LCS Hires Joe Weisenburger from Welltower
LCS has picked up a noteworthy hire from Welltower, welcoming Joe Weisenburger as their new vice president, senior director of business development. Mr. Weisenburger brings 23 years of industry experience to LCS, one of the country’s largest senior care operators with over 130 properties in its portfolio. He has developed multibillion-dollar senior housing deals and previously served as Welltower’s senior vice president of business development. At Welltower, he worked on the management team that brought the company’s assets from $1 billion to $30 billion dollars. He will now be tasked with creating business development strategies aimed at increasing revenue across all LCS... Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Finances New Jersey Development
BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced that it led and closed a $73.4 million construction financing for a joint venture between LCS and an institutional partner to develop a 220-unit senior living community in Florham Park, New Jersey. People’s United Bank was also a $30 million participant in the deal. Set to open in March 2023, the community will feature 128 independent living units (53 one-bedroom and 75 two-bedroom options), 58 assisted living units (10 studio, 40 one-bedroom and eight two-bedroom options) and 34 memory care units (32 private and two semi-private units). Read More »
LCS’ Westchester Development Hits 60% Presales
A massive independent living development in the works on the campus of Purchase College SUNY in Purchase, New York is already 60% presold. And the ground has yet to be broken. Set on a 40-acre neighborhood, the development is expected to cost around $320 million. That’s nearly $1.5 million per unit. This isn’t Manhattan real estate, but building on a college campus in Westchester County must come at a cost. It was originally conceived back in 2008, when the state legislature approved a plan for the college to lease some of its land for senior living purposes. The governor at the time, David Paterson, vetoed the bill, but current Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law in... Read More »
Truist Finances Connecticut CCRC, Benchmark Doubles Down
One of the top CCRCs in Connecticut, Meadow Ridge in Redding, was developed nearly 20 years ago by Senior Care Development (SCD) and continues to thrive. Occupancy remained reasonably steady during the pandemic, and while the health center lost census in April and May (who didn’t?), it is back to pre-COVID levels. During the pandemic they separated the residents in the healthcare center into a COVID wing and a non-COVID wing. The big news, however, is twofold. First, SCD completed an $80 million refinancing of the community with Truist at a much lower interest rate than was on the books, providing a nice annual savings. After an interest rate swap, the... Read More »Schedule a demo
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