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SLIB Negotiates Sale of 77-Unit Community in Buford, Georgia

by Jeff Shaw

BUFORD, Ga. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of a 77-unit assisted living and memory care community in Buford, approximately 35 miles northeast of Atlanta. The community was built in 2012 and totals 51,063 square feet on 2.5 acres of land. The buyer is a Florida-based regional owner-operator that plans to invest in cosmetically updating the community and improve overall performance through continued lease-up and expense efficiencies.  The seller was a private REIT that had purchased this asset as part of a larger portfolio and was …

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Christian Horizons Names Kate Bertram as President, CEO

by Jeff Shaw

ST. LOUIS — Christian Horizons, a St. Louis-based operator, has named Kate Bertram as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Bertram joined Christian Horizons in March 2022 as chief operations officer with 20 years of experience in senior services and older adult living. She has an MBA from Mount Mary University and has been an active participant in the aging services industry including LeadingAge Wisconsin and the National MS Society’s Wisconsin chapter.

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Assisted LivingDevelopmentNew YorkNews

Sunrise Opens 19-Story The Apsley in Manhattan’s Upper West Side

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — Sunrise Senior Living, together with partners Hines and Welltower (NYSE: WELL), has opened The Apsley, a 19-story luxury seniors housing community in Manhattan’s upscale Upper West Side neighborhood. Located at 2330 Broadway between 84th and 85th streets, The Apsley is the second luxury senior living community in Manhattan by Sunrise, Hines and Welltower. Sunrise at East 56th celebrated its first anniversary on the Upper East Side in December 2022. SLCE Architects designed the exterior architecture of The Apsley, which rises 19 stories. The community features 80 …

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AcquisitionsCCRCNewsVirginia

ESI Arranges Sale of Beth Sholom Village in Virginia Beach

by Jeff Shaw

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Beth Sholom Village, a seniors housing community in Virginia Beach. The seller is a mission-based nonprofit group. A Mayland-based owner-operator was selected as the buyer. The price was not disclosed. Beth Sholom Village opened in 1980 with 120 licensed skilled nursing beds. The seniors housing component was added in 2004 and includes 56 assisted living and 18 memory care units. Virginia has an existing certificate of public need to develop new skilled nursing and assisted living communities, …

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Anthem Memory Care Appoints Emily Potempa as Executive Director of Churchill Place in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

GLEN ELLYN, Ill. — Anthem Memory Care has named Emily Potempa as executive director for Churchill Place, a community in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Potempa previously was executive director with Encore Memory Care in nearby Bolingbrook. She also served as director of resident services for Brookdale Senior Living in Lisle, just five miles away from her new community. Potempa brings over 12 years of senior living experience to this position. She earned a bachelor’s degree in …

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AcquisitionsAssisted LivingFinanceNewsTennessee

CBRE Arranges $32.2M Acquisition Financing for Two Vitality Communities in Metro Nashville

by Jeff Shaw

FRANKLIN and HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — CBRE has arranged $32.2 million in financing for the acquisition of Vitality Living Franklin and Vitality Living Hendersonville, both located in high-growth suburbs of Nashville. The borrowers were Winterpast Capital Partners (WCP), Scribner Capital and its institutional partner, and Broadview Real Estate Partners. Vitality Living, WCP’s wholly owned operating platform, will manage the communities under a traditional third-party agreement. The portfolio consists of 256 assisted living and memory care units. Aron Will, Tim Root and Michael Cregan of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing, …

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Investor Survey: Seniors Housing Cap Rates on the Rise, Likely to Continue

by Jeff Shaw

DALLAS — The Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey, conducted each year by Dallas-based CBRE Research, shows that capitalization rates are on the rise, and many expect that trend to continue. The survey focuses on rapidly changing market conditions due to inflation, staffing shortages and rising interest rates. CBRE’s methodology and pool of respondents was not disclosed with the survey results. The average seniors housing capitalization rate increased by 26 basis points year over year, and survey respondents view assets with the lowest cap rates as those most negatively impacted …

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AcquisitionsAssisted LivingIllinoisNews

SLIB Brokers Sale of 73-Unit The Legacy & Evergreen Place in Chillicothe, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

CHILLICOTHE, Ill. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of The Legacy & Evergreen Place, a 73-unit assisted living and memory care community in Chillicothe, located along Goose Lake approximately 140 miles southwest of Chicago. The asset was part of a larger portfolio of skilled nursing facilities. The seller of this building, which is buying the remaining portfolio, elected to carve out this asset because the company specializes in skilled nursing. The buyer is a Midwest-based owner that built the community in 2015 and was looking to …

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HJ Sims Advises $10.6M Permanent Financing for Community in the Southwest

by Jeff Shaw

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — HJ Sims, a Fairfield-based investment bank and wealth management firm, acted as financial advisor in securing a $10.6 million life insurance company loan. The transaction marks a unique conclusion to a two-year plan with a returning client for the refinance of an assisted living and memory care community in the Southwest. The borrower is a regional owner-operator that currently manages a portfolio of 19 communities in the West. The borrower partnered with Sims in 2021 to close on the acquisition of the value-add, pre-stabilized community. Since the …

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Wendover Housing Partners Nears Completion of 84-Unit Rochester Park in Brooksville, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — Wendover Housing Partners has started accepting applications for residents at Rochester Park, an affordable seniors housing community in Brooksville, approximately 45 miles north of Tampa. This Hernando County community, designed for residents age 55 and older, will expand Wendover’s footprint on the west coast of Florida. Rochester Park is an 84-unit affordable community with one- and two-bedroom units. Rent will start at $885 per month for one-bedroom units and $1,047 per month for two-bedroom units. “According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition 2023 Gap Report, there …

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