


Bourne Financial Group Working on Baltimore-Area Development
Bourne Financial Group, Park Avenue Lifestyle (part of the Bourne Financial Group family of companies) and Bob Bourne are partnering to develop a large senior living community in Bel Air, Maryland, near Baltimore. The community will be a part of James Run, a 108-acre mixed-use development currently in the works. Once complete, the mixed-use property will consist of 300 residences across six buildings, townhouse villas and apartments totaling 270 units, and the senior living community. There will also be retail space, office/medical space, a daycare, hotel and conference center. Featuring a total of 160 units, the senior living community will have independent living and assisted living... Read More »
Huntington National Bank Finances Discovery Expansion Project
Construction loan activity has slowed to a relative trickle, but Huntington National Bank closed a $26.5 million loan for the development of a 90-unit, Phase II expansion project at an existing senior living community owned and operated by Discovery Senior Living. Located in Dallas, Texas, the community currently features 175 units of independent living. The 81,500-square-foot expansion would add 72 units of assisted living and 18 of memory care, and it is set to open in 12 months. Working with Huntington’s Healthcare team for the first time, Discovery Senior Living obtained a $26.5 million loan with a floating interest rate. Lisa Silvers of Huntington handled the... Read More »
JLL Capital Markets Arranges JV Equity for Construction Project
At a time when construction financing is hard to come by, JLL Capital Markets announced that it worked on behalf of Centric Development LLC to arrange joint venture equity for a seniors housing development project in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Located across the street from Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, the project is a 153,000-square-foot building on a 16.2-acre parcel that will contain 106 assisted living one- and two-bedroom units and 36 memory care units. It is set to open in 2025 and will include luxury finishes. The JLL Capital Markets Advisory team was led by Managing Director Joel Mendes, Senior Managing Director Anthony T. Fertitta Jr. and Associate Billy... Read More »
Upscale Seniors Housing in the News
As the recovery from the pandemic seems to be slowing (or stabilizing), we have always said that the more upscale communities would have a better go of it than the more middle market ones. Location seems to be more important than age, as well. We toured a large community in Stamford, Connecticut that opened last year, and another smaller one in Darien, Connecticut that opened more than 25 years ago. The former is operated by Epoch Senior Living and the latter by Atria Senior Living. We actually went to the Atria property for the open house 25 years ago when CareMatrix (Abe Gosman) built it. Both communities were very nice and doing very well but could not have been more different,... Read More »