SOUTHBURY, Conn. — Monarch Communities has acquired The Hearth at Southbury in the western New Haven County municipality of Southbury. The community offers 96 independent living/assisted living apartments and 34 memory care apartments in the heart of downtown Southbury. Once the acquisition is finalized, Monarch plans to make capital improvements to upgrade and refresh resident apartments, as well as common areas throughout the community. The community will also be renamed Motif by Monarch.
WORCESTER, Mass. — Ziegler has arranged $85.5 million in bond financing for Ascentria Care Alliance, a Worcester-based skilled nursing operator. The bonds will support three of the borrower’s facilities: Quaboag Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, featuring 147 skilled nursing beds. Lutheran Home of Southbury (LHS) in Southbury, Connecticut, featuring 120 skilled nursing beds and 14 assisted living units. Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Worcester, featuring 107 skilled nursing beds and 43 rest home care beds. Proceeds of the bonds issued through the National Finance …
FARMINGTON, Conn., CHELSEA, Mass. and OREGON — The M&T Realty Capital Corp. (MTRCC) Seniors Housing Team has provided three financing transactions for seniors housing communities totaling $36 million. In the first transaction, M&T provided a $7.1 million FHA-insured loan for the refinance of a 73-unit assisted living facility located in Farmington. The loan was completed under the 232/223(a)(7) program. In the second transaction, M&T provided a $11.4 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a 95-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Southern Oregon. In the final transaction, …
REDDING, Conn. — Benchmark Senior Living has started construction of a new assisted living neighborhood at Meadow Ridge, a continuing care retirement community in Redding, approximately 40 miles northeast of New York City. With an anticipated opening date of early 2022, the new assisted living neighborhood will feature 20 one- and two-bedroom apartments capable of serving up to 28 residents. In addition, it will offer a restaurant-style dining room, recreation room, living area, card room and parlor, library and two secure outdoor patios. It will occupy two floors in the …
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — KeyBank has funded a $37.5 million financing package for Community Preservation Partners (CPP) and Hampstead Development Partners, which will use the funds to acquire and renovate an affordable seniors housing property in New Haven. Originally built in 1973, Fairbank Apartments, a Section 8 property on one acre of land, consists of 121 units (106 one-bedroom and 15 two-bedroom) and one ground-level retail bay in a nine-story building. KeyBank operates a branch out of the retail space. The property will have a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract …
REDDING, Conn. — Benchmark Senior Living has become part owner and the operator of Meadow Ridge, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Redding, approximately 55 miles northeast of Manhattan. Affiliates of Senior Care Development, the community’s original developers, will retain majority ownership. Set on 136 acres, Meadow Ridge is Connecticut’s largest retirement community offering independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation on one campus. It opened in 2001 and features 415 apartment homes and employs more than 300 associates. Benchmark owns and operates 63 independent living, assisted living, …
BROOKFIELD, Conn. — Live Oak Bank has provided a $24.9 million loan for the construction of an assisted living and memory care community in Brookfield, approximately midway between Hartford and New York City. Columbia Pacific Real Estate Fund III is the borrower. Situated on 4.1 acres, the community will feature 91 assisted living units and 36 memory care units in a 105,000-square-foot building. Leisure Care will be the operator upon opening.
CONNECTICUT — Carnegie Capital has arranged $24.5 million in financing for the construction of a 130-bed assisted living and memory care community in Connecticut. The lenders are a national, healthcare-focused bank and a participating regional bank. The borrower is a national healthcare development fund and its national operating partner. Further details on the community were not disclosed. JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital sourced and structured the loan, which features a 4 percent interest rate.
CONNECTICUT — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged a new lease for a 66-bed skilled nursing facility in Connecticut that was no longer in operation. Blueprint represented the landlord, a REIT. The new operator will transform the property into an addiction recovery center.
EAST HAVEN, Conn. — WinnCompanies has opened The Tyler, a mixed-income apartment community for seniors in East Haven, a suburb of New Haven. The project, a redevelopment of the 84-year-old former East Haven High School building, will be the first historic adaptive reuse project in the United States to meet the industry’s strictest standards for energy performance, according to WinnCompanies. The three-story property, 104,871-square-foot property features 70 apartments for individuals age 55 and older. The property was recently named as the nation’s Best Overall Development and Green Building of the …