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Watercrest Senior Living Group Hires Alexander Powell as Executive Director of Community in East Lake, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

EAST LAKE, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired Alexander Powell as executive director of Market Street Memory Care Residence East Lake. Located in the Tampa suburb of East Lake, the community is a 64-unit memory care community. Powell has served as a sales director and executive director in The Villages in Central Florida. With an MBA from Saint Leo University, Powell had plans to pursue a legal career. But, as the eldest son of a pastor and nurse, he felt a passion for community service. After caring for …

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Joint Venture Unveils Plans for Watersound Fountains Independent Living in Panama City Beach, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — A joint venture between The St. Joe Company, Watermark Retirement Communities and BRW Origins LLC has released plans for Watersound Fountains, a 148-unit independent living community in Panama City Beach. The four-story property will be part of the Watersound Origins development in the waterfront vacation destination located on Florida’s panhandle. The planned community is currently under development adjacent to Watersound Town Center and a future Publix supermarket. Watermark will be the operator. “This extraordinary location will offer our residents easy access to natural coastal beauty, …

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Ziegler Arranges $115.6M Bond Financing for Vicar’s Landing CCRC Expansion in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ziegler has arranged $115.6 million in bond financing for Vicar’s Landing, a continuing care retirement community in Ponte Vedra Beach, approximately 20 miles southeast of Jacksonville. Vicar’s Landing was developed in 1983. It sits on a 24.3-acre site within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community. The larger master-planned Sawgrass community features four adjacent golf clubs, TPC Sawgrass, the Sawgrass Marriott Resort, a shopping center and other residential and recreational amenities. Vicar’s Landing features 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living apartments and 60 …

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Alta Senior Living Buys 175-Unit Waterside Landing Community in South Florida, Plans $6.5M Renovation

by Jeff Shaw

MARGATE, Fla. — Alta Senior Living has acquired Waterside Landing, a 175-unit independent and assisted living community in Margate, approximately 40 miles north of Miami. Alta will both own and operate the property. The seller and price were not disclosed. Over the next 12 months, Alta Senior Living plans to invest another $6.5 million in renovation capital to further enhance the community and convert 22 units on the first floor from assisted living to secured memory care. “Waterside Landing is exactly the type of acquisition opportunity we’re seeking right now,” …

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Swerdlow Group Breaks Ground on $300M Sawyer’s Walk Mixed-Use Development in Miami

by Jeff Shaw

MIAMI — Swerdlow Group has broken ground on Sawyer’s Walk, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood that will include 250,000 square feet of retail space below 578 apartments designated for low-income seniors. Swerdlow Group is collaborating with the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on the $300 million project. Swerdlow Group and its partners, Delray Beach, Fla.-based SJM Partners and Miami-based Alben Duffie, acquired the 3.4-acre property at 249 NW 6th St. from the Community Redevelopment Agency for $10 million. Construction is scheduled for completion in …

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CBRE Arranges $78M Refinancing for Community in Miami

by Jeff Shaw

MIAMI — CBRE has arranged $78 million in financing for an upscale seniors housing community near the University of Miami. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE Senior Housing arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with full-term interest-only payments. A debt fund provided the capital, which refinances existing debt. Further details on the property were not disclosed.

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Validus Opens 127-Unit Alura Community in Rockledge, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

ROCKLEDGE, Fla. — Validus Senior Living has opened the doors on Alura by Inspired Living, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rockledge, a coastal city east of Orlando. Situated on 11.3 acres, the 113,935-square-foot building will feature a total of 127 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Alura by Inspired Living is part of an ongoing relationship between Tampa-based operator Validus and developer Premium Edge LLC. “Inspired Living” is the upscale brand of Validus.

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LifeStar Living Acquires Site in St. Petersburg, Florida for $125M Development

by Jeff Shaw

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — LifeStar Living has acquired a site in St. Petersburg for development of The Manhattan St. Petersburg, a seniors housing community. Neighboring the Gulf of Mexico and Boca Ciega Bay, the resort-style community will be situated in the heart of St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District. The property will feature 80 condo-style residences ranging from 1,050 to 2,600 square feet, with assisted living and home health services available. Development costs are estimated at $125 million. At the helm of this innovative project are LifeStar’s co-founders, elite sports agent …

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JLL Negotiates Sale of Five-Property Portfolio in Southeast Florida for $64M

by Jeff Shaw

DELRAY BEACH, BOYNTON BEACH, BOCA RATON, COCONUT CREEK and VERO BEACH, Fla. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $64 million sale of a five-property seniors housing portfolio with properties located throughout Southeast Florida. JLL represented an undisclosed seller to complete the sale to an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC. JLL is also working on the buyer’s behalf to secure the acquisition financing. Florida-based Sonata Senior Living has operated the communities for more than three years and will continue to manage the properties going forward. The portfolio includes five …

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Carrfour Supportive Housing Opens $15.3M LGBTQ-Friendly Community in Wilton Manors, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Carrfour Supportive Housing, Florida’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer, has teamed up with The Pride Center, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit LGBTQ+ community centers, to complete The Residences at Equality Park, an LGBTQ-focused supportive housing community. The $15.3 million, 48-unit, four-story development is located on The Pride Center’s Equality Park campus just north of Fort Lauderdale in the city of Wilton Manors. The community provides permanent affordable housing coupled with on-site supportive services for low-income residents over age 55 living with disabling conditions such as …

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