ATLANTA — Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed House Bill 987, adjusting the state laws for assisted living and personal care home residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Republican state representatives Sharon Cooper and Brian Strickland co-sponsored the bill. Under the new laws, seniors housing communities will be required to pass a slew of state certification and licensing requirements. The bill defines personal care homes as any community that provides housing, food service and personal services such as medication administration or assistance with activities of daily living. Assisted living and large …
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ROME, Ga. — Greenbrier Development has opened the first units at The Spires at Berry College, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Rome. The property, first announced in 2018, is located on the campus of Berry College, a private liberal arts school approximately 60 miles northwest of Atlanta. The first 55 apartment units, as well as 26 freestanding cottage homes, are now accepting residents. The community will feature 144 apartments upon full build-out, and the units are 70 percent pre-sold. The Berry College Board of Trustees conceived of the …
MADISON, Ga. — Vitality Living has formed a development partnership with Hillpointe LLC to build Vitality Living Madison, which is currently under construction. Upon full build-out, the project will feature 332 units of seniors housing in Madison, a small city approximately 60 miles east of Atlanta. Located on 73 acres, Vitality Living Madison will be built in phases. Phase I features a mix of two-bedroom independent living villas and one-bedroom apartments, as well as amenities such as a fitness center. Phase II will add assisted living and memory care units …
Hunt’s $166M Herndon Square Mixed-Use Project in Downtown Atlanta to Include Affordable Seniors Housing
by Jeff Shaw
ATLANTA — Hunt Development Group has started construction of Phase I of Herndon Square, a 12-acre, mixed-use project in downtown Atlanta. Upon full build-out, the project will feature 700 residential units, 40,000 square feet of retail space and 20,000 square feet of community space open to the general public. The site is located on Northside Drive, approximately one mile north of Mercedes-Benz Arena, Philips Arena, Centennial Olympic Park and the other attractions in the heart of the city. The project, a redevelopment of the former Herndon Homes affordable community, will …
ROSWELL, DUNWOODY and MARIETTA, Ga. — Macallan Works has completed the renovation of three Phoenix Senior Living facilities in Roswell, Dunwoody and Marietta, all suburbs of Atlanta. Macallan Works modernized the front entry, reception area, dining areas and gathering spaces of all three facilities. The location in Marietta also included a bistro area makeover totaling about 33,000 square feet. Macallan Works had to account for the increased susceptibility of seniors to getting and spreading COVID-19, and through its renovation plans was able to allow for increased social distancing of community …
CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a Chicago-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of six seniors housing communities in three states. The seller, Invesque, was seeking an exit from its joint venture portfolio of Royal Senior Care properties. One community in Florida was sold to a third-party buyer, while a Georgia community was sold to Royal Senior Care. The remaining four communities, all located in South Carolina, went to an existing portfolio partner of Royal Senior Care with a strong presence in the state. The prices and specific …
MACON, Ga. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and its equity partners, Peninsula Alternative Real Estate and Corecam Capital Partners, have broken ground on Watercrest Macon Assisted Living and Memory Care in Macon. The community will feature 76 assisted living and 22 memory care units. Renasant Bank provided financing, while EMJ Corp. is building the property. Watercrest Macon is located within the Providence at Bass development. The prosperous area offers high-end residential, retail and dining establishments, as well as diverse cultural and entertainment venues. Watercrest Macon is scheduled to welcome residents …
ROSWELL, Ga. — Phoenix Senior Living, a developer and operator based in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, has launched its Healthcare Partnership Program, using three of its seniors housing facilities to take in seniors who have tested positive for COVID-19 but do not require 24-hour nursing care. The idea of the program is to offer relief to Atlanta-area hospitals, opening beds that allow those healthcare providers to focus on critically ill patients. Currently three Phoenix communities are accepting non-critical, coronavirus-positive seniors. The incoming patients are being placed in designated areas …
STONECREST, Ga. — McShane Construction Co. has broken ground on Stonepointe, a 238-unit affordable seniors housing community in Stonecrest, approximately 15 miles east of Atlanta. Dominium is developing the four-story building on an 11.3-acre site. Construction is scheduled for completion in July 2021. Units are reserved for residents over age 55 meeting income maximums. “There’s a nationwide shortage of affordable housing that extends into the senior living market,” says Scott Hoppa, senior vice president of McShane’s Southeast region. Units will be offered in one- to three-bedroom configurations with one-, 1.5- …
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. — Summit Contracting Group has started construction of The Canopy at Boynton Ridge, an assisted living and memory care community n Fort Oglethorpe, just across the state border from Chattanooga, Tennessee. The community will feature 64 units in a two-story, 49,697-square-foot building. building, Construction is scheduled for completion in January 2021. The developer is Rimrock Cos. and the architect is Group 4 Design Inc.