• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »
Newmark Arranges Acquisition Financing For Harrison Street

Newmark Arranges Acquisition Financing For Harrison Street

Harrison Street has been on an acquisition tear of late, recently acquiring a portfolio of 12 seniors housing communities operated by Atria Senior Living and owned by Healthpeak Properties. But the firm also picked up a 90-unit community in Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston MSA), thanks to acquisition financing arranged by Sarah Anderson, Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, Ross Sanders and David Fasano of Newmark.   Built in 2014 at a cost of nearly $28 million, the community features 19 independent living, 46 assisted living and 25 memory care units about 10 miles west of downtown Boston. Three years later, Cushman & Wakefield arranged a... Read More »
Newmark Arranges Acquisition Financing For Harrison Street

CBRE Secures Bridge Financing For Orange County Community

Bridge lending may be in a period of relative inactivity not seen for some time, but CBRE got creative working with a multifamily bridge lending program to refinance a brand-new senior living community in Orange County, California. The luxury community in Laguna Niguel features 176 independent living/ assisted living flex units and 22 units for memory care on an irreplaceable 11.6-acre site.   It was built in 2018 and consists of numerous amenities, including a 15,000-square foot rooftop with a lounge, sunroom, open-air art studio and putting green. Atria Senior Living operates the community under its “Signature” brand on behalf of the joint venture owners Fremont Realty Capital and... Read More »
Capitol Seniors Housing Opens Community In Chicagoland

Capitol Seniors Housing Opens Community In Chicagoland

Capitol Seniors Housing opened a brand-new assisted living/memory care community in Chicago’s Highland Park neighborhood to be operated by Atria Senior Living. What’s the name for the new community? Appropriately, it’s Atria Highland Park.  This property was designed by Richmond, Virginia-based Mosely Architects and Austin, Texas-based Studio Six 5, and features 72,000 total square feet in three stories. There are 86 units, 22 of which are in a separate memory care neighborhood that also features a salon. Other amenities across the community include a theater, art studio, fitness center and a wellness center offering health checkups and monitoring. That probably reduces the stress of not... Read More »
From Atria Senior Living to Elegance Living

From Atria Senior Living to Elegance Living

Baltimore, Maryland-based Elegance Living, LLC recently named Josh Krull as its CEO. After 13 years at Atria Senior Living. Most recently serving as Senior Vice President – Operations Chief of Staff, Krull worked closely with Atria’s COO to oversee operations of communities across North America.   He will be taking over leadership of a company with 46 communities under management in 16 states and approximately 4,150 units, which include 750 units under development. The new developments are located in California (587 units), Washington (73 units) and Virginia (90 units). Two of the communities in California (in Dublin and Novato) are set to open later this year, as... Read More »
Healthpeak Properties’ Florida Sale Handled By Newmark

Healthpeak Properties’ Florida Sale Handled By Newmark

Newmark Knight Frank has closed another seniors housing sale in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, representing Healthpeak Properties in its sale of a community in Lantana, Florida. Originally built in 1986, the property features 173 total units, with 115 for independent living and 58 for assisted living residents. Occupancy was around 83%. Operated by Atria Senior Living, the community was bought by Pacifica Senior Living, which paid $12.35 million, or under $72,000 per unit. Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, David Fasano and Ross Sanders of Newmark handled the transaction, and Bank of the West provided a $10.4 million mortgage to fund the deal.   Apparently, the property... Read More »