MIAMI — Live Oak Bank has provided a $22 million loan for the construction of medical office building MedSquare Place and independent living community The Contemporary, both located in the Westchester submarket of Miami. The development team consists of Miami-based commercial real estate owners AJP Ventures and Mas Group along with equity partner OCTA. Bruce Gibson, principal with Senior Capital Advisors, arranged the financing. MedSquare Place will expand the MedSquare brand’s footprint of healthcare real estate and complement the existing MedSquare Health building near Baptist Hospital of Miami. MedSquare Place’s …
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Watercrest names Loresa Smith as Executive Director of Community in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
by Jeff Shaw
SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired Loresa Smith as executive director of Watercrest Santa Rosa Beach Assisted Living and Memory Care in Santa Rosa Beach, located on the Florida Panhandle. EMJ is currently building the 107-unit community, which is scheduled to open this fall. Smith has served in the healthcare industry for over 14 years, with five years of specialized sales and marketing experience.
Winter Park Prepares to Open 90-Unit Georgetown Square Affordable Community in Sanford, Florida
by Jeff Shaw
SANFORD, Fla. — Winter Park Construction is nearing completion of Georgetown Square Apartments, a 90-unit affordable seniors housing community in Sanford, a suburb of Orlando. Redding Development Partners is developer on the project and the architect is Slocum Platts Architects. Partners include the Sanford Housing Authority and Gardner Capital. The 3.2-acre site formerly housed Redding Gardens, a public housing property. Of these apartments, 28 will be project-based Section 8 units, and the remainder will be reserved for residents earning 60 percent of area median income. The project received a 9 …
Winter Park Construction Breaks Ground on $23M Madison Landing Affordable Community in Orlando
by Jeff Shaw
ORLANDO, Fla. — Winter Park Construction has broken ground on Madison Landing, an affordable seniors housing community in Orlando. Development partners American Residential Communities and New South Residential paid $1.3 million for 5.4 acres of land for the project. The first phase will be a 77,473-square-foot, seven-story building totaling 110 units. Development costs for Phase I are estimated at $23 million. Completion of Phase I is scheduled for September 2021. A second phase, not yet approved, would add 86 more units. The developers are pursuing future funding from Florida Housing …
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Greystar Real Estate Partners is developing Overture Hamlin, an active adult community in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. The apartment community will feature 110 one-bedroom and 70 two-bedroom units, plus 9,000 square feet of amenities. It is locate along Lake Hancock, nearby to both Walt Disney World and a variety of healthcare providers, including Orlando Health and AdventHealth Orlando facilities. Greystar expects to complete construction in summer 2021.
Grace Management Takes Over Operations of Sumter Senior Living in The Villages, Florida
by Jeff Shaw
THE VILLAGES, Fla. — Grace Management is now the new operator of Sumter Senior Living, a seniors housing community within the master-planned The Villages age-restricted community, located approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando. Sumter features 298 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Residents have access to the amenities offered by the larger The Villages community. The property’s owner is Kayne Anderson Real Estate.
VIERA and PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — RangeWater Real Estate is preparing to open its first two active adult communities under its new Olea brand. The properties are Olea at Viera near Orlando and Olea at Nocatee in Ponte Vedra, a suburb of Jacksonville. The new Olea brand is designed for empty nesters looking to lead an active and social lifestyle with the convenience and freedom of apartment living. The two projects are located 140 miles apart on Florida’s east coast and mark the start of RangeWater’s age-targeted housing expansion across …
Housing Trust Group Breaks Ground on $22M Valencia Grove Affordable Community in Florida
by Jeff Shaw
EUSTIS, Fla. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on Valencia Grove II, a 110-unit affordable seniors housing community in Eustis, approximately 30 miles northwest of Orlando. The project is the second phase of the Valencia Grove project, which has already delivered 144 affordable apartments. Units are reserved for residents over 62 years old who earn 22 percent, 35 percent and 60 percent of local area median income (AMI). Rents range from $286 to $937 per month. Development costs for Phase II were estimated at $22 million. The project …
FRESNO, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living has hired Heidi Setty as executive director and Miya Prosser as health services director of Oakmont of Fresno in Fresno. Setty has been an administrator for more than two decades. She had oversight for 15 communities as a financial consultant as well. Prosser started her nursing career while in high school as she comes from a family of nurses. She was a CNA and then became a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). She has a wide range of experience from working in skilled nursing to …
Pasquale Kuritzky Receives Certificate of Occupancy for 120-Unit Affordable Community in Hollywood, Florida
by Jeff Shaw
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Pasquale Kuritzky Architecture Inc. has received the certificate of occupancy for Pinnacle at Peacefield, an affordable seniors housing community in Hollywood, approximately 18 miles north of downtown Miami. The community, named after the ancestral home of John Adams, is part of a redevelopment of the South Dixie Highway corridor on land assembled by the City of Hollywood and its Community Redevelopment Agency. The community features 120 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom residences across three buildings. Pinnacle at Peacefield is the seventh project that Pasquale Kuritzky Architecture …