Watercrest Partners With United Properties In Latest Development
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 purchased the property and is entering the Florida market with this project, after developing 15 seniors housing communities in the Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado areas. Watercrest, on the other hand, is well versed in the Florida seniors housing market, having opened communities in Lake Nona, Sebastian, Jacksonville and Viera, so far.... Read More »
Make Way For Watercrest Senior Living Group
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 may only magnify their mistakes, creating some bad PR for the industry. But successfully navigating these choppy waters have been the experienced principals of Watercrest Senior Living Group (WSLG), Marc Vorkapich and Joan Williams. Since its 2012 founding, WSLG has grown steadily, with four communities open so far in Florida, all of which have... Read More »
HFF in Port St. Lucie
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 Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF). The $32 million, or $250,000 per unit, development should feature 102 assisted living and 26 memory care units on its 5.3-acre campus located about 50 miles north of West Palm Beach. HFF arranged $11.15 million in joint venture equity capital from a third party, in addition to securing a $21 million construction loan... Read More »What’s new with Watercrest
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 Coast and Tampa. The buildings are estimated to cost between $16 million and $17 million, or approximately $266,000 per unit, to develop. Financing has already been arranged for the Viera and Tampa properties, with EB-5 equity and commercial bank construction loans (Bank of Texas is providing the Viera one). As for Watercrest’s other projects, things are... Read More »Schedule a demo
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