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SLIB Brokers Sale of 42-Unit Brookdale Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Alabama

by Jeff Shaw

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Brookdale Shoals, a 42-unit assisted living and memory care community in Muscle Shoals, located along the Tennessee River in the northwest corner of Alabama. The asset was an operational outlier for Brookdale, the seller. The buyer is a local partnership between an individual investor and operating partner. The price was not disclosed. Brad Clousing, Jeff Binder and Daniel Geraghty of SLIB handled the transaction.

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Anthem Memory Care Appoints Allison Rackow as Executive Director of Community in Oak Lawn, Illinois

by Jeff Shaw

OAK LAWN, Ill. — Anthem Memory Care has named Allison Rackow as executive director of Grace Point Place, an Anthem community in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. Rackow previously was executive director at nearby Sunrise Senior Living of Palos Park. She has also served as associate executive director for Sunrise at Fountain Square as well as executive director at ResCare Premier. Rackow earned her master’s degree in social work from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a bachelor’s degree in social work from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

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Affordable HousingCaliforniaDevelopmentNews

USA Properties Fund Starts Construction of $80M Vintage at Woodman Affordable Community in Los Angeles

by Jeff Shaw

LOS ANGELES — USA Properties Fund Inc. has started construction of Vintage at Woodman, a 239-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Units will be restricted to residents at least 55 years old that meet a range of income limits, via the California Housing Finance Agency’s Mixed-Income Program. Vintage at Woodman is the first USA Properties project to use the Mixed-Income Program. With the Mixed-Income Program, renters earning 50 percent to 80 percent of the area median income — about $45,000 to $72,000 for …

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Discovery Senior Living Launches Centralized Contact Center to Streamline Sales

by Jeff Shaw

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Owner-operator Discovery Senior Living has launched a centralized contact center at its Bonita Springs home office. The center will position a team of inside sales specialists who will engage with all new prospects, create more detailed customer profiles and share information based on each prospect’s specific needs and desires. Specialists will then facilitate direct connections with senior lifestyle counselors from the Discovery Senior Living communities that interest them. Discovery expects the move increase the percentage of documented leads, improve gathering of contact information, grow the provider’s …

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AcquisitionsMemory CareMinnesotaNews

JLL Negotiates $5.5M Sale of Olive Branch Estates Memory Care Facility in Suburban Minneapolis

by Jeff Shaw

CHANHASSEN, Minn. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $5.5 million sale of Olive Branch Estates in Chanhassen, a suburb of Minneapolis. The 24-unit, 28-bed memory care facility was constructed in 2015. The one-story property sits on 4.6 acres. John Klement of JLL represented the seller, a private owner and operator. The buyer, a limited liability company, has retained Elysian Senior Homes to operate the community. The sales price represents a capitalization rate of 8.75 percent.

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AcquisitionsAssisted LivingGeorgiaNews

SLIB Brokers Sale of 46-Unit Amber Glen Community in Gainesville, Georgia

by Jeff Shaw

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Amber Glen, a 46-unit assisted living and memory care community in Gaineville. Amber Glen is located approximately eight miles from Lake Lanier and 70 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. A group of five tenants in common, which purchased the asset in 2006, sold the property for an undisclosed price. The buyer, primarily a skilled nursing owner-operator, is looking to expand its assisted living presence across the state of Georgia. SLIB’s Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing handled the …

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Assisted LivingDevelopmentNewsVirginia

Silverstone, Watermark Open The Providence Luxury Community in Fairfax, Virginia

by Jeff Shaw

FAIRFAX, Va. — Silverstone Senior Living and Watermark Retirement Communities have opened The Providence, a luxury seniors housing community in the MetroWest neighborhood of Fairfax. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments offering services for assisted living, memory care and cognitive impairment. The number of units was not disclosed. Silverstone designed and developed the property, which Watermark will operate. The Providence features innovations that reduce or prevent transmission of viruses. These include an enhanced filtration and HVAC system, cold plasma bi-polar ionization, relative humidity levels of 40 to 60 …

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FeaturesNewsSkilled Nursing

Skilled Nursing Occupancy Continues Freefall, Dropping to New Record Low of 71.7 Percent

by Jeff Shaw

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities in December 2020 reached its lowest level since data have been collected, ending the year at 71.7 percent, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). The data comes from over 1,500 skilled nursing facilities in 48 states that report data to NIC, an Annapolis-based data and analytics organization serving the seniors housing industry. The report includes information through the end of 2020. Average skilled nursing occupancy declined 13.3 percentage points since February 2020, before the COVID-19 …

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FinanceMissouriNewsSkilled Nursing

Greystone Arranges $12M Bridge Loan for Skilled Nursing Facility in Missouri

by Jeff Shaw

MISSOURI — The Greystone Seniors Housing Capital Markets team has arranged $12 million in bridge financing for a 147-bed skilled nursing community in Missouri. RSF Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm focusing primarily on the senior living sector, was the borrower on the two-year bridge refinancing. Further details on the property and loan were not disclosed.

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FinanceFloridaMemory CareNews

Berkadia Secures $5.2M Financing for Memory Care Portfolio in Central Florida

by Jeff Shaw

CENTRAL FLORIDA ­— Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group has arranged $5.2 million in financing for six memory care facilities in Central Florida. The transaction refinances 36 memory care units across six six-unit residential homes situated in two counties. Berkadia processed the transaction as a scattered-site loan under HUD’s 232/223(f) program. The 34-year term loan represents a 60 percent loan-to-value ratio and a debt load of $143,300 per bed. Ed Williams secured the financing on behalf of the California-based sponsor. Further details on the properties were not disclosed.

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