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Merchants Capital Arranges $18M Loan for Renovations at Mannie Wilson Towers in Harlem

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — The New York office of mortgage banking company Merchants Capital has arranged an $18.2 million Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Fannie Mae Risk Share loan for Mannie Wilson Towers, a historic affordable housing development located in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Located in the former Sydenham Hospital, Mannie Wilson Towers provides 102 one- and two-bedroom units of restricted-income housing for seniors. As part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 202 program, units are restricted to residents 62 years of age and older …

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Developers, Capital Providers Seek Creative Solutions for New Projects

by Jeff Shaw

Development activity in the seniors housing sector has slowed greatly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. New construction as a percentage of existing inventory fell from a high of 7.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 to 4.9 percent in the first quarter of 2021, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). This deceleration is due to a combination of factors: Occupancy hit record lows, meaning new product wasn’t needed; Lenders became very hesitant to loan on new, ground-up construction; Construction material costs …

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Ziegler Arranges $39.3M Bond Financing for Londonderry Village in Palmyra, Pennsylvania

by Jeff Shaw

PALMYRA, Pa. — Ziegler has arranged $39.3 million in bond financing for Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. The funds will be used to finance an expansion project at Londonderry Village, a seniors housing community in Palmyra, a small borough near Harrisburg. The 146-acre campus features 374 independent living units, 38 personal care units and 88 skilled nursing beds. The expansion includes developing a 40-acre tract of farmland at the southern boundary of the campus, and will add 35 new independent living units along with a model home, sales office and clubhouse. …

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Solvere Nears Completion of Sunscape Daytona Beach in Florida

by Jeff Shaw

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Solvere Living has opened the sales center at Sunscape Daytona Beach, an 85-unit seniors housing community in Daytona Beach, located along the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Orlando. Upon completion, scheduled for late this year, the community will feature 65 assisted living units and 20 memory care units. Solvere Living, the operations management division of St. Petersburg-based Solutions Advisors Group (SAG), will be the operator. Protea Capital Partners is the owner and developer. Irwin Partners Architects designed the community.

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Capitol Seniors Housing Breaks Ground on 87-Unit Project in Evesham Township, New Jersey

by Jeff Shaw

EVESHAM TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Capitol Seniors Housing has broken ground on Arbor Terrace Marlton, a project in Evesham Township near Philadelphia that will consist of 60 assisted living apartments and 27 memory care units. The 76,500-square-foot community will be located near several major medical facilities and will offer amenities such as a private dining area, theater, bistro, hair salon, lounges and outdoor amenity spaces with artwork and a pond. Meyer Senior Living Studio is designing the project, and IMC Construction is the general contractor. The opening is scheduled for early …

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Aegis Living Opens Bellevue Overlake Community Near Seattle

by Jeff Shaw

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Aegis Living has opened Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake, located in the city of Bellevue where the company is headquartered. The community features 122 senior living apartments in the 106,000-square-foot-building. Its opening follows Aegis Living’s joint acquisition of 10 communities across California, Washington, and Nevada. Aegis has eight additional communities under development, including communities in Kirkland and the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle. Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake is the first community Aegis Living has designed to be fully centered in the scientific benefits of biophilia and the innate connection …

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American House Receives Financing for Senior Living Project in Oak Park, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

OAK PARK, Ill. — American House Senior Living Communities has received financing for its latest senior living project in Oak Park, eight miles west of downtown Chicago. American House Oak Park will be a seven-story seniors housing community featuring 76 independent living, 66 assisted living and 35 memory care units. Expected to open fall 2022, demolition work was completed in late February and construction began in March. American House will operate the community upon completion.

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Alliance Residential Breaks Ground on 237-Unit High-Rise in Downtown Portland

by Jeff Shaw

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alliance Residential has started construction on Holden of Pearl, a 16-story seniors housing community in the Pearl District of downtown Portland. The 237-unit community will offer apartments for rent that cater to residents seeking both independent and assisted living, while also reserving a separate, private community for memory care residents. The asset includes 28,000 square feet of indoor amenity space. Milestone Retirement Communities will operate the property upon completion. Although a development cost was not disclosed, CBRE arranged a $103 million construction loan for the project. Aron …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentNewsPennsylvania

Grace Inspired Ministries Plans for Sellersville Affordable Senior Apartments in Telford, Pennsylvania

by Jeff Shaw

TELFORD, Pa. — Grace Inspired Ministries (GIM), along with development partner Leon N. Weiner Associates Inc. (LNWA), has unveiled plans for Sellersville Senior Apartments, an affordable housing community in Telford, approximately 30 miles north of Philadelphia. The community will feature 50 apartments, eight of which will be dedicated as supportive housing. “Sellersville Senior Apartments will bring much needed affordable and supportive housing to an area with a growing cost of living and a very limited supply of high-quality, cost-effective, rental housing for seniors,” says Dan McKee, president and CEO of …

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InterFace Panel: Developers Continue to Build Projects through Pandemic

by Jeff Shaw

The seniors housing industry has had a rough ride through the COVID-19 pandemic. First-quarter occupancy clocked in at a record-low 78.8 percent, a drop of 870 basis points from the year prior, according to NIC MAP Data, Powered by NIC MAP Vision. But seniors housing is a needs-based product, and most industry professionals expect a strong rebound. As a result, new construction projects are starting to make a comeback in preparation for pent-up demand. That was the topic of discussion during “The Power Panel: CEOs Discuss the State of Development” …

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