• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Kauhale Health Set to Grow in the Midwest

Kauhale Health Set to Grow in the Midwest

Brand-new operator Kauhale Health announced it has formed a strategic alliance with seniors housing industry veteran Torey Riso. The former CEO of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors and publicly traded Care Investment Trust will assist Kauhale in expanding its Midwest portfolio, which currently sits at one owned and one managed property, both in Michigan. According to Levin Pro LTC, Kauhale Health made their first seniors housing acquisition in August with the purchase of Vicinia Gardens of Otsego, a 52-unit assisted living community in Michigan. Previously, Kauhale was appointed manager of the CCRC Vista Grande Villa in Jackson, Michigan in March 2022. By partnership with Mr. Riso,... Read More »
Erickson Senior Living Opens Phase I of $500 Million Development

Erickson Senior Living Opens Phase I of $500 Million Development

A new independent living community, Avery Point by Erickson Senior Living, is set to open after two years of construction. Erickson Senior Living developed the community and will operate it going forward. Eventually, the IL portion will be part of a massive 1,400-unit CCRC on 94 acres in Goochland, Virginia (Richmond MSA). Construction started in 2019 with Phase I consisting of 216 independent living apartments in one- and two-bedroom configurations. Erickson announced that Phase I is already filled to capacity and they are expecting the Phase II developments to be sold out as well. Moseley Architects is the architect for the $500-million-dollar development project, which should come out... Read More »
Del Webb Develops in Texas

Del Webb Develops in Texas

Del Webb is set to open its newest 55+ community, Del Webb Fulshear, just west of Houston, Texas. Comprising 725 single family ranch-style homes across more than 230 acres, Del Webb Fulshear features three unique home series from Del Webb’s consumer-inspired GenYou collection: The Scenic, Distinctive and Echelon. The resort-style community will offer over three miles of walking trails in addition to an indoor and outdoor pool with prices starting in the high $200,000s. Del Webb has been busy developing its own brand of large 55+ communities, which fall out of the generally accepted definition for active adult communities (as AA communities are usually rental options). However, active adult... Read More »

Active Adult Developments Stay Active Across America

Active adult new construction activity continued apace this past week with multiple developers breaking ground on communities throughout the country. We are sure rising interest rates have stopped a number of projects, but many developers surely see plenty of opportunity in the emerging sector. As covered in our active adult webinar in June, one question that arose was whether it’s better to build or buy active adult communities right now. Back then, the answer was a resounding “Both.” However, in light of the high capital costs these days, purchasing a community at a 4% cap rate when the 10-Year Treasury Yield is approaching 4% may not make as much sense right now. In Northampton,... Read More »

Texas Development Lands Construction Financing

A major theme coming out of the NIC Fall Conference was the drying up of the construction lending market, but JLL Capital Markets announced it has arranged $61 million in construction financing for the development of The Preserve at Spring Creek, a 230-unit assisted living, memory care and independent living community in Garland, Texas. JLL worked on behalf of the joint venture sponsor, JAMP Enterprises LLC and Frontier Management LLC, to secure the 15-year, 75% loan-to-cost, floating-rate loan through a regional bank, with five years of interest only. The community will consist of a 120-unit apartment-style complex as well as 110 additional two-bed, two-bath independent living cottages... Read More »

Resthaven Breaks Ground on The Farmstead

Resthaven broke ground on a $72.5 million development project called The Farmstead, an independent and assisted living community in western Michigan. The community will serve greater Ottawa County, and will be situated on 40 acres just southwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Farmstead will comprise 24 single-family homes/duplexes, 24 assisted living and memory care units and 80 independent living apartments. Filling a high demand for seniors housing in the area, all the stand-alone homes are already reserved, but there are still a few apartments that have yet to be pre-leased. The community also comes with a clubhouse. Resthaven is a not-for-profit healthcare and senior living... Read More »