CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has completed a $23 million modernization at Smith Village, a continuing care retirement community in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. The project quadruples the number of private suites and rooms for rehabilitation and skilled nursing care residents by reducing its licensed beds to 78 from 100. Smith also built a three-story addition that houses therapy areas and dining rooms. Planning for this project began in 2017 and construction was accelerated because tradespeople were named essential workers during the pandemic, making this wing ready for total occupancy …
DES MOINES, Iowa, and SOUTH BEND, Ind. — AHEPA Affordable Housing Management Co. (AMC) has received two HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program grant awards totaling $16.7 million to support the development of two new affordable seniors housing communities. The award for the 100-unit Des Moines project is $8.9 million. The award for the 80-unit South Bend project is $7.8 million. “The need for affordable housing, especially for very low-income seniors, is great,” says Steve Beck, AMC’s president and CEO. “Each of our existing affordable elderly housing …
MIRAMAR, Fla. — Catholic Health Services (CHS) and Atlantic Pacific Communities have broken ground on Casa Sant’Angelo, an affordable seniors housing community in the Miami suburb of Miramar. The mid-rise building offers 113 one- and two-bedroom units. Units are reserved for residents age 62 or older who earn between 30 percent and 80 percent of area median income. Funding partners include Broward County, First Housing Development Corp., Florida Housing Finance Corp. and Wells Fargo. The project is the first to use a new Miramar city code that provides impact fee …
FORT WORTH, Texas — Tradition Senior Living has broken ground on The Tradition-Clearfork, a seniors housing community in Fort Worth. Upon completion, the development will offer 214 independent living units, 95 assisted living/memory care units and three furnished suites for overnight guests. Units range from 880 square feet to 2,200 square feet. Located on approximately six acres along the Trinity River, the property includes a nine-story independent living building and a five-story assisted living and memory care building. A soft opening is scheduled for spring 2023, with final completion slated …
HOLBROOK, Mass. — Port One Cos. and Tiderock Cos. have formed a partnership to develop a 410-unit seniors housing community on a 48-acre parcel in Holbrook, approximately 15 miles south of Boston. The estimated budget for this project is $190 million. The developers are under contract to acquire the site for $19 million. Tiderock will provide operational support and oversight including but not limited to project management, marketing, budgeting, product mix, and review of and negotiations for limited partner equity and debt. Further details on the project were not disclosed.
COLUMBIA, Md. — Brightview Senior Living has opened Brightview Columbia in Columbia, approximately midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The community, Brightview’s 45th, features 91 independent living units, 53 assisted living units and 26 memory care units. Brightview Columbia was designed with a nod to Athol Manor, a historic property within walking-distance of the community. Brightview restored the manor and revitalized the adjacent Manor Park. Athol Manor was gifted by Brightview to the Community Foundation of Howard County.
SALEM, Mass. — MassDevelopment has awarded $80,500 from the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund to North Shore Community Development Coalition Inc. (North Shore CDC) to perform environmental site assessments on four parcels in the Point neighborhood in Salem. North Shore CDC will collaborate with North Shore Community Health (NSCH) to build the South River Revitalization Project at the site, which will include a 50-unit affordable seniors housing facility and nonprofit center featuring a health center, NSCH administrative offices and office space for other area nonprofits. The parcels are situated at the entrance …
BEAUMONT, Texas — The City of Beaumont Housing Authority, in partnership with Brinshore Development, has selected Cadence McShane Construction Co. to build Century Heights, an active adult community in Beaumont, located near the Louisiana border east of Houston. The property will feature 200 units on a 6.8 acre plot.The four-story low-rise will feature four different unit configurations, varying between one- and two-bedroom apartments. Steinberg Dickey Collaborative is serving as project architect. Completion of the project is slated for the end of 2022.
GLEN MILLS, Pa. — Erickson Senior Living has completed Evergreen Pointe, an expansion at Maris Grove, a continuing care retirement community in Glen Mills. Located approximately 25 miles west of Philadelphia, the project adds a 76,000-square-foot assisted living addition to the property. The expansion is part of a multi-year plan to grow and renovate the CCRC. Evergreen Pointe is located adjacent to the existing continuing care building, Rose Court, which is being renovated to include an expanded memory care neighborhood and redesigned lobby and bistro. The new neighborhood features 84 …
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Watercrest Senior Living Group is now accepting reservations at Watercrest Myrtle Beach in Myrtle Beach. The community sales office is now open for the property, which will feature 76 assisted living units and 22 memory care units. The property’s location is near beaches and golf courses, as well as medical centers, retail, dining, art and entertainment. Watercrest Myrtle Beach is one of two senior living development projects partnered between Watercrest, Corecam Capital Partners and Peninsula Alternative Real Estate. Their additional project, Watercrest Macon Assisted Living and …