BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Braemar Partners has unveiled plans for Arbor Terrace Basking Ridge, an assisted living and memory care community in Basking Ridge, approximately 35 miles west of Manhattan. Groundbreaking is scheduled for later this year for completion in early 2023. When completed, the property will feature 27 assisted living apartments, 24 units for seniors in early stages of dementia and 29 units for full memory care. The Arbor Company, which operates other senior living communities in New Jersey, will operate the community when it opens. This will be …
SAN DIMAS, Calif. — Advocacy Development Partners and Frontier Management have opened The Terraces of Via Verde, a memory care community in San Dimas, approximately 25 miles east of Los Angeles. Totaling 32 units on 1.2 acres, the developers claim the property to be the first memory care-only community in San Dimas. The location is near Via Verde Park and Via Verde Plaza, a grocery-anchored shopping plaza. The asset is separated into two separate, secured, 15,000-square-foot neighborhoods with 16 units each.
RYE, N.H. — Benchmark Senior Living has completed a community enhancement initiative and rebranding of its memory care community in Rye. Evolve at Rye is now Benchmark at Rye. Benchmark purchased and began operating the community in November 2020. In addition to offering long-term residency, Benchmark at Rye is also a short-term respite care provider for those needing a break from caregiving, require extra care temporarily or a seek a trial of community living. Benchmark is looking to add traditional assisted living on the same campus.
In a July 22 Seniors Housing Business webinar titled “Invigorating the Seniors Housing Workforce: Strategies to Inspire, Engage, and Retain Talent,” panelists discussed challenges in finding and motivating employees in the senior living industry. Seniors housing communities struggled to find staff prior to COVID-19, but a combination of factors is currently exacerbating the difficulties in communities. These components include competing opportunities, government unemployment programs and safety concerns related to the pandemic. Lisa Lacy, Discovery Senior Living, explains “We are competing with organizations that we didn’t typically compete with. It’s not …
TAYLORVILLE and PARIS, Ill. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of two Life’s Journey-branded memory care communities in Taylorville and Paris, located approximately 97 miles apart in the southern portion of Illinois. Life’s Journey of Taylorville features 46 units in 25,000 square feet on a 4.2 acre plot. The community was built in 2012 and renovated in 2014. Occupancy was 69 percent at the time of sale. Life’s Journey of Paris features 23 units in a 9,200-square-foot building on 0.7 acres. The community was built in …
RICHMOND and VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two memory care communities in Richmond and Virginia Beach ProMedica acquired the assets with ownership partner Welltower for $31 million. The seller was not disclosed. The portfolio included two fully stabilized communities that boasted high occupancy and above-market rates. The Memory Center Richmond consists of 48 units and opened in 2015 while The Memory Center Virginia Beach consists of 48 units and opened in 2008.
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Grace Management, a Maple Grove-based operator, has hired Ashlea Smalley as national director of life enrichment and memory care. Smalley will provide support, inspiration and training for life enrichment and memory care to all of Grace Management’s senior living communities throughout the country. Smalley has worked in the senior living industry for 15 years in skilled nursing, primarily within memory care. In addition to her work in senior living, she has also taught as an adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University and Benedictine University in their …
FRISCO, Texas — SilverPoint Senior Living has formed a new partnership with La Fontaine Memory Care under which SilvrePoint will manage La Fontaine of Frisco in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas. “As SilverPoint is continuing to grow, we want to be strategic as we add to the portfolio of communities we manage. We truly connected on a personal level with the ownership group and both agreed that SilverPoint can add value to the La Fontaine community,” says Shawn Corzine, CEO at SilverPoint. “Paramount Healthcare’s expertise has historically focused on individuals …
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.
LAS VEGAS — Oakmont Senior Living has completed an expansion and renovation project at Oakmont of Las Vegas, which included the new construction of 31 memory care units. “Memory care is an essential part of continuity of care and important to families who don’t want to uproot their loved ones should they need to transition to this type of care,” says Melon Rivera, executive director at Oakmont of Las Vegas. The community already offered independent living and assisted living. In addition to the new memory care neighborhood, the multi-million-dollar renovation …