EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — Sunshine Retirement Living has hired Marion “Mimi” Piciullo as the new executive director of Juniper Glen Assisted Living and Memory Care in the Buffalo suburb of East Amherst. Piciullo is responsible for all day-to-day management and operations of the community, including financials, marketing, government and community relations. She will also oversee all health and safety programs, including new heightened procedures and protocols to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 infection, which includes a pioneering technology called Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization that eliminates 99.4 percent of the SARS-COVID-2 virus that …
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Axiom Capital LLC has arranged a $17.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 178-unit independent living community located in the Upstate New York city of Saratoga Springs. Units at the property, which was built on 14 acres in the late 1990s, feature stainless steel appliances and enclosed balconies. Amenities include a bank branch, a full-service restaurant, library, fitness facility with steam and sauna, health spa and unisex salon, lounges, putting green and an arts and crafts studio. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the nonrecourse …
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Axiom Capital LLC has arranged a $17.4 million loan for the refinancing of a 178-unit independent living community located in the Upstate New York city of Saratoga Springs. The nonrecourse loan was structured with a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate. The local borrower has owned and operated the facility since its construction. A life insurance company provided the loan.
NEW YORK CITY — Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF), a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged a HUD-insured loan totaling $7 million for Marien-Heim of Sunset Park, a 169-unit, Section 8 elderly housing project located in Brooklyn. The borrower is a local, nonprofit community development organization. SMF served as financial advisor. This was SMF’s second successful transaction for Marien-Heim. In 2012, SMF originated an $8.3 million FHA-insured Section 223(f) loan that refinanced its Section 202 direct loan, funded capital reserves and repairs, earned the borrower a development fee and generated annual …
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has provided a $22.6 million HUD-insured loan for Seagirt Seniors Housing, an affordable housing property located in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. The 12-story, 120,278-square-foot building was built in 1985 with 151 Section 8 apartment units and one employee unit. Laura Smith of Berkadia originated the financing, which was structured with a 35-year term and a 71 percent loan-to-value ratio, through HUD’s 223(f) program. The borrower, New York-based operator JASA, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements. Planned upgrades include …
NEW CITY, N.Y. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened Atria New City, an assisted living and memory care community in the affluent hamlet of New City in within the town of Clarkstown, approximately 30 miles north of Manhattan. The three-story, 70,000-square-foot community features 80 residential apartments. Atria Senior Living will operate the property. Meyer Senior Living Studio designed the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital (MRC) has provided a $29.4 million bridge loan for a multifamily redevelopment project in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. The borrower, a joint venture between multiple New York-based developers, will use the proceeds to acquire the former Parkway Hospital building and fund predevelopment costs. The joint venture plans to convert the site into a multifamily development with affordable seniors housing and condominium uses. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y., and SUMMIT, N.J. — EW Howell Construction Group has completed two new senior living facilities in Huntington Station and Summit for Sunrise Senior Living. Sunrise of Huntington is a 90-unit luxury senior community in the Long Island hamlet of Huntington Station. The two-story building features studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments offering assisted living and memory care services. The property is Sunrise’s 11th on Long Island. The second project, located in Summit, features 114 beds in a 70,000-square-foot building. Development costs were estimated at $21 million. “There has …
NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $31.7 million sale of a 57,035-square-foot lot at 70-35 113th Street in Forest Hill, Queens, with plans for two multi-housing development projects totaling 318,238 square feet. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Jasper Venture Group. The buyer was a partnership between Top Rock Holdings, RJ Capital Group and SYU Properties. The proposed project encompasses a 235,679 square-foot market-rate multifamily development, in addition to an 82,559 square-foot affordable senior living development. A recent survey by JLL revealed that, after a …
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — EW Howell Construction Group has completed The Residences at Plainview, an upscale independent living community in the Long Island hamlet of Plainview. Capitol Seniors Housing is the developer and Chelsea Senior Living is the operator for the new 150,000-square-foot community, which features 114 units. EW Howell Construction Group provided pre-construction and construction management services for the project, which converted a former Residence Inn by Marriott into seniors housing. Meyers Architects designed the conversion, with Meyer Senior Living Studio handling interiors and amenities.