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2Life Communities Names Jeff Sacks as Chairman of the Board

by Jeff Shaw

BOSTON — 2Life Communities, a Boston-based developer, owner and operator, has named Jeff Sacks as the company’s chairman of the board. He replaces Donna Kalikow, who will continue to serve on the board. Sacks, a partner with Nixon Peabody, is a community development attorney who represents for-profit and nonprofit developers of affordable and seniors housing. Through his work with public housing authorities, he has helped to transform outdated public housing projects in the state into vital communities that continue to serve their low-income residents. Sacks served as a commissioner of …

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Blueprint Brokers Sale of Two Assisted Living Communities in Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

MASSACHUSETTS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two assisted living communities totaling 195 units in Massachusetts. The properties were over 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer was a partnership between a New York-based operator and an experienced investor with a home health business in the state. Further details on the seller, price and properties were not disclosed.

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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $29.8M Construction Financing for Benchmark Community in Hanover, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

HANOVER, Mass. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team has arranged a $29.8 million loan for the construction of Benchmark of Hanover, approximately 20 miles south of Boston. The borrower is a joint venture between Benchmark Senior Living and Iron Point Partners LLC. The property will feature 97 units of assisted living and memory care. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transaction includes Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag, Jack Griffin and Joseph Carbone. “Hanover is a quintessential South Shore Boston suburb with excellent access to …

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Nauset, Anthemion Break Ground on 54-Unit Cordwainer Memory Care Community in Norwell, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

NORWELL, Mass. — Nauset Construction and Anthemion Senior Lifestyles LLC have broken ground on The Cordwainer, a memory care community in Norwell, approximately 20 miles south of Boston. The community will feature 54 units in a 50,000-square-foot building. “The Town of Norwell is an ideal location for our expansion into the South Shore area,” says Tamilyn Liesenfeld, president and CEO at Anthemion Senior Lifestyles. “There is a strong demand for lifestyle communities for adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia who need personal supportive services that provide safe, independent living.” Designed by …

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Grandbridge Brokers $19M Sale of Seniors Housing Community in Springfield, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Tampa-based Senior Housing Investment Sales team has arranged the $19 million sale of a senior living community in Springfield, located 25 miles north of Hartford, Connecticut. The community features a mix of independent living cottages, independent living apartments and assisted living units on a 40-acre campus. Allen McMurtry, Dave Kliewer and Jay Jordan represented the seller, a West Coast-based senior living investor. Qualified bidders were invited to participate in a virtual live auction of the community in late September 2020. Following more than …

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Blueprint Brokers Sale of Two Skilled Nursing Facilities in Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

LEOMINSTER and GARDNER, Mass. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Keystone Center and Wachusett Manor, skilled nursing facilities located, respectively, in Leominster and Gardner. Both located north of Worcester near the New Hampshire border, Keystone Center is licensed for 106 beds while Wachusett Manor is licensed for 96 beds. Acquired as part of a larger portfolio transaction in 2016, the private equity owner and its operator partner decided to pursue a strategic exit. The buyer was an in-state ownership group and its operating partner, both …

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B’nai B’rith Housing Completes Second Phase of The Coolidge at Sudbury Affordable Community in Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

SUDBURY, Mass. — B’nai B’rith Housing has completed Phase II of construction at The Coolidge of Sudbury, an affordable housing community for seniors in Sudbury, located midway between Boston and Worcester. The project added 56 new units to the project, bringing the total number of units to 120. The rental apartments have one bedroom and are between 675 and 700 square feet. The new building includes common space and amenities, including a meeting room, library, fitness center and offices for a property manager and a resident service coordinator. Prior to …

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Elevation Financial Group Acquires Skilled Nursing Facility on Cape Cod for $4M

by Jeff Shaw

BREWSTER, Mass. — Elevation Financial Group, through its Elevation Real Property Fund VII, has acquired Wingate Residences at Brewster Place, a skilled nursing facility in the Cape Cod town of Brewster. Elevation paid $4 million for the 121,000-square-foot property. Initial construction of the facility began in 1973, with an expansion completed in 1995. The community operated as a nursing home and skilled nursing facility before ceasing operations in 2019. Elevation plans to reopen the property as an affordable senior living community, rebranded as Serenity Apartments at Brewster. “The need for …

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Truist Provides $136M in Financing for National Senior Campuses

by Jeff Shaw

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. — Truist Financial Corp. has provided a $136 million loan to National Senior Campuses, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) operator based in Wellesley Hills. The financing will be used toward five of the borrower’s communities, totaling 7,731 units in Warminster, Pennsylvania; Peabody, Massachusetts; Pompton Plains, New Jersey; Springfield, Virginia; and Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Greenspring, one of the borrower’s CCRCs in Northern Virginia, is the first affiliate that will benefit from the new debt proceeds. In total, the funding will provide $115 million toward multi-year, multi-phased …

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Benchmark Plans 19-Unit Expansion at New Pond Village in Foxboro, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

FOXBORO, Mass. — Benchmark Senior Living has announced expansion plans for New Pond Village in the Boston suburb of Foxboro. The project will add 19 assisted living units, bringing the community’s total to 36 units. The new apartments will be on the third floor, overlooking the property’s 19.4-acre campus. SEO Construction is building the project, which Udelsman Associates of Hollis designed. StudioSix5 is handling the interiors. Since Benchmark acquired New Pond Village in May 2017, it has undergone extensive renovations. In 2018, an $8 million project brought new and refreshed …

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