


Developers Secure LIHTC Equity for Indiana Project
Brown Capital Group, Leo Brown Group and Rogers Development Group are teaming up on a new seniors housing development in Indiana. The trio will open Reserve on Park Place, a 187-unit affordable senior apartment building in Fort Wayne, in April 2025. The three-story community will have 15 studio, 136 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom units for residents earning 40%, 60% and 80% of the area median income (AMI). To help finance the project, Merchants Capital provided $17.4 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity financing for the construction. Read More »
Construction Coming to a Close for NY Development
FilBen Group, an owner/developer, and its equity partner RSF Partners are nearing completion of their $54 million seniors housing development in Montebello, New York, in the Lower Hudson Valley. The four-story Braemar at Montebello will be complete in 2024 and feature 133 total units. Of those, there are 66 studio, 14 one-bedroom and 53 two-bedroom units (semi-private “friendship” units each with approximately 600 square feet) across 133,675 total square feet. There will also be shared public spaces on the main, second and third levels. The community is adjacent to the Montebello Commercial Center, which offers retail, entertainment, dining and medical services. Good Samaritan... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Lands Long Island Loan
Live Oak Bank closed a $27.2 million refinance for an 89-unit assisted living/memory care community in Woodbury, New York (Long Island). The community is stabilized and operated by Benchmark Senior Living. Benchmark Senior Living and its joint venture partner, Iron Point Partners, LLC, developed the community in fall 2019. Chad Borst, the Senior Loan Officer at Live Oak Bank, arranged the loan. Read More »
Cambridge Secures HUD Refinancing Loan
Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $2.1 million HUD loan to refinance Wells Point Lodge, a 60-bed seniors housing community in the northern Austin suburb of Pflugerville, Texas. Anthony Marino of Camrbidge originated the 35-year loan through HUD’s 232/223(f) program. The borrower was an undisclosed, Texas-based limited liability company. Cambridge also utilized the early rate lock program, which allowed the owner to avoid the recent run-up in interest rates. Read More »