STERLING, Va. — Avanath Capital Management has acquired Cascades Village, a 150-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Sterling, for $27.2 million. “Avanath was attracted to Sterling because home pricing and existing market-rate product in the market are unaffordable to lower income renters, resulting in a significant demand for affordable rental units in the area,” says John Williams, president and chief investment officer of Avanath Capital Management. “Cascades Village is located only 2.5 miles away from our affordable community, Acclaim at Sterling, and this proximity will …
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PGIM Real Estate Arranges $60M Freddie Mac Loan for Lincoln Meadows Senior Living in Parker, Colorado
by Jeff Shaw
PARKER, Colo. — PGIM Real Estate has arranged a $60 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Lincoln Meadows Senior Living in Parker. Trace Wilson of PGIM originated the transaction on behalf of Denver-based Spectrum Retirement Communities, which owns and operates the property. The floating-rate loan has a 10-year term, with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. Located 20 miles south of Denver, Lincoln Meadows features 130 independent living units, 60 assisted living units and 18 memory care units.
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has completed construction of Luna Trails, a $19.6 million, 86-unit affordable housing development for seniors in Titusville, along Florida’s Space Coast region. Apartments are reserved for seniors ages 55 and older earning at or below 60 percent of area median income (AMI). Rents range from $346 per month for a one-bedroom apartment to $791 per month for a three-bedroom apartment. The property is currently 100 percent leased. “This is HTG’s first development in Brevard County and therefore marks an important milestone for our …
FOXBORO, Mass. — Benchmark Senior Living has announced expansion plans for New Pond Village in the Boston suburb of Foxboro. The project will add 19 assisted living units, bringing the community’s total to 36 units. The new apartments will be on the third floor, overlooking the property’s 19.4-acre campus. SEO Construction is building the project, which Udelsman Associates of Hollis designed. StudioSix5 is handling the interiors. Since Benchmark acquired New Pond Village in May 2017, it has undergone extensive renovations. In 2018, an $8 million project brought new and refreshed …
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has acquired Cedar Manor Assisted Living, a seniors housing community in Chesapeake, located in the southeast corner of the state along the Atlantic Ocean and North Carolina border. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare built the property in 2001. It will be rebranded as Commonwealth Senior Living at Cedar Manor. The community currently features 60 assisted living and 12 memory care beds. Starting after the holidays, Commonwealth will immediately begin renovations to update the building and expand its capacity to 68 assisted living and 32 memory care …
DALLAS — Ziegler has arranged $77.1 million of bond financing for Presbyterian Village North, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Dallas. The community sits on a 66-acre campus and currently consists of 89 buildings with 253 independent living units, 101 assisted living units, 44 memory care units and a health center operating 106 skilled nursing beds. The proceeds of the bonds will finance the cost of an expansion project that will add 112 new independent living units in a five-story building named The Hawthorne. Of the 97 units being …
BOSTON — DiMella Shaffer, a Boston-based architecture firm, has completed design work on Grace Apartments, an affordable seniors housing development located in East Boston, and construction of the project has begun. Developed by the East Boston Community Development Corporation (EBCDC) and Affirmative Investments, Grace Apartments will feature 42 residential units for low-income seniors within a new seven-story structure in Maverick Square. Like many cities across the nation, Boston is facing an increasingly acute housing crisis with soaring rents and slender supply, leaving the city’s seniors with limited options, according to …
BOISE — A team of senior living industry veterans have launching Wellness Enhanced Lifestyle Living, a new senior living development company based in Boise. The company’s leadership team includes Dave Mazurek, formerly founder of Sterling Bay’s senior living platform and part of Ventas’ development team; Mandy Serrano, formerly with Holiday Retirement, Avamere and Atlas; and Haller, who most recently served as Avamere’s chief development officer and founder of Ovation and Point Development Co. Collectively, the team has developed in 39 states with a total transaction resume of $6.8 billion in …
NORTH BEND, Ore. — Merrill Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 69-unit independent living community in North Bend. The 44,000-square-foot community was part of a senior living portfolio that went into receivership in late 2019. The property is one of four properties in the portfolio that make up a continuum of care model in the local area. The name of the property and campus were not disclosed. Mike Merrill represented the court-appointed receiver. A California-based investment group focused on the multifamily sector paid $4.1 million for the …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), a Washington, D.C.-based organization representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities across the country, has released a report showing new COVID cases in nursing homes in the U.S. have now reached a record number of weekly new cases. Recent data released by Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show that with the recent spike in new COVID cases in the general U.S. population, weekly nursing home …