SARASOTA, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired Collin Baranick as executive director of Watercrest Sarasota Senior Living Community in Sarasota, a 198-unit community scheduled to open this summer. Baranick entered the senior living industry in 2010 as care manager on the nursing floor of a large senior living provider. He later transitioned to a wellness director role, where he improved community culture, staff training and quality assurance. Baranick most recently served as executive director, opening two senior living communities from ground up in South Carolina and Florida. When …
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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $22.2M Sale of The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard in Stuart, Florida
by Jeff Shaw
STUART, Fla. — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets has arranged the sale of The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard, a seniors housing community in Stuart, approximately 100 miles north of Miami. Sentio Investments sold the asset to an affiliate of Waypoint Real Estate Investments for $22.2 million. Arrow Senior Living will continue to operate the community The Pointe at Ocean Boulevard features 150 units of independent living near the city’s waterfront and downtown areas. The property was built in 1986 and recently renovated. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved …
PALM COAST, Fla. — Atlantic Housing Partners has opened Central Landings Senior Living, a $14.8 million affordable seniors housing community in Palm Coast. The 83-unit facility is reserved for those 62 years of age and older earning between 40 and 80 percent of the area median income. The community is situated within the Palm Coast Town Center, a master-planned development that will include up to 2,500 multifamily units, 1.4 million square feet of office space and 3.4 million square feet of commercial space, including a movie theater and a hotel. …
OSPREY, Fla. — Gates Construction has been contracted to build Aravilla Osprey, a seniors housing community in Osprey, approximately 60 miles south of Tampa. The community will offer independent living and assisted living. DSDG is providing design services for the project. Aravilla currently operates three seniors housing communities, all located along the Gulf Coast of Florida.
NAPLES, Fla. — Gates Construction has completed The Pineapple House at Sapphire Lakes, a seniors housing community in Naples. Senior Care Residence Sapphire Lakes at Naples LLC and its partners own and operate the property. The two-story, 115,381-square-foot asset features 127 units of assisted living and memory care. Partners on the project include Michael Kerner, Development Consulting LLC, Phoenix Associates of South Florida Inc., IAK Florida Design LLC, Ulrike Kerner and Lotus Architecture.
NAPLES, Fla. — Moorings Park Institute Inc. and London Bay Development Group have opened the first phase of Moorings Park Grande Lake, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Naples. Located on 55 acres along the Naples Grande Golf Course, the first phase of development included three buildings totaling 47 units, all but three of which were pre-sold. Entrance fees start at $1.5 million and are 70 percent refundable, and golf club membership is included. “This has been a very unusual time to open a new community. Truthfully, we thought …
CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a Chicago-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of a skilled nursing portfolio totaling over 400 units. Three of the facilities are located in Central Florida, and the fourth is in Kentucky. The properties were operating at a loss despite occupancy over 80 percent and combined revenues of over $28.5 million. A REIT sold the properties to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — LV Lending, a local private lender, has provided a $4.2 million refinancing for a 7.7-acre vacant site in Cape Canaveral, along Florida’s Atlantic coast east of Orlando. The borrower, Danny Ringdahl of La Casa Canaveral LLC, plans to build a four-stor, 248-bed assisted living and memory care community on the site. Camilo Niño, Ricardo Uribe and Alen Hernandez of LV Lending arranged the financing. Hart Advisors Group was the broker.
VENICE, Fla. — Stevens Construction has completed a renovation of The Lofts, a five-story, 80,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care building within Village On The Isle, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Venice. Renovations were done floor by floor to minimize impact on residents. Stevens replaced interior finishes, improved the façade and reworked the unit floor plan options. Stevens Construction also replaced the plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems of the 35-year-old building. The Stevens Construction team included Dan Adams, Jon Zander, Mark Battaglia and Sue Ziegenfus. RLPS Architects provided …
Wendover Housing Partners Plans $15.9M Norton Commons Affordable Community Near Orlando
by Jeff Shaw
SANFORD, Fla. — Wendover Housing Partners has unveiled plans for Norton Commons, an affordable seniors housing community in Sanford, a suburb of Orlando. Wendover recently acquired a 4.3-acre site for the new community, with plans to break ground as early as mid-March. The three-story building will offer 68 apartments. Rent for Norton Commons apartments are expected to start at $708 per month for one-bedroom units and $837 per month for two-bedroom units. Norton Commons will cost an estimated $15.9 million to develop. Financing includes $1.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax …