GREENVILLE, S.C. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of a 52-unit assisted living community in Greenville. A large, East Coast-based private equity firm sold the asset to regional owner-operator Windriver Cos. for an undisclosed price. Built in 2001, the community is 100 percent private pay. Having been all studios, the community was 40 percent occupied at the time of marketing and losing money. “The buyer plans on utilizing their existing resources in the state to oversee the community, begin construction on a refurbishment and add memory care …
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HOUSTON — The Buckingham, a continuing care retirement community in Houston, has named Philip Jacob as its new executive director. Jacob joined the community as a health care administrator in 2011, and mostly recently served as interim executive director. He brings several years of experience from SavaSeniorCare’s Houston properties. Under his tenure, the community earned and continues to receive a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The healthcare center continues to achieve the highest clinical outcomes in the city and received deficiency-free surveys in 2015 …
Emerald Communities Starts Expansion Project at Emerald Heights CCRC in Redmond, Washington
REDMOND, Wash. — Emerald Communities has started construction of an expansion project at Emerald Heights, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. The new building, named Courtyard, will rise three stories and feature 42 independent living units ranging in size from 826 to 1,726 square feet. Dean Kelly of the architecture firm Rice Fergus Miller, who worked on Emerald Heights’ previous expansion in 2014, led the design of the new building. The Courtyard will total 70,638 square feet plus a 35,703-square-foot underground parking structure. GLY …
LEHI, Utah — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Harmony Hills, a 62-unit assisted living facility in Lehi, located on the north bank of Utah Lake between Salt Lake City and Provo. The community was built in 2016, totaling approximately 46,000 square feet on 1.5 acres of land. The property was vacant at the time of sale. The seller was a Utah-based developer looking to exit the industry. The buyer is a Utah-based skilled nursing and short-term rehab owner-operator expanding its portfolio into assisted living. The …
HOUSTON — Bridgewood Property Co. has officially launched The Aspenwood Company, an operator with a focus on the Southeast and Central U.S. Bridgewood has hired Heather Tussing as president of the new, Houston-based Aspenwood. She brings over 20 years of experience in operations, sales, compliance and marketing in senior healthcare services, most recently serving as both chief operating officer and vice president of sales for Morning Pointe Senior Living. “The formation of The Aspenwood Company with Heather’s highly respected leadership provides a strategic alignment of our current and future business,” …
DENVER — Experience Senior Living (ESL), a Denver-based operator, has hired Angelica Ybarra as vice president of people. Ybarra comes with 30 years of human resource management and leadership experience. In a senior role, Ybarra will work closely with the executive team in addition to leading both the culture and recruiting teams in supporting each ESL community to attract, retain, reward and recognize every team member. Angelica has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University of Santa Barbara and a master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology with a specialty in …
Partnership Plans Redevelopment of The Ladrey Affordable High Rise in Alexandria, Virginia
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA) has partnered with WinnCompanies and IBF Development to redevelop The Ladrey, an 11-story affordable seniors housing community in Alexandria. The proposed development plan will replace all the current Ladrey units and increase the number of apartments available to working households. The Ladrey sits on an approximately two-acre site in the Old Town North Small Area. The community features 170 units and primarily serves seniors and residents with disabilities. ARHA is combining and adjacent plot, which it also owns, with The …
LEESBURG, Fla. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Vista Lake Assisted Living in the Central Florida city of Leesburg. Originally constructed in two phases in 1996 and 2000, Vista Lake consists of 74 units of assisted living and memory care. The sale was part of nonprofit owner Eagle Senior Living’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Eagle bought the property in late 2018, and its performance suffered greatly during COVID. Atlantis Senior Living entered the stalking-horse bid for the property, which ended up winning the auction. The …
Enterprise Community Development, Fellowship Square County Open 240-Unit Lake Anne House in Reston, Virginia
RESTON, Va. — Enterprise Community Development and Fellowship Square will cut the ribbon Sept. 29 on Lake Anne House, an affordable seniors housing community in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Reston. The community features 240 units for low-income seniors. The project was a redevelopment of a 1970s-era property. The developers constructed the new building on an underutilized portion of the site, adjacent to the original Lake Anne Fellowship House. The new Lake Anne House includes 56 studios, 178 one-bedroom and six two-bedroom apartments. The old building is scheduled for demolition …
NEWTON, Mass. — AlerisLife Inc. (NASDAQ: ALR), a Newton-based operator, has appointed Heather Pereira as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Pereira most recently served as vice president and corporate controller of Acushnet Holdings Corp. since May of 2017. Previously, starting in 2004, she held several roles within the accounting and finance departments of Acushnet Holdings. Pereira has over 20 years of accounting and finance experience and holds a master’s degree in accountancy, an MBA from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s degree from Boston College. Pereira succeeds Jeff …