VERNON HILLS, Ill. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $9.3 million sale of Springs of Vernon Hills in Vernon Hills, a northern suburb of Chicago. The standalone memory care community was built in 2015 and features 70 units. The seller was The Long Hill Company, a nationally focused turnaround management firm serving as the court-appointed receiver for the property. After falling to 58 percent occupied in 2021 following Illinois’ strict COVID-19 lockdowns, the community was placed into receivership. Under Long Hill’s management, the community steadily regained census, …
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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 …
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.
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 …
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, …
Anthem Memory Care Appoints Emily Potempa as Executive Director of Churchill Place in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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 …
CBRE Arranges $32.2M Acquisition Financing for Two Vitality Communities in Metro Nashville
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …