RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Life Care Services (LCS) has promoted Ashley Wade to executive director of Broadview – Senior Living at Purchase College. The LCS-operated, university-based retirement community is currently under construction at the Purchase College, SUNY campus in Rye Brook, located along the Connecticut border northeast of New York City. Wade will oversee and manage all operations at Broadview, including leadership for the community, direct and indirect supervision of staff, management of Broadview facilities, collaboration with Purchase College, and ensuring residents’ safety, security and satisfaction. Wade has served as …
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Castle Lanterra Active Adult, a division of Castle Lanterra, has acquired Reserve at Lakeside, a newly constructed active adult apartment complex in Newburgh. Blue Foundry Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller, price and number of units were not disclosed. This is Castle Lanterra Active Adult’s second acquisition in the age-restricted apartment sector, following its acquisition of Diamond Oaks Village in the Paradise Coast between Naples and Fort Myers, Florida. “We are extremely bullish about this sector and will continue to look to add to our portfolio,” says …
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between multifamily owner-operator Asland Capital Partners and locally based investment firm Pembroke Residential Holdings has received $100 million in financing for the development of a 154-unit affordable housing project in the Soundview neighborhood of The Bronx. Apartments will be reserved for renters age 62 and above with income levels that represent various percentages of the area median income. In addition, 30 percent of the units will be set aside for seniors who were formerly homeless. Completion of the 14-story building is scheduled for fall …
NEW YORK CITY — The Bristal Assisted Living, an owner and operator focused on Long Island and New Jersey, has opened its 23rd community, its first in the borough of Manhattan. Located at the intersection of York Avenue and 86th Street on the Upper East Side, The Bristal at York Avenue features 132 units, including 44 that offer memory care services. “New York City’s 65-plus population has increased by nearly 30 percent in the past decade,” says Faraz Kayani, regional director of operations for The Bristal. “The 1.2 million New …
NEW YORK CITY — Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has opened the doors on Pope Francis Apartments at Loreto, a 135-unit affordable seniors housing community in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood. RKTB Architects designed the community, which features a mix of units for formerly homeless seniors, independent residences and supportive housing. Built on the former site of a church, the building rises eight stories. The property is designed to match with the adjacent Baretta Apartments, which RKTB designed utilizing the firm’s Affordable Infill Prototype (AIP) design template. Pope Francis Apartments include rooftop …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $145 million in acquisition and capital improvement financing for two seniors housing portfolios. The first portfolio includes six properties throughout the Northeast, and the second comprises nine properties in the Southeast. JLL worked on behalf of the borrowers, Sculptor Real Estate and its operating partners, to secure two separate nonrecourse loans, one for each portfolio, through national banks. Each loan was fully underwritten without a syndication requirement. Additionally, JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the marketing and sale of the portfolios. …
SELDEN, N.Y. — Knighthead Funding, LLC has provided a $34.5 million loan for the construction of an active adult community in Selden, a hamlet on Long Island. The borrower is The Northwind Group. The property is fully permitted, planned and approved, but a community name was not released. Situated on 13.8 acres, the complex will feature 124 two-bedroom, two-bath units, including 36 affordable homes, in 15 two-story residential buildings. “Considering the supply/demand imbalance and the limited prospects for new construction in the area, our capital will help Northwood bring needed …
YAPHANK, N.Y. — Chelsea Senior Living has opened the assisted living and memory care expansion at The Chelsea at Brookhaven in the Long Island hamlet of Yaphank. While community’s independent living portion has been open for the past two years, the assisted living and memory care building next door recently received licensing approval from the state. The community is surrounded by residential housing, shopping, a hotel and various new builds. The number of units was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Sunrise Senior Living has opened Sunrise at East 56th, a 151-unit high-rise in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. Partners on the project included Hines and Welltower (NYSE: WELL). The asset features assisted living and memory care services. Sunrise is collaborating with Northwell Health for services at the building. The community is the first and only building in the sector to receive LEED Silver, WELL Certification at the Silver level and WELL Health-Safety Rating Seal certifications, according to Sunrise. SLCE Architects designed the building. Champalimaud …
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $22.6 million HUD loan for the permanent refinancing of Scheuer House of Manhattan Beach, a 149-unit Section 8 seniors housing property in Brooklyn. The property consists of one eight-story building and two five-story buildings that were respectively constructed in 1964 and 1932. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the loan through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower, New York-based nonprofit JASA, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements and preserve affordability.