RICHMOND, Va. — Enterprise Community Development has completed construction of The Rosa, an affordable seniors housing community in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. Partners on the project include the City of Richmond, the Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Virginia Housing, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Truist, Enterprise Housing Credit Investments, and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. The four-story building features 82 mixed-income apartments, including 36 affordable units designated for workforce housing. It is named after the school for …
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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 …
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 …
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Standard Communities, the affordable housing division of Standard Cos., has acquired The Commons at Princess Anne, an affordable seniors housing community in Virginia Beach. This acquisition and renovation represents an investment of approximately $22 million and includes capital improvements at the 186-unit property. With this transaction, Standard has created or preserved over 2,000 units of affordable housing in the Mid-Atlantic region. “Older adults, many of whom are on fixed incomes, often find themselves priced out of the neighborhoods that they have been a part of for …
VIRGINIA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Sentara Healthcare’s portfolio of skilled nursing and seniors housing. The portfolio totals 876 beds in Southern Virginia. Following a previous sale in 2019, Sentara decided to leave the seniors housing space to focus on acute care. The buyer was Omega Healthcare Investors, which will continue to lease to the existing operator, Saber Healthcare Group. The price was not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cadence Living has been appointed as the new manager of four senior living communities in the Washington, D.C. area. The portfolio includes Tribute at One Loudoun in Ashburn, Virginia; Tribute at The Glen in Woodbridge, Virginia; Tribute at Black Hill in Germantown, Maryland; and Tribute at Melford in Bowie, Maryland.
M&T Realty Capital Provides $17.1M Acquisition Loan for Cascades Village in Sterling, Virginia
by Jeff Shaw
STERLING, Va. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $17.1 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Cascades Village, a 150-unit affordable seniors housing community in Sterling. Matthew Hodson of M&T originated the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Avanath Capital Management. The financing features 10 years of interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate of 2.58 percent. Amenities at Cascades Village include community room with a kitchen, library, TV room, movie theater, beauty parlor, onsite dentist and podiatrist, exercise room, sitting porch and a patio with a grill …
Joint Venture Breaks Ground on $86M Lake Anne House Affordable Community in Northern Virginia
by Jeff Shaw
RESTON, Va. — A joint venture between Enterprise Community Development (ECD) and Fellowship Square Foundation has broken ground on Lake Anne House, an $86 million affordable seniors housing community in Reston. The property will offer 240 units, with floor plans ranging from studio to two-bedroom layouts. The units will be available to seniors who earn at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Each resident will pay no more than 30 percent of his or her income toward housing costs, including rent and a utility allowance. The …
Solutions Advisors Group Opens Sales Center at 132-Unit Aspire at East Beach in Virginia
by Jeff Shaw
NORFOLK, Va. — Solutions Advisors Group (SAG) has opened the sales center at Aspire at East Beach, a waterfront seniors housing community in Norfolk. The four-story building features 132 units of independent living. The community is slated to open in summer 2021. Solvere Living, the operations division of Florida-based SAG, will operate the community upon completion. The developer of the community is Arlington-based Bonaventure. East Beach marks the third of its Aspire-branded communities.
Greysteel Arranges $27.2M Sale of Cascades Village Senior Apartments in Sterling, Virginia
by Jeff Shaw
STERLING, Va. — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Cascades Village Senior Apartments, a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) property in Sterling, approximately 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. A private local investor sold the property to Avanath Capital Management for $27.2 million. Cascades Village is a 150-unit, age-restricted affordable housing community developed in 2001 under the LIHTC. Henry Mathies and Fletcher Hultman of Greysteel’s East Coast Affordable Housing practice represented the seller in the transaction. The Greysteel team additionally worked with the buyer to arrange a senior loan provided …