Over the last 18 months, the ratings agencies have been criticized for the lack of transparency and more importantly, accuracy, in their ratings of mortgage backed securities.  Fitch Ratings last week released its ratings guidelines for CCRCs to explain their logic and criteria for rating individual projects that are associated with their bond offerings.  The […]

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This article in Indian Realty News discusses a new senior housing project in India that sounds a lot like a CCRC that specifically targets NRIs (Non Resident Indians) and their real estate needs.  The article states that the cost of entrance is approximately 3,000,000 Rupees and a monthly expense of 10,000 rupees for the pleasure […]

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Hook ‘em Horns. Even though the project was announced back in 2006, the Texas Exes, the former student association, recently contacted us to let us know that it was making progress on completing its 57-acre independent living campus.  The Exes have a unique ability to have access to a diverse, loyal group of alumni who […]

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EYC Companies, Inc. has chosen The King Partnership (TKP) to lead its marketing, public relations and sales efforts for The Landmark at Corbinton, a 55+ Active Adult Community located adjacent to the Corbinton Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). This new neighborhood is situated within walking distance of downtown Hillsborough’s historic district.  The Landmark at Corbinton […]

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As real estate tax revenues continue to fall, many municipalities may start reconsidering and / or challenging exemptions or tax breaks that were once offered as part of the the locality’s lure for developers and investors or aggressive stances taken as part of senior housing initiatives.  One such example is the high profile, retirement home […]

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Horizon Bay Retirement Living (Horizon Bay), a national seniors housing operator based in Tampa, Florida, announced that it has started managing three continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) in Florida. Regency Oaks in Clearwater, Lake Port Square in Leesburg, and South Port Square in Port Charlotte, have a totalof 1,694 residential units for seniors.  The deal […]

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