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PORTLAND, Ore. — LRS Architects has hired two Building Information Modeling (BIM) managers, Leticia Lopez Cushnie and Matthew Salazar. Both specialists will work out of the firm’s Portland office. Cushnie has worked on projects such as mixed-use/office buildings, hospitals, educational labs and cultural centers. She received her bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Houston. Salazar’s passion lies in high-rise architecture, urban design, public transit and technology. He received his master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Georgia …

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LA GRANGE PARK, Ill. — Ziegler has arranged $99.9 million in bond financing for Plymouth Place. The continuing care retirement community is located in La Grange Park, a village approximately 13 miles west of downtown Chicago. Plymouth Place features 182 independent living units, 52 assisted living units, 26 memory care units and 82 skilled nursing beds. Plymouth Place was incorporated in 1939 and is located on approximately 18.6 acres. The Illinois Finance Authority issued the bonds, which will be used for an expansion at the community. Known as The Arboretum …

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults age 50 and above say they or a loved one needed long-term care in the past year, according to a national survey commissioned by Nexus Insights, an Annapolis-based think tank focused on older adults. NORC at the University of Chicago conducted the research. The poll was conducted in November and included 1,014 interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults age 50 and older. Despite that high need, most older adults said the process of selecting long-term care caused anxiety (53 percent) …

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TEXAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a vacant, 70-unit asset in Texas. Mainstreet originally developed the healthcare property, but did not fully complete construction prior to being foreclosed upon. The property was developed to be a turnkey, purpose-built transitional care facility, and featured very similar design features to the other two properties that Mainstreet built in Amarillo and Temple. A Texas-based investor acquired the property for $8.7 million, or $124,285 per unit, and plans to lease it to an East Coast-based skilled nursing operator. …

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INDIANA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged an operator switch for a portfolio of 19 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living communities in Indiana. The owner is a joint venture group and the new operator is a Midwest-focused company. The outgoing operator has expressed its intention to not renew its lease.

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OSGOOD, Ind. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Manderley Health Care Center, a 71-bed skilled nursing community located in Osgood, a tiny town located between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. An independent owner-operator sold the property to an East Coast-based owner-operator for $4.2 million, or $58,451 per bed. Built in 1981, Manderley Health Care Center was 58 percent occupied and not cash flowing at the time of marketing. While under contract, occupancy at the community dipped below 45 percent. However, the owners of the community were able to …

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ATLANTA — BBG, an independent commercial real estate services firm, has hired seniors housing industry leader Will Childs as executive vice president in BBG’s alternative practice groups. He will be based in the Atlanta office of the firm, which is headquartered in Dallas. Childs will play a role in expanding BBG’s seniors housing platform, one of the fastest growing and dynamic U.S. commercial real estate sectors. During his career spanning more than 15 years, Childs has worked with some of the seniors housing industry’s highest-profile lenders, operators, investors and developers …

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AUSTIN, Texas — A partnership between Minneapolis-based developer Ryan Cos. and locally based investment and management firm Castletop Capital has broken ground on a 222-unit seniors housing project in Austin. Grand Living at The Grove will be located within a larger mixed-use development and offer 186 independent living and assisted living units, as well as 36 memory care units. Residences will range in size from 450 to 1,600 square feet. The five-story community will total approximately 348,353 square feet. Completion is slated for late 2024. According to ESRI, Austin’s age- …

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PHOENIX — Newmark has arranged the $255 million sale of a four-property, Class A seniors housing portfolio in Phoenix and its suburbs. The LivGenerations portfolio totals 546 units comprising independent living, assisted living and memory care. The seller built all four communities — LivGenerations Agritopia, LivGenerations Ahwatukee, LivGenerations Pinnacle Peak and LivGenerations Mayo Boulevard — between 2014 and early 2022. Newmark represented the seller, regional owner-operator and developer Liv Communities, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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BRIGHTON and NORTHGLENN, Colo. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the operations of Brighton Care Center, a 108-bed skilled nursing facility located in Brighton, and Malley Transitional Care Center, a 162-bed skilled nursing facility located in Northglenn. These acquisitions are subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. “We are excited about growing in Colorado,” says Barry Port, Ensign’s CEO. “These facilities are a great fit to our existing portfolio and we look forward to the contribution each will have in our operational market and clusters in Colorado.” This …

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