FERN PARK, Fla. — Maitland-Based Strive Senior Living has opened its first community, Strive at Fern Park, approximately eight miles north of downtown Orlando. The property features 79 assisted living and 46 memory care units. Strive Senior Living is managing the community in partnership with KR Management, a Clearwater-based operator. The Agency for Health Care Administration approved the license, effective Feb. 14 and the first residents moved in Feb. 19.
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HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — Sunrise Senior Living has completed construction of Sunrise of Huntington, located in the Suffolk County town of Huntington on Long Island. The community can accommodate up to 108 residents and offers assisted living and memory care services. “According to a recent independent study, the population of seniors over 85 years old, in Suffolk County specifically, has increased by 56 percent over the past 13 years,” says Jenifer Salamino, senior vice president of operations for Sunrise Senior Living. Sunrise held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 19, for …
Monticello Provides $12.4M Financing for Skilled Nursing Portfolio in Tennessee, Kentucky
by Jeff Shaw
TENNESSEE and KENTUCKY — Monticello has provided $12.4 million in first lien debt financing for the acquisition of two skilled nursing properties totaling 165 beds in Tennessee and Kentucky. The specific names and locations of the properties were not disclosed. The transaction also includes a $1.5 million working capital loan to the operating companies of the properties provided by Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital LLC. The borrower is an experienced owner and operator with a current portfolio of 8,752 licensed beds. Prior to this deal, Monticello financed the …
LOS ANGELES — There is a deficit in seniors housing and it has nothing to do with occupancy rates, investment dollars or development opportunities. It’s the labor shortage, according to Charles Turner, a longtime industry veteran and current CEO of Kare, an application that pairs understaffed seniors housing communities with temporary workers. Turner made the comments as keynote speaker at France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing West conference, held Feb. 20 at the Omni Los Angeles. “We all know what’s coming in the next decade — an onslaught of baby boomers aging into …
Ventas Hires Veteran Executive Justin Hutchens to Oversee North American Seniors Housing Business
by Jeff Shaw
CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has appointed J. Justin Hutchens as executive vice president, senior housing, North America, effective April 1. The appointment is part of a series of actions, including a realignment of current executive team responsibilities, to improve the company’s performance in seniors housing. In this newly created role, Hutchens will oversee the Chicago-based REIT’s seniors housing business in North America, which includes over 700 properties that provide high-quality environments for approximately 60,000 seniors. The company is the second largest owner of seniors housing in the United …
DALLAS and NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — New Braunfels-based SilverPoint Senior Living, a newly formed management company led by CEO Shawn Corzine, has signed an expansion partnership with Journey Capital, a Dallas-based real estate development company led by hospitality entrepreneurs Anand Patel and Narayan Patel. With its investment in SilverPoint, Journey Capital’s co-founders will also assume roles as partners in the management company Journey Capital will work with SilverPoint to grow its development and acquisition pipeline and lean on the company for third-party management and consulting services. While SilverPoint is currently …
MILWAUKEE — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of St. Clare Terrace, a 59-unit assisted living community in Milwaukee. The community was built in 1964 and operates under the Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) designation. The 67,000-square-foot property sits on 2.4 acres, and was 64 percent occupied at the time of sale. St. Clare was placed into receivership when the previous nonprofit owner-operator was unable to service outstanding bonds. Shortly after the building was placed in receivership, an experienced operator was hired to manage the community until …
MACEDONIA, Ohio — CBRE has arranged a refinancing for American House Macedonia, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Macedonia, approximately midway between Cleveland and Akron. The borrower is a joint venture between Harrison Street and REDICO, which have partnered on over 25 seniors housing communities together. The operator, American House Senior Living Communities, is an affiliate of REDICO. Originally built in 2015, the community consists of 70 assisted living units and 30 memory care units. It is situated on a four-acre site less than a mile west …
PMB Completes 159-Unit Community as Part of Mixed-Use Development in Tacoma, Washington
by Jeff Shaw
TACOMA, Wash. — PMB has opened the doors on GenCare Lifestyle at Point Ruston, a 159-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Tacoma. The 144,000-square-foot, six-story senior community is located on the southern edge of Puget Sound in Point Ruston, a master-planned, mixed-use urban village. The location puts residents within walking distance of retail establishments, restaurants, a luxury hotel, residential developments, a movie theater, local and organic food, walking paths, meeting spaces and seasonal public events. The site was formerly home to a copper mill for decades …
TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), the largest REIT in the seniors housing space both by units and market cap, has launched welltowerLIVING, a wellness-focused housing concept for residents aged 55 and over. The brand was developed with the specific aim to fulfill the unmet need private-pay housing that is affordable for moderate-income seniors, many of whom will be Medicare eligible. The brand intends to offer a lower cost, technologically delivered wellness solution to residents, according to the Toledo-based REIT. This offering is limited in service relative to traditional …