Watercrest Senior Living Group’s first-ever “Market Street” senior living community located in Viera, Florida, recently refinanced with the help of Israel Discount Bank of New York (IDB Bank). Opened in 2016 under Watercrest’s new stand-alone memory care brand, the 60-unit community experienced a quick lease-up, reaching 50% occupancy in the first five months after opening. […]
Watercrest Senior Living Group’s latest development in Florida just obtained a construction loan courtesy of BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group. The community just broke ground last August and is anticipated to open in Summer 2020 with 72 independent living, 96 assisted living and 30 memory care units. Watercrest is developing the community […]
One of Watercrest Senior Living Group’s success stories just reached stabilization and refinanced with the help of Chris Fenton of PGIM Real Estate Finance. Developed at an approximate cost of $17 million, or $191,000 per unit, in Sebastian, Florida, the 89-unit property opened in May 2016 and shot out of the gates in its lease-up, […]
There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry. Real estate investment manager Waypoint Residential, predominantly focused on conventional multifamily and student housing, just made its first acquisition of a senior living community in the town of Starkville, Mississippi (home of Mississippi State University), for $22.7 million, or about $276,800 per unit. Developed in January […]
With its latest seniors housing development in Georgia, Watercrest Senior Living Group is also adding a new partner to its growing roster of development/equity partners. Waypoint Residential, a real estate investment firm focused on multifamily and student housing, is making its debut in the seniors housing industry with this project. Expected to break ground next […]
Watercrest Senior Living Group has announced its latest senior living development project, and a brand-new partnership too with United Properties. The joint venture plans to break ground this Fall on a 128-unit luxury assisted living/memory care community in Naples, Florida, with an expected opening in early 2019. United Properties has already
Experience matters when it comes to seniors housing development, especially as newcomers and new money are joining the fray. We’ve all heard cries of overdevelopment in certain markets, which can lead to a host of issues for the industry, including falling occupancy, discounted rents and staff retention. Having so many new entrants to the market […]
We wrote earlier this week of Watercrest Senior Living Group’s latest development activity, with more than $80 million in its immediate pipeline across the state of Florida. Its largest project, a 128-unit senior living community in Port St. Lucie set to open in the fall of 2017, recently received construction financing with the help of […]
Watercrest Senior Living Group is unveiling its new concept in memory care, called Market Street Memory Care Residences, at a site currently under construction in Viera, Florida. The 47,000-square foot, 60-unit community is set to open in the fall of 2016, with two more 64-unit communities under the same concept opening in 2017 in Palm […]
As a developer, owner and operator, Watercrest Senior Living Group develops its communities with the intent of being in it for the long haul. Uniquely equipped with its own internal market development team, Watercrest uses higher-income thresholds than seen in many typical market studies (with even higher income thresholds to build memory care), and approaches […]