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Merchants Capital Arranges $78.4M in Financing for Affordable Redevelopment of Manhattan’s Park 79 Hotel

by Jeff Shaw

NEW YORK CITY — Mortgage banking company Merchants Capital has closed a $51 million construction loan and a $28.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to fund an affordable housing project in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The project, a redevelopment of the historic Park 79 Hotel, comprises the largest 9 percent LIHTC allocation in New York City history, according to Merchants. The borrower and project developer is Fairstead. Renovations to the original hotel, which first debuted in 1899 as “The Indiana,” will create 77 affordable residences for very-low-income seniors in the heart …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentFloridaNews

Wendover Breaks Ground on $27.6M Hawthorne Park Affordable Community in Orlando

by Jeff Shaw

ORLANDO — Wendover Housing Partners has broken ground on Hawthorne Park, an affordable seniors housing community in Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood. The 120-unit development will replace a run-down shopping center and become the new anchor for the neighborhood’s town center. Hawthorne Park will serve as one of the key projects in the Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District – an initiative to revitalize the area and its working-class community of more than 60,000 residents. “The Pine Hills neighborhood has an enormous opportunity for revitalization and Hawthorne Park will be a great …

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Active AdultDevelopmentMissouriNews

St. Andrew’s Resources Breaks Ground on $23M Active Adult Community in Missouri

by Jeff Shaw

EUREKA, Mo. — St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors System has broken ground on Summerville of St. Andrew’s, an active adult community in Eureka, approximately 30 miles southwest of St. Louis. The $23 million development is situated adjacent to its sister community, St. Andrew’s at Francis Place. The neighborhood-style development will feature 96 one- and two-bedroom units spread across 24 fourplex cottages. The “pocket neighborhoods,” each built around a central common space, will have front porches and walking paths that connect households. A neighborhood clubhouse and bar will offer communal dining …

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IllinoisNewsOperations

Health Dimensions Group to Take Over Operations of Community in Prospect Heights, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

PROSEPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has taken over the management, oversight, and repositioning of Brookdale Prospect Heights, while rebranding the property as Dimensions Living Prospect Heights. HDG provides management and oversight for 38 senior care and living communities in eight states, serving more than 2,000 residents and overseeing more than 2,000 team members.

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Company NewsFinanceNewsPeople

Blueprint Hires Alex Florea to Lead New Capital Markets Practice

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has launched a new capital markets practice, hiring Alex Flora to lead the new department as head of capital markets. The new practice seeks to provide creative debt and equity solutions including capital raising, capital structure advisory and capital markets consulting to the private-pay seniors housing industry. With a decade-long career in the seniors housing industry, Florea has background in capital markets, acquisitions and dispositions at REITs, operators and now a brokerage firm.

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NewsPeopleTechnology

Enquire Adds Craig Riley as Chief Information Security Officer

by Jeff Shaw

DENVER — Enquire, a Denver-based software company offering cloud customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation and contact center solutions for senior living communities, has hired Craig Riley as chief information security officer. Riley will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive information security strategy and program to ensure that information assets and technologies are appropriately protected. In addition, he will ensure information security risks are identified, evaluated and mitigated; lead efforts to prevent and respond to security incidents; establish standards and controls; manage security technologies; and implement security policies …

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Affordable HousingDevelopmentNew JerseyNews

Walters Starts Construction of Cornerstone at Greentree Affordable Community in Marlton, New Jersey

by Jeff Shaw

MARLTON, N.J. — Walters has started construction of Cornerstone at Greentree, an affordable seniors housing community in Marlton, approximately 15 miles east of Philadelphia. The 68-unit project, which is being built on 2.3 acres, is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2021. The four-story building consists of one- and two-bedroom residences leased exclusively to residents over age 55 whose incomes are at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Rental rates are based on the renter’s gross annual income, according to the rent/income requirements chart. Designed …

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AcquisitionsAssisted LivingFloridaNews

Colliers Negotiates $13.7M Sale of Seniors Housing Portfolio in Central Florida

by Jeff Shaw

PORT RICHEY, ZEPHYRHILLS AND CASSELBERRY, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a three-property assisted living facility portfolio in Port Richey, Zephyrhills and Casselberry. Florida Seniors Properties Inc. sold the portfolio, which was 66 percent occupied at the time of sale. The prices were not disclosed. Best Care Senior Living LLC acquired The Cottages in Port Richey, which is located about 37 miles northwest of downtown Tampa. A joint venture between 201 Sunset Drive LLC and 6701 Dairy Road LLC acquired Westbrook Manor in Zephyrhills and …

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Company NewsNewsPeopleTechnology

Sentrics Adds Industry Thought Leader Bob Kramer to Advisory Council

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Sentrics, a Chicago-based technology company serving seniors housing, has added Robert Kramer to its Advisory Council. Kramer is the co-founder and former CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Broadly recognized as one of senior living’s most influential and high-profile thought leaders, Kramer joins a group of leaders providing the Sentrics management team guidance and insight about the trends impacting the services and care in senior living. Kramer, who launched Nexus Insights in 2020, offers new ideas about how to rethink aging and …

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Assisted LivingDevelopmentNewsVirginia

Watercrest, Harbert Break Ground on 98-Unit Community in Richmond, Virginia

by Jeff Shaw

RICHMOND, Va. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and joint venture partner Harbert Seniors Housing Fund II have broken ground on Watercrest Richmond Assisted Living and Memory Care in Richmond. Trustmark Bank provided financing and EMJ Corp. is providing construction services for the 98-unit luxury senior living community. Completion is scheduled for summer 2022. Watercrest Richmond will feature 76 assisted living and 22 memory care apartments.

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