URBANDALE, Iowa — Essex Communities has acquired The Reserve on Walnut Creek in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines. The 121-unit independent living community is being converted by Essex from an entrance-fee model community to a rental model community and is Essex’s sixth acquisition and conversion like this over the past three years. The community will be rebranded as The Arbordale and will undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation that will update apartments and community spaces as well as expand services and amenities.
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MASON CITY, Iowa — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the $2.8 million sale of Grant Village in Mason City in northern Iowa. The 64-unit affordable seniors housing property has a Section 8 contract with HUD, meaning tenants make a monthly contribution toward rent equal to 30 percent of their adjusted income. Cody Doran and Reid Bennett of SVN brokered the sale. A private buyer purchased the asset at the full asking price. The seller was not disclosed.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of seven skilled nursing homes in Iowa. Largely located in the Des Moines metro area, the properties total approximately 550 beds. LTC Properties sold the assets to a private owner-operator for an undisclosed price. The transaction was the third of five that Blueprint is brokering for LTC, which is divesting its entire portfolio of Preferred Care-branded properties.
Confluent Senior Living Sells Three MorningStar Communities in Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, BEAVERTON, Ore., and SANTA FE, N.M. — Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Denver-based real estate investment and development firm Confluent Development, has sold three of its MorningStar-branded communities. Confluent Senior Living co-developed each community with its operating partner MorningStar Senior Living. MorningStar will maintain its role as operator for the communities. CBRE brokered the deal on behalf of Confluent Senior Living. In West Des Moines, the MorningStar at Jordan Creek community opened in March 2018. The 71,000-square-foot community provides 85 assisted living and memory care …
NEBRASKA, IOWA and KANSAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of 15 skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. Blueprint facilitated the sale in connection with the seller’s restructuring of its business arrangements with its tenant.