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Watermark Retirement Communities to Operate Merrill Gardens at ChampionsGate in Florida

by Jeff Shaw

CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — Watermark Retirement has taken over operations for Merrill Gardens at ChampionsGate, located approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Orlando. The transition is part of a purchase agreement by Fortress Investment Group, which acquired the community in April. Under the agreement, Watermark will manage all aspects of the community’s operations including care, staffing and programming. The community has been renamed The Glades at ChampionsGate. The community offers 114 independent living, 73 assisted living and 36 memory care units.

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JLL Brokers Sale of 151-Unit ArborView Active Adult Community in Austin

by Jeff Shaw

AUSTIN, Texas — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of ArborView, a 151-unit active adult community in Austin. JLL represented the seller, Cadence Multi-Family, in the sale of the property to Sparrow Partners. The buyers assumed the existing HUD financing on the project. The price was not disclosed. Opened in 2021, ArborView is located in Greyrock Ridge within the Circle C Ranch master-planned community in southwest Austin. Development of Circle C Ranch began in 1982 and today the community includes over 6,400 homes. Neighborhood amenities include an 18-hole golf …

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Blueprint Negotiates $52M Sale of Four-Property Portfolio in Texas

by Jeff Shaw

DALLAS, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO and HOUSTON, Texas — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of four seniors housing communities in the Texas markets of Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston. The price was $52 million, or $153,000 per bed. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The portfolio totals 315 skilled nursing beds and 24 assisted living beds. All facilities were constructed between 2017 and 2018, average a five-Star CMS rating and feature resort-style amenities with therapy and rehabilitation gyms. The portfolio was not stabilized, and while …

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Lument Arranges $24.5M Bridge Loan for Seniors Housing Community in Charleston, South Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Lument has arranged a $24.5 million bridge loan to refinance construction debt for an assisted living and memory care community in Charleston. Kevin Oakley and Steve McGee led the transaction for Lument. The community opened during the pandemic, which caused the lease-up to proceed slower than anticipated. The bridge loan, placed with a national bank via Lument’s debt syndications group, refinanced high-cost construction debt that was nearing maturity and allowed the borrower time and flexibility to focus on operations. “Completing this refinance via the bridge loan resulted …

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Sonida Senior Living Names Kevin Detz as Chief Financial Officer

by Jeff Shaw

DALLAS — Sonida Senior Living Corp. (NYSE: SNDA), a Dallas-based owner-operator, has appointed Kevin Detz as chief financial officer. Detz joins Sonida from Aimbridge Hospitality, a third-party hotel management company. Over eight years at Aimbridge Hospitality, Detz served in multiple roles. From January 2020 to April 2022, Detz served as executive vice president and operational chief financial officer, where he was responsible for leading the company’s corporate and operational accounting and reporting functions. There, he transformed the company’s back-office services into a profitable professional services platform and reorganized the corporate …

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Charter Senior Living to Operate Community in Charlotte, North Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charter Senior Living has taken over management of The Social at Cotswald in Charlotte, and has renamed the community Charter Senior Living of Charlotte. The asset offers assisted living and memory care services. The number of units was not disclosed. The change in management will increase the family of Charter Senior Living retirement communities to more than 40 throughout the United States.

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JLL Arranges $16.3M Loan for Two Development Sites in Bay Area

by Jeff Shaw

LIVERMORE and SOQUEL, Calif. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $16.3 million in acquisition financing for two land sites totaling 12.7 acres for the development of seniors housing communities in the Bay Area municipalities of Livermore and Soquel. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Calson Management, to secure the $10.5 million and $5.8 million one-year, fixed-rate loans through Barnett Capital Limited. The first site totals nine acres and will be developed into a 128-unit seniors housing community offering assisted living and memory care. The property is near local retail, …

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Avanath Acquires St. John’s Manor Affordable Community in Costa Mesa, California

by Jeff Shaw

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Avanath Capital Management LLC has acquired St. John’s Manor, a 36-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa, for $11.8 million. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2007, St John’s Manor is currently 100 percent occupied. This acquisition comes on the heels of Avanath’s acquisition of The Overlook at Anaheim Hills, a 261-unit seniors housing community in Anaheim, and The Grove Senior, an 85-unit seniors housing community in Garden Grove. “We entered the Orange County market earlier this year, and plan …

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1031 Crowdfunding Acquires 154-Unit Memory Care, Assisted Living Portfolio in Georgia

by Jeff Shaw

COLUMBUS and LEESBURG, Ga. — 1031 Crowdfunding has acquired a 154-unit assisted living and memory care portfolio located in Middle Georgia. The price and seller were not disclosed. The two properties are located in Columbus, along the Alabama border in Western Georgia, and Leesburg, approximately 75 miles southeast of Columbus. Completed in 2018 and 2019, Oaks at Oakland Plantation and Oaks at Grove Park include two buildings over 16 acres with six hospitals within a 25-mile radius of the locations. The acquisitions were made through the buyer’s affiliate 1031 CF …

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Greystone Arranges $140M in Financing for Expansion of Maravilla Scottsdale in Arizona

by Jeff Shaw

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Greystone has arranged a $140 million loan package for both the refinancing and expansion of Maravilla Scottsdale, a seniors housing community in Scottsdale. Phase I of the community comprises a fully stabilized, 217-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care property. Opened in 2012, the community has received multiple awards, including being named Best 50+ CCRC Community by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Best Multi-Family Project by Arizona Commercial Real Estate (AZRE), and Ten Best Places to Live by Arizona Foothills Magazine. Phase II of …

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