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.
NEW YORK CITY — The New York office of mortgage banking company Merchants Capital has arranged an $18.2 million Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Fannie Mae Risk Share loan for Mannie Wilson Towers, a historic affordable housing development located in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Located in the former Sydenham Hospital, Mannie Wilson Towers provides 102 one- and two-bedroom units of restricted-income housing for seniors. As part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Section 202 program, units are restricted to residents 62 years of age and older …
YONKERS, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $24.9 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Adira at Riverside, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Yonkers, located north of New York City. Built in 2000, the property offers short-term rehabilitation, occupational, physical and speech therapy services, as well as amputee rehab, wound care, neuro-rehabilitation, certified cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, and dedicated Alzheimer’s and dementia care services. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the financing. Shia Fishman of Capital Stack Advisors arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, L&A RE …
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership led by Olshan Properties and O’Connor Capital Partners — in conjunction with New York City’s Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) — has begun construction on a new 221-unit affordable seniors housing development in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. The development, which will be called Parkchester Gardens, is scheduled for completion by mid-year 2023. Financing for the construction of Parkchester Gardens was sourced through a combination of public and private entities. The New York City HDC provided …
COMMACK, N.Y. — HJ Sims has arranged a $102.1 million financing for Fountaingate Gardens, an independent living community being built in Commack, located on Long Island. The Gurwin Healthcare System has been providing healthcare services to Long Island residents since 1988 through the Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and the Fay J. Lindner Assisted Living Residences. Gurwin Jewish Healthcare Foundation acquired land adjacent to Fay J. Lindner Residences with the goal of completing the continuum of care through development of an independent living community to be known as Fountaingate …
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Lument has provided $8.3 million in HUD financing for Gardens of Morningstar, a 106-unit assisted living community in Oswego, located along Lake Ontario north of Syracuse. The transaction represents a refinancing via the FHA Sec. 232/223(f) program. The property was vacant until 2016, when current ownership acquired and substantially renovated the building. Lument helped ownership structure a bridge loan in 2017 that consolidated construction debt and positioned the facility for a HUD/FHA refinance. The new loan paid off the existing bridge loan and reimbursed the borrower for …
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened The Residences at Plainview a 114-unit independent living community in the Long Island hamlet of Plainview. Chelsea Senior Living operates the 150,000-square-foot community. Formerly a Residence Inn by Marriott, Capitol Seniors Housing purchased the property and transformed the campus into seniors housing. Meyer Senior Living Studio was the designers, while EW Howell Construction Group was the general contractor.