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LRS Architects Promotes Six Designers to Associate, Senior Associate Levels

by Jeff Shaw

PORTLAND, Ore. — LRS Architects, a Portland-based design firm, has promoted four designers to associate and the additional elevations of two longtime firm veterans to senior associate. New associate Joe Bosnar joined LRS in 2013 and serves as a job captain on a myriad of residential projects as part of the firm’s multifamily housing studio. He received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Oregon. New associate Nick Carpenter joined LRS in 2019 and has been a project architect in the senior living studio. A Washington State-registered architect, …

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Focus Healthcare Partners Completes $67M Renovation Project at The Virginian CCRC in Fairfax

by Jeff Shaw

FAIRFAX, Va. — Focus Healthcare Partners has completed a $67 million renovation project at The Virginian, a 32-acre continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the D.C. suburb of Fairfax. LCS operates the property. This project included adding an array of advanced technology, sustainability initiatives, lifelong learning opportunities and healthcare services. Amenities now include multiple dining venues, a wine cellar, sports bar, indoor golf simulator, theater, entertainment venues, three full-service salons, technology areas and a spa under development. Outdoor areas include pickleball, bocce ball, a putting green, a dog park and …

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Ryan Cos. Delivers 204-Unit Grand Living at Wellen Park in Venice, Florida

by Jeff Shaw

VENICE, Fla. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has completed construction of Grand Living at Wellen Park, a 235,267-square-foot luxury senior living community in Venice, a Gulf Coast city approximately midway between Tampa and Fort Meyers. Offering 204 residential units, the property will be part of Wellen Park, a master-planned development encompassing 11,000 acres. The four-story building includes 156 independent and assisted living units, 36 memory care units and 12 villas.  Ryan served as the developer and builder as well as an investor in the community. Ryan A+E Inc., Ryan’s design …

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Flournoy Breaks Ground on Active Adult Community in Asheville, North Carolina

by Jeff Shaw

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Flournoy Development Group has broken ground on a new active adult community in Asheville. The Class A property will be part of The Preserve at Busbee Mountain, a 130-acre, master-planned residential development in Central Asheville’s dynamic southern corridor. The active adult community, which was not yet named, will follow development of Ellison at The Preserve, a 315-unit conventional multifamily community, and later followed by a second conventional multifamily phase and single-family estate lots. The 179-unit active adult community will feature mountain and forest views. Construction is currently …

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Onelife Senior Living and Ally Senior Living Complete Merger

by Jeff Shaw

DENVER — Onelife Senior Living, a Denver-based developer and operator, and Ally Senior Living, a Texas-based operator, have merged. The combined company manages 19 communities across eight states and will retain Onelife Senior Living’s name and branding. The companies began merger conversations in 2023 and the deal closed this month. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Dan Williams, previously CEO of Ally Senior Living, and Zack Falk, previously CEO of Onelife, will lead the combined company. Executive team members from both companies will fill roles in the newly established …

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Clearwater Living Opens 101-Unit Community in Newport Beach, California

by Jeff Shaw

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Clearwater Living has opened Clearwater Newport Beach, a 101-unit seniors housing community in the coastal Orange County city of Newport Beach. Clearwater Newport Beach offers 70 assisted living and 31 memory support apartments. Clearwater Living actively acquires, develops and operates a full range of seniors housing communities throughout the Western United States. Clearwater Newport Beach will be the company’s 11th community in California, Nevada and Arizona, with additional developments in the pipeline.

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Ziegler Arranges $67.2M Bond Financing for United Methodist Retirement Homes

by Jeff Shaw

DURHAM, LUMBERTON and GREENVILLE, N.C. — Ziegler has arranged $67.2 million in bond financing for The United Methodist Retirement Homes (UMRH), a North Carolina-based nonprofit owner-operator of three continuing care retirement communities in the state. The borrower’s portfolio includes Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton and Cypress Glen Retirement Community located in Greenville.  In total, the three communities comprise a total of 690 independent living units, 28 memory care units, 112 assisted living units and 194 skilled nursing units, which ranks UMRH as the …

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Ryan Cos. Completes 142,000 SF Second Phase of Friendship Village Tempe Redevelopment in Arizona

by Jeff Shaw

TEMPE, Ariz. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has completed the second phase of a master-planned renovation on the 50-acre campus of Friendship Village Tempe.  The newly constructed, four-story, 142,000-square-foot building is 89 percent occupied. LCS Development is leading the project, and the operator is LCS. Friendship Village Tempe, one of the first continuing care retirement communities in the region, was originally built in 1980. The revitalization of its campus began with Phase I of construction in 2019. Ryan A+E Inc., the design studio of Ryan, was the architect for both …

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Jaybird Senior Living Receives $17.9M Acquisition Financing for Two Communities in Iowa

by Jeff Shaw

MASON CITY and INDIANOLA, Iowa — JLL Capital Markets has arranged acquisition financing for two assisted living and memory care communities in Iowa on behalf of affiliates of Jaybird Senior Living. The facilities, Vintage Hills in Indianola and Country Meadow Place in Mason City, total 118 units combined. Jaybird already managed both properties prior to the acquisition. JLL secured two loans totaling $17.9 million, or $151,436/unit, representing greater than 80 percent of the total purchase price. One loan was facilitated through a regional bank, while the other utilized the HUD/FHA …

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JLL Negotiates Sale of 80-Unit The Residence at Orchard Grove in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

by Jeff Shaw

SHREWSBURY, Mass. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of The Residence at Orchard Grove, a seniors housing community in Shrewsbury, a suburb just east of Worcester. JLL represented the seller, Blue Moon Capital Partners, and procured the buyer, a public REIT. LCB will continue to manage the community operations. The price was not disclosed. The Residence at Orchard Grove comprises 80 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. The three-story building spans 75,000 gross square feet and first opened its doors in October 2017.Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Rick Swartz …

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