CHICAGO — The Danish Home of Chicago, an independent seniors housing community in Chicago, has broken ground on a 14-unit expansion. The Danish Home of Chicago was established in 1897 by 12 Danish women to provide a comfortable, safe life for elderly Danes. Today, the boutique, nonprofit community offers all levels of care to people 62 and older without regard to nationality, faith or sexual orientation. Currently home to 41 seniors when fully occupied, the new Garden Suites will allow an additional 14 people to live at the community. The …
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — Brightview Senior Living has opened the welcome center at Brightview Hunt Valley, a 178-unit seniors housing development in Cockeysville, approximately 15 miles north of Baltimore. Brightview Hunt Valley is currently under construction within the Hunt Valley Towne Center shopping center and will open in summer 2024. The community will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. As a privately owned company, Brightview Senior Living builds new communities through a combination of private investment funds and traditional bank loans. Brightview Hunt Valley is one of 13 …
GREENSBORO, Ga. — Ziegler acted as exclusive financial advisor in raising $20.5 million in financing. The borrower, Phorcys Capital Partners, will use the funds to acquire The Glen at Lake Oconee Village, a senior housing community in Greensboro, approximately midway between Atlanta and Augusta. Stride Bank provided the capital. The community was built in 2017 and features 28 independent living units, 68 assisted living units and 18 memory care units.
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of The Laurels of Willow Creek, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Richmond suburb of Midlothian. Built in 1991 with an addition completed in 2018, the facility features 36 private suites and 42 semi-private rooms. Blueprint utilized the underlying performance trends fueled by Virginia’s Medicaid rate enhancement tailwinds. The buyer and seller were both REITs. The price was not disclosed. Michael Segal and Ben Firestone led the Blueprint team.
LITTLETON, Colo., and FAIRFAX and RICHMOND, Va. — Brinkmann Constructors broke ground on three seniors housing projects in August. The company started construction on an additional residential building in the Wind Crest Senior Living community in Littleton. The seven-story, 195,000-square-foot building will include 94 units and an underground parking garage. Having worked on Wind Crest projects since 2012, this will be the 12th building Brinkmann has built on the campus. Completion of the new facility is slated for June 2025. Brinkmann also broke ground on its 24th project for Erickson …
NEWARK, N.J. — Watermark Retirement Communities, an Arizona-based operator, has agreed to pay $4.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by soliciting and receiving a kickback from a nationwide home health agency (HHA) operator in order to facilitate referrals from Watermark retirement homes. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jordann Conaboy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey led the investigation, as well as trial attorneys Daniel Meyler and Samson Asiyanbi of the Fraud Section. The United States alleged that the HHA operator purchased …
ATLANTA — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Diversified Healthcare Finance Group has arranged $426.8 million in financing for a seniors housing portfolio. The borrower is a publicly traded healthcare REIT. The portfolio comprises 19 seniors housing properties across 10 states and was financed by an agency lender. Further details on the borrower, properties and financing were not disclosed. Richard Thomas, Todd Paradis and Meredith Davis led the transaction for Atlanta-based Grandbridge.
CHICAGO — ACO Commercial has arranged the sale of a five-acre development site located at 3000-3052 S. Pitney Court in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood for $8 million. George Toscas and Linda Hatter of ACO represented the seller, St. Louis-based SOHO Investments Inc. The buyer was the Chinese American Service League Inc. The nonprofit plans to develop the site into a comprehensive community care campus with affordable seniors housing, an adult day service center for seniors, an early childcare center and an industrial/commercial kitchen for senior meals and culinary training programs. Additionally, …
PALM COAST, Fla. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Gold Choice Palm Coast, a 50-unit assisted living and memory care community in Palm Coast, approximately midway between Jacksonville and Orlando. The community was built in 2021 and spans 33,552 square feet on a 6.6-acre parcel. The seller was a Florida-based owner-operator that originally developed the community. The asset was fully stabilized with opportunity to continue revenue growth, according to SLIB. The buyer was a 1031 fund looking for newer assets with strong in-place yield. The …
VIRGINIA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of five skilled nursing communities in central and western Virginia. Each property comprises between 57 and 89 licensed beds for a total of 326 beds across the portfolio. The properties were built in the early 1990s and most feature a 4- or 5-star CMS rating. Blueprint worked directly with the existing operator to not only acquire the real estate, but also source the equity and debt financing needed to ultimately capitalize the portfolio acquisition. The seller and price were …