GEORGETOWN, Texas — Austin-based developer Sparrow Partners and Ohio-based REIT Welltower (NYSE: WELL) have broken ground on Amberlin Georgetown, a 188-unit active adult community in Georgetown, a northern suburb of Austin. The property will feature one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 615 to 1,285 square feet and equipped with private terraces or fenced-in backyards. Amenities will include bocce and pickleball courts, a resort-style pool and sundeck, a fenced-in dog park, fitness center, game lounge, media lounge, community garden, library and a coffee bar. Each unit will rent for …
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Pennrose Begins Leasing at Residences at Glenarden Hills II Active Adult Community in Maryland
GLENARDEN, Md.— Pennrose has started leasing at Residences at Glenarden Hills II, the second of the six-phase Glenarden Hills master-planned community. The community is available to seniors age 55 and older, expanded from the previous 62-plus eligibility. The community features one- and two-bedroom apartments available for $1,299 to $1,617 per month. The number of units was not disclosed. Once complete, the 27-acre Glenarden Hills master-planned community will include seniors and family affordable apartments, market-rate and affordable rental townhomes, and for-sale townhomes.
Ziegler Arranges $44.4M Bond Financing for The Forest at Duke in Durham, North Carolina
DURHAM, N.C. — Ziegler has arranged $44.4 million in bond financing for The Forest at Duke, a 47-acre continuing care retirement community just south of Duke University in Durham. The Forest at Duke opened in 1992 and currently serves over 360 residents across 154 apartments, 88 cottages (242 total independent living units), 34 assisted living units and 58 licensed skilled nursing beds. Proceeds of the bonds will be used for a renovation project that will include 90 new units (32 assisted living and 58 skilled nursing) in a “small house” …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $31.7 million sale of a 57,035-square-foot lot at 70-35 113th Street in Forest Hill, Queens, with plans for two multi-housing development projects totaling 318,238 square feet. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Jasper Venture Group. The buyer was a partnership between Top Rock Holdings, RJ Capital Group and SYU Properties. The proposed project encompasses a 235,679 square-foot market-rate multifamily development, in addition to an 82,559 square-foot affordable senior living development. A recent survey by JLL revealed that, after a …
Larken Associates Opens 198-Unit Autumn Ridge Multigenerational Community in New Jersey
LOPATCONG, N.J. — Larken Associates has completed construction of Autumn Ridge, a 198-unit multigenerational community in Lopatcong, located along the Pennsylvania border from Allentown. The 10-building community features 148 garden- and garage-style multifamily units alongside Horizons at Autumn Ridge, an age-restricted building with 50 units reserved for the active adult community. Construction began in 2019, and the project is Larken Associates’ largest to date. The community was 100 percent occupied upon opening. “Our multifamily development philosophy is based on a recognition that today’s apartment residents increasingly represent a broad cross-generational …
Benchmark Begins 20-Unit Assisted Living Expansion at Meadow Ridge in Redding, Connecticut
REDDING, Conn. — Benchmark Senior Living has started construction of a new assisted living neighborhood at Meadow Ridge, a continuing care retirement community in Redding, approximately 40 miles northeast of New York City. With an anticipated opening date of early 2022, the new assisted living neighborhood will feature 20 one- and two-bedroom apartments capable of serving up to 28 residents. In addition, it will offer a restaurant-style dining room, recreation room, living area, card room and parlor, library and two secure outdoor patios. It will occupy two floors in the …
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Anthem Memory Care has neared completion of Cascade Creek, a memory care development in Rochester. The project will be Anthem’s 12th and its first in Minnesota. The company says the number of people with memory care in the state is expected to rise by more than 20 percent by 2025. Cascade Creek features 45 suites that can accommodate 50 residents in a two-story building. The property is scheduled to open this summer.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Wohlsen Construction and Sunrise Senior Living have broken ground on Sunrise of Livingston, an assisted living and memory care community in Livingston, approximately 20 miles west of downtown Manhattan. The 86,285 square foot community will feature 103 units upon completion. Other project partners include PWC Construction Management and Lantz-Boggio Architects.
CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged $43 million in financing for the construction of a Class A active adult community in Chicago. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen of CBRE Senior Housing partnered with CBRE Chicago’s Debt and Structured Finance professionals John Parrett and Peter Marino to arrange the financing. The five-year loan features 42 months of interest-only payments. A national bank provided the funds. Further details on the property and borrower were not disclosed.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — KeyBank has funded a $37.5 million financing package for Community Preservation Partners (CPP) and Hampstead Development Partners, which will use the funds to acquire and renovate an affordable seniors housing property in New Haven. Originally built in 1973, Fairbank Apartments, a Section 8 property on one acre of land, consists of 121 units (106 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom) and one ground-level retail bay in a nine-story building. KeyBank operates a branch out of the retail space. The property will have a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract …