LEBANON, Ohio — Leo Brown Group, a developer, owner and operator of senior living properties in the Midwest, has started construction of Traditions of Lebanon, located in the northeastern suburbs of Cincinnati. The community will feature 146 units in a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care options. Development costs are estimated at $35 million. Traditions Management, an affiliate of the developer, will operate the community upon completion. “We are excited to get started on this project, which we feel is a much-needed senior living option for the …
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Walker & Dunlop Arranges $10.1M in Financing for Affordable Redevelopment Project in Washington, D.C.
by Jeff Shaw
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Walker & Dunlop has structured $10.1 million in construction and permanent financing for Spring Flats. The project calls for the redevelopment of a historic property known as The Hebrew Home, located in the Petworth neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. The development caters primarily to seniors and low-income residents. Development costs are estimated at $59 million. Originally constructed in 1925, The Hebrew Home served as a nursing home until 1968, when the city purchased the property and converted it into a community health center. The asset has been vacant …
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has formed several Congregate Care Unified Response Teams, with the goal of testing residents and staff members at skilled nursing facilities in the state. “Nursing facilities have been aggressive regarding testing and managing COVID-19 outbreaks on their own, but this effort will provide them with additional resources,” says DeWine. “As we continue to ramp up our testing in Ohio, we must deploy our resources in a way that will save the most lives.” The response team will include medically trained members of the …
ORANGE, Calif. — MBK Senior Living has acquired Kirkwood Orange, seniors housing community in Orange, approximately 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Kirkwood Orange comprises 48 assisted living and memory care units. Originally built in 1999, the community underwent $1.1 million in capital improvements in 2019, including renovations to all common areas. The seller was a joint venture between Cadence Living and an institutional equity partner. This acquisition expands MBK’s portfolio to 33 owned and managed communities located throughout the Western United States. The purchase price was not disclosed. …
NEW YORK CITY — Home Street Partners has completed construction of Home Street Residences, an affordable housing community in the Bronx The 75,000-square-foot building rises eight stories in the Foxhurst neighborhood. Of the 63 apartments, 30 percent are reserved for homeless seniors. Units average 550 square feet. Body Lawson Associates designed the property. Bronx Pro Group is the operator, and DreamYard designed the programming. Approximately 50,000 people have already applied for an apartment, according to Body Lawson Associates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Testing all residents and staff and skilled nursing facilities nationwide just once would cost $440 million, according to data compiled by the American Health Care Association (AHCA), based in Washington, D.C. The organization notes that at that rate, the CDC’s recommendation of weekly testing would cost skilled nursing operators over $1 billion per month. The AHCA describes the costs as “unsustainable” without additional funding from federal and state governments, especially since it doesn’t account for other types of senior care. “For months now, we have been advocating …
PHOENIX — Grandbridge’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group has provided $11.3 million in financing for Avista North Mountain, a 132-unit assisted living and memory care community in Phoenix. The borrower is Avista Senior Living. The funds, arranged through the FHA 232/223(f) program, will refinance existing debt on the property. Richard Thomas, Meredith Davis and Kim Huffstutler of Grandbridge arranged the financing.
SHREWSBURY, Mass. — Massachusetts-based Casa Builders and Developers has started construction of Wyman Farms, a 26-unit senior living community in Shrewsbury, an eastern suburb of Worcester. The property will feature 13 duplex-style residences with two bedrooms each that will be restricted to residents age 55 and older. The property is located near UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus, multiple golf courses and retailers such as Wegmans, Walmart and Whole Foods Market. The project is slated for completion in 2022.
NEWTON, Mass. — Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC), a Newton-based REIT, has elected Daniel LePage to the company’s board as an independent trustee. The election is part of DHC’s previously announced, multi-year review of its governance policies. It is working with executive search firm Korn Ferry to expand and refresh the board. With the addition of LePage, DHC’s board now has six trustees, four of them independent. In 2019, LePage founded DFL Capital LLC, a company specializing in real estate investing, real estate securities and advisory services. From 2006 to …
Communities Should Combine Digital, Print, Event Advertising to Keep Leads Coming During Pandemic, Say Marketing Specialists
by Jeff Shaw
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to take a bite out of seniors housing occupancy, communities should put the pedal down on lead generation in order to survive, according to seniors housing marketing firm The Roche Associates. “There could be an occupancy time bomb waiting. You don’t feel the effect right now, but you might soon,” said Joseph Roche, president and CEO of the Wilbraham, Massachusetts-based company. “During the Great Recession, the communities that kept marketing even though they were getting clocked were the ones that came out and did the …