miles north of Manhattan. Property owner Reuten Associates and developer Metropolis Property Group are seeking a variance to transform outdated industrial buildings at Reuten Corporate Park into a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care. “The Residences at Reuten Park is a wonderful project that will convert an underutilized piece of industrial property into an upscale residential development that represents a new era …

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