NEW YORK CITY — McAlpine Contracting, a general contracting and construction management firm active in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Puerto Rico, has promoted Mark Montalvo to director of construction. Montalvo previously served as senior project manager. The firm specializes in senior living, healthcare and commercial projects. “Since joining the company in 2005, Mark has successfully managed some of McAlpine’s most challenging projects, including more than 10 senior living and nursing home developments,” says Troy Caruso, the company’s CEO. In his new position, Montalvo will be based at the …
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ziegler has arranged $104.1 million in bond financing to fund an expansion project at Friendship Village of Tempe, a continuing care retirement community in Tempe. The property currently features a 554-unit retirement center including garden homes and apartments, a 67-unit assisted living building, 24 memory care beds, a 128-bed skilled nursing center and a 14-bed hospice unit. The expansion, which is Phase II of the campus master plan, will add a five-story building that replaces a former 60-unit apartment building with 64 entrance-fee apartments and a new …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Private-pay seniors housing occupancy in the United States increased 140 basis points in the third quarter of 2021 from 78.7 percent to 80.1 percent. The second-quarter number was the record low, a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to new data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), an Annapolis-based nonprofit firm that tracks industry data gathered from 31 primary metropolitan markets through its NIC MAP Vision product. Private-pay seniors housing comprises independent living, assisted living and memory care. …
CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has completed a $23 million modernization project of the skilled nursing facilities, known as Johanson Wing, at Smith Village in Chicago. Completed six months early, the project finishes a $74 million campus transformation that began in 2006. Smith village offers the full continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing. The Johanson Wing now houses private suites for short-term rehab patients along with private rooms and a few shared rooms for skilled nursing care residents. To provide more private …
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Edgewood Senior Solutions Group of Massachusetts has broken ground on The Baldwin, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Londonderry, approximately 45 miles northwest of Boston. The developer describes presales as “brisk” and expects to open the community in summer 2023. “What we’ve seen in the senior living industry over the past 18 months is that a well-managed senior living community has been a great place to live during the pandemic,” says Marlene Rotering, CEO of The Baldwin and its sister community, Edgewood Retirement Community in North …
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — CBRE Senior Housing has arranged $20.8 million in financing for Cordia at Grand Traverse Commons, a 110-unit independent living and assisted living community in Traverse City. The community is located within the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, one of the largest historic preservation and adaptive reuse developments in the country. Initially built in 1883 as an asylum, a local company began redeveloping the campus into a mixed-use neighborhood development in 2003. Cordia Senior Living and Cypress Partners re-purposed and converted the last section of the campus …
LAFAYETTE, La. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Maison de Lafayette, a 189-bed skilled nursing community in Lafayette. At a sales price of $30 million, or $159,000 price per bed, the transaction represents the highest price per bed ever sold in Louisiana for a skilled nursing community, according to ESI. Built in 1992 and expanded in 2009 and 2012, the community exhibited a modern physical plant with a unit configuration of 125 private rooms. The community had a history of stabilized performance with census averaging 93 …
PLEASANTON, Calif. — Ziegler has arranged $120 million in tax-exempt bond financing for HumanGood, a nonprofit owner-operator based in Pleasanton. HumanGood was formed with the merger of American Baptist Homes of the West and be.group in 2017. The company owns and operates 14 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs throughout California, totaling 2,188 residential living apartments, 477 assisted living apartments, 161 memory support suites and 656 skilled nursing beds. The bonds will be used to fund capital projects and renovations at 13 of its 14 campuses. Projects will include upgrades to …
DURHAM, N.C. — Spellman Brady & Co. has completed a full interior renovation at Croasdaile Village, a seniors housing community in Durham. Croasdaile Village sought to revitalize 147,635 square feet of its campus. Other project partners included architecture firm SFCS and LCS Development The goal was to add competitive amenities focused on health and wellness. This was accomplished by elevating the existing wellness program, providing more gathering spaces for residents to socialize, and expanding on-site dining venue options. The renovation and addition were phased over the course of six years. …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities increased to 75 percent in July 2021 compared to 58 basis points from the previous month, according to NIC MAP data. This marks the sixth consecutive month of improved occupancy rates for the skilled nursing sector. Despite this improvement, occupancy remains below its pre-pandemic level of 85.5 percent in February 2020. The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), an Annapolis-based nonprofit data firm, gathers the data from approximately 1,300 individual skilled nursing facilities in 47 states.