• Novellus Divests in Colorado

    Evans Senior Investment arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Denver, Colorado, representing Novellus Living in the transaction. ESI previously facilitated the sale of the community less than two years ago. Originally built in 2002, Novellus Cherry Creek comprises 66 units and operates on a 59% private pay basis. In 2022, occupancy... Read More »
  • CBRE Secures Financing for Washington Asset

    CBRE secured financing for a seniors housing community in Tacoma, Washington, on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street, PMB and GenCare Lifestyle. Built in 2020, GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston comprises 159 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The community fully opened in the fourth quarter of 2020 and... Read More »
  • Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

    Live Oak Bank closed a $27.0 million refinance with a repeat client for an assisted living/memory care community, The Ridge at Lantern Crest, situated on a larger campus, Lantern Crest, in Santee, California. Lantern Crest, operated by Lantern Crest Senior Living, is a 34-acre seniors housing campus developed by The Grant Companies. It offers... Read More »
  • The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

    The financing process has killed dozens (and hundreds) of deals in the last couple of years, and yet M&A activity is near record levels in the seniors housing and care industry. So deals are getting done, and not just with cash. Who has been lending and at what cost to the borrower? What hurdles have to be overcome? And when capital costs do... Read More »
  • Lument Arranges Tennessee SNF Sale (& Loan Assumption)

    A skilled nursing facility in Tennessee that was struggling to maintain debt service and other loan obligations sold with the help of Laca Wong-Hammond and Isabel Carta of Lument Securities serving as exclusive financial advisor to the seller. Located in Rocky Top, about 25 miles from Knoxville, Summit View of Rocky Top is a 117-bed skilled... Read More »

Buckner planning its eighth CCRC in Texas

Buckner International announced its newest senior housing development, a high-rise CCRC in Dallas to be called Ventana by Buckner. The $118 million project will be built on nearly three acres of land in the North Park neighborhood of Dallas and feature twin 12-story towers with a total of 314 apartments: 182 independent living, 36 assisted living, 24 memory care, 48 skilled nursing, and 24 short-term rehabilitation. The project will also have three dining areas, a wellness center, pool, chapel, theater, business center, day spa, roof terraces, gardens, and indoor parking. D2 Architecture, also in Dallas, designed the community, which is expected to take four years to complete. Buckner... Read More »

Cadbury expanding its Delaware presence

“Development” is more than bricks and mortar. For example, Cadbury Senior Services has expanded its presence in Delaware by offering seniors in that state the signature “continuing care retirement community without walls” offering that Cadbury developed back in 1998. Operating for 17 years out of Cadbury at Cherry Hill, the provider’s flagship CCRC, Cadbury at Home brings home-care services to New Jersey seniors who prefer to age in place in their own home rather than move into a senior living community. Cadbury also has a CCRC in Delaware, Cadbury at Lewes. A pair of events held last October to introduce the service to Delaware seniors attracted more than 400 attendees—12 of whom signed... Read More »

Calamar/Mount Kellett planning 500 “independent light” units annually

Calamar Enterprises and Mount Kellett Capital Management LP have created a joint venture for the purpose of developing a series of senior housing complexes over the next several years. Calamar’s “independent light” model offers varying levels of services to residents, including meal, transportation, and entertainment options. The team plans to develop more than 500 units across the United States each year. Calamar, a real estate developer operating out of Wheatfield, New York (near Buffalo), has been involved in developing senior housing for the past 25 years. The firm’s portfolio currently includes more than 1,000 senior housing units in New York State and Nebraska and will expand into... Read More »

More memory care coming to Austin

The LaSalle Group recently broke ground on two assisted living communities in and around Austin, Texas, that will specialize in memory care. Autumn Leaves of Northwest Austin, a $10.7 million project in the lovely Hill Country, will comprise 26,000 square feet and accommodate 46 residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other types of memory impairment. Autumn Leaves of Georgetown, a $10.3 million project, will also comprise 26,000 square feet but will accommodate 50 residents requiring memory care. The company expects to complete both projects by the end of 2014. Austin, a vibrant city with a current population of 1.8 million and a growth rate of 2.8%, is one of the fastest-growing... Read More »

Omega Communities pursues faith-based opportunities

Omega Communities, based in Birmingham, Alabama, is differentiating itself in the development arena by focusing on the company’s relationships in the faith-based community. Combining the investment opportunity in senior housing with the affinity of “dynamic, impacting churches” presents benefits that investors are likely to find both substantial and sustainable, according to Omega. At the same time, church partners fulfill their mission of ministering to seniors in their local communities—and share in operating revenues. The company’s “affinity relationship” model for developing senior living communities requires a sponsoring church that meets “strict financial and impacting criteria,”... Read More »