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De-Risking Elevator Emergencies: Why Senior Living Facilities Need Modern Elevator Communication Solutions

by Sarah Daniels

Any property owner knows the headaches that arise when an elevator malfunctions. In senior living facilities, such problems have the potential to escalate into a crisis very quickly. Emergency communications in senior care facilities are vitally important, not only to protect the health and safety of residents and visitors but also to minimize disruptions to staffing resources. If there is an emergency, that call has to go somewhere. In senior living facilities, that destination is often the nursing station. “We consistently hear about nursing shortages, with staff being pulled in …

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Chicago Pacific Founders Sells Seniors Housing Portfolio to Ventas For $725M

by Channing Hamilton

CHICAGO — Chicago Pacific Founders has sold a 20-property seniors housing portfolio to Ventas for $725 million. JLL brokered the all-cash transaction. The portfolio comprises communities in the Sun Belt, Northeast and Midwest markets. Roughly two-thirds of the properties are independent living communities, with the remainder of the assets falling into the categories of assisted living and memory care. The communities are spread across 14 states including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Chicago Pacific Founders owned the portfolio properties in …

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The Lodge at Greeley in Greeley, Colorado
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JLL Brokers $30M Sale of Colorado Seniors Housing Portfolio 

by Channing Hamilton

GRAND JUNCTION AND GREELEY, Colo. — JLL has brokered the $30 million sale of a seniors housing portfolio located in Colorado. The portfolio comprises two private pay communities — The Lodge at Greeley and The Lodge at Grand Junction — totaling 140 units. Bow River Capital sold the properties to an undisclosed buyer. JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.  Delivered in 2020, The Lodge at Greeley in Greeley offers 92 residences, with 20 independent living units, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units in studio and …

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Thrive at Montvale in Montvale, New Jersey
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Mesa West Capital Provides $57M Loan to Refinance Senior Living Community in Northern New Jersey

by Channing Hamilton

MONTVALE, N.J. — Mesa West Capital has provided a joint venture entity with a $57 million loan to refinance Thrive at Montvale, a 203-unit seniors housing community in Montvale, an affluent New York City suburb located 30 miles north of the city. The joint venture is comprised of AEW Capital Management, Thrive Senior Living and Pike Construction. The five-year, floating-rate loan is secured by the 11.5-acre community built in 2022 by Thrive, an Atlanta-based senior living development and investment firm, and Pike, a New Jersey-based developer and general contractor. Thrive at Montvale is …

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The Goldton at Venice in Nokomis, Florida
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Upscale Senior Living Community Near Sarasota, Florida, Shelters 200 Hurricane Evacuees

by Channing Hamilton

NOKOMIS, Fla. — The Goldton at Venice — a seniors housing community located in Nokomis, roughly 20 miles south of Sarasota — recently sheltered 200 individuals during Hurricane Milton. Located in a non-flood zone approximately two miles from Sarasota Memorial Hospital, the community hosted staff, family members and loved ones of residents and evacuees from Venice Island and flood zones. Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday, Oct. 9, with most of the guests departing the community by the following Friday, Oct. 11. Totaling 167 apartments, The Goldton at Venice offers 114 independent …

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Live Oak Bank Provides $47.5M Bridge Loan for Seniors Housing Community in Metro Seattle

by Channing Hamilton

SILVERDALE, Wash. — Live Oak Bank has provided a $47.5 million bridge loan for the financing of an undisclosed seniors housing community located in Silverdale, roughly 25 miles northwest (approximately 70 miles by vehicle) of Seattle. Built in 2022, the property comprises 172 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The borrower is a Florida-based owner of seniors housing communities. The financing features a three-year initial term and 24 months of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds were used to retire the existing debt, with $4 million in potential future earnout proceeds.

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The Manhattan-St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg, Florida
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Ziegler Arranges $29.4M in Bond Financing for Planned Continuing Care Retirement Community in St. Petersburg, Florida

by Channing Hamilton

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Ziegler has arranged $29.4 million in bond financing for Convivial St. Petersburg LLC, which plans to develop a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) on a 5.2-acre site in St. Petersburg.  The Series 2024 Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes are comprised of $23.4 million of tax-exempt Series 2024A Notes sold publicly to institutional investors, and $6 million of subordinate tax-exempt and taxable notes purchased by an affiliate of the developer and manager of the project. The borrower will use the proceeds of the revenue bond anticipation notes to fund …

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Modena Reserve in Washington, D.C.
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Mesa West Provides $114M in First-Mortgage Debt to Refinance Two Seniors Housing Communities in suburbs of Philadelphia, Washington, D.C.

by Channing Hamilton

MALVERN, Pa., and KENSINGTON, Md. — Mesa West Capital has provided AEW Capital Management LP with $114.6 million in first-mortgage debt across two loans to refinance the seniors housing communities of Echo Lake in Malvern and Modena Reserve at Kensington in Kensington. Terms of the loans were not disclosed. AEW delivered the 250-unit Echo Lake to the market in 2020 alongside joint venture partner Sage Senior Living Inc., which operates the community. Located about 27 miles northwest of Philadelphia in Malvern, Echo Lake offers a mix of independent and assisted …

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Monark Grove Greystone in Birmingham, Alabama
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Atlas Senior Living Adds Two Alabama Communities to Management Portfolio

by Channing Hamilton

MADISON and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Atlas Senior Living has assumed management of two communities in northern Alabama: Monark Grove Madison in Madison and Monark Grove Greystone in Birmingham. KIRCO, a national commercial real estate development and investment firm based in Troy, Mich., built and owns the communities. KIRCO is also a partner with Atlas at the Legacy Reserve at Fritz Farm community in Lexington, Ky. “Our experience working together in Kentucky has set a high bar, and we look forward to continuing to redefine the senior living experience through our …

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Senior Resource Group Acquires Fountainview at Gonda in Los Angeles, Renames Property

by Channing Hamilton

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Senior Resource Group (SRG), a developer and operator of luxury senior living communities, has assumed ownership and operation of Fountainview at Gonda in Playa Vista, a neighborhood in the Westside area of Los Angeles. The property was previously owned and operated by Los Angeles Jewish Health (LAJHealth). SRG is renaming the community Avocet Playa Vista. A continuing care retirement community, Avocet Playa Vista offers independent living, assisted living, memory care and integrated healthcare, including rehabilitative therapies. Residents own a long-term contract for care and services in a well-appointed private …

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