PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Emerson House Portland, a memory care community in Portland. The property features 29 units totaling 55 bed. It was built in 1999 and renovated in 2013, now totaling 15,000 square feet on one third of an acre. A regional owner-operator existing the industry sold the asset to an Oregon-based operator for an undisclosed price. The new owner has agreed to operate the property as a COVID recovery facility for the State of Oregon. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell …
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RYE, N.H. — Benchmark Senior Living has acquired the real estate and operations of Evolve at Rye, a 40-unit memory care community in Rye, located approximately midway between Boston and Portland, Maine. Benchmark operates 62 seniors housing communities in New England, of which 60 feature memory care services. This is the company’s sixth property in New Hampshire. “Dementia affects over 100,000 people in New Hampshire, and there are not enough resources to support Seacoast families,” says Allison Melahouris, senior vice president of operations for Benchmark’s Mind & Memory Care division. …
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Silverado has announced plans for Silverado Bellevue Memory Care Community, it’s second property in Washington State. Construction is already underway, with a planned opening in December 2020. “Having grown up on the Eastside, our expansion into Bellevue is very special to me,” says Loren Shook, Silverado’s founder, president and CEO. “Our Bellingham community has operated at near full capacity since soon after it opened in 2016, and families have made many requests that we open a location farther south.” The community is located between Lake Washington and …
COOS BAY, Ore. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Baycrest Memory Care, a 55-unit community in the coastal city of Coos Bay. A joint venture between an Oregon-based operator and its capital partner acquired the property with plans for renovations to the property. Details on the seller and price were not disclosed.
Watercrest Hires James Brassard as Executive Director of Palm Bay Memory Care in Florida
by Jeff Shaw
PALM BAY, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired James Brassard as executive director of Palm Bay Memory Care, a 72-unit memory care community approximately 70 miles southeast of Orlando. Brassard is experienced in senior living start-ups and turn-around communities and has received the FALA Sales and Marketing Director of the Year award. A combat veteran who served in both Afghanistan and Iraq, Brassard received his M.B.A. from Gulf Coast University and continues to serve his local community as a college professor.
Merrill Commercial Real Estate Negotiates Sale of 55-Unit Memory Care Community in Oregon
by Jeff Shaw
COOS BAY, Ore. — Merrill Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 55-unit memory care community in Coos Bay, located along the Pacific Coast in the southern portion of the state. The 28,000-square-foot community was vacant since 2018. It was part of a portfolio of four seniors housing properties that went into receivership in 2019. The sales price was $3 million, or $54,545 per unit. Tyler Merrill of Merrill represented the undisclosed seller, while Dan Mahoney of Blueprint Real Estate Advisors represented the undisclosed buyer.
Blueprint Arranges Sale of 48-Unit Shoreline of Clinton Memory Care Community in Connecticut
by Jeff Shaw
CLINTON, Conn. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of The Shoreline of Clinton, a 48-unit memory care community in Clinton, located on Long Island Sound east of New Haven. The community was renovated in 2015, but due to high levels of competition was still marketed as a value-add opportunity. A New York-based owner-operator acquired the property. The seller and price were not disclosed.
LITTLETON, Colo. — Anthem Memory Care has named Angie Erickson as executive director of Willowbrook Place, a memory care community in the Denver suburb of Littleton. Erickson previously worked for Leisure Care, serving as sales manager and general manager of Denver’s Carillon at Belleview Station. She has also been general manager of MacKenzie Place in Colorado Springs and Treeo, a senior living community in Utah.
Alzheimer’s Association Awards National Certificate of Recognition to Discovery’s Memory Care Program
by Jeff Shaw
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — The Alzheimer’s Association has awarded a national Certificate of Recognition to Discovery Senior Living for the company’s SHINE Memory Care program. Discovery is a seniors housing owner-operator based in Bonita Springs. The company’s portfolio totals 15 communities in 13 states. The distinction comes following a comprehensive review of the program curriculum, which uses scientific principles to promote engagement, comprehension and lifestyle quality for seniors living with dementia. Discovery is one of eight providers nationally to receive this recognition. The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations use …
ORLANDO and WINTER PARK, Fla. — Strive Senior Living, based in Orlando, has acquired Sutton Homes, based in Winter Park. Sutton Homes is a 25-year-old operator of seven seniors housing communities in Central Florida. Sutton Homes is focused on memory care, and Strive will launch a new standalone memory care brand named Sanctuary by Strive to lead the new portfolio. Strive purchased all assets of the company and will continue to operate the communities under Sutton Homes until the full rebrand to Sanctuary by Strive is completed by the end …