West Living, LLC announced the acquisition of McDowell Village, a 197-unit independent living community in Scottsdale, Arizona and Castle Hill Retirement Village, a 146-unit independent and assisted living community in Thousand Oaks, California. The all-cash transactions mark the entry of West Living into the ownership of senior living operating properties. The Company is currently developing [...]

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St. Louis-area-based Paric is set to begin a $4.6 million renovation project of an existing skilled nursing facility at the Village of St. Mary’s “Villa Theresa” Continuum of Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in O’Fallon, Missouri. The 51,000-square-foot skilled nursing facility renovation is expected to begin in February, with an estimated 10-month timeline for completion. Phase [...]

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The WSJ recently ran a article and video entitled, “Retirement Community For Gays Struggles To Get Off The Ground” about a proposed project in the Santa Rosa, California town.  The project for Fountaingrove Lodge was to create 140 upscale units that would accommodate residents from retirement through assisted living but has stalled over a variety [...]

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Smith Crossing, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Orland Park, Illinois, announced plans to build a $35 million addition that will add 200,000 square-feet and convert 16 existing memory care suites that will be converted to skilled nursing care rooms.  Currently Smith Crossing has 175 residences with 87 apartments and 10 free- standing villas [...]

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Windsong Properties, an active adult courtyard homebuilder based in Atlanta, Georgia, was awarded a distinguished Livable Communities “special recognition” honor for its Somerset community in Woodstock by the AARP and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on January 19, 2010 at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas.  The homes built by Windsong [...]

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Horst Construction announced its 9th annual senior living conference entitled "The New Normal: Navigating Today’s Dynamic Senior Environment" that will be held on Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the Lancaster Country Club in Lancaster, PA.  The conference will offer learning and networking opportunities for senior living leaders and executives in the mid-Atlantic region.

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New Perspective Senior Living announced the opening of their newest community, Lighthouse of Columbia Heights and the start of construction on the company’s 11th community located in Superior, Wisconsin. The new facility in Superior under construction is an $11 million, 80-unit assisted living and memory care community. The new Lighthouse of Superior is expected to [...]

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Last week, the AARP and the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) announced the 2009 Livable Communities Award winners.  AARP and NAHB established the annual Livable Communities Awards to recognize homes and developments designed to enhance the daily comfort, convenience and safety of the people who live in them.  The award winners are:

Architect – ZAI Inc. [...]

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Newland Communities recently announced the newest neighborhood in Estrella, CantaMia by Joseph Carl Homes, an active adult neighborhood specifically for residents 55 years and better.  CantaMia will be Estrella’s first active adult neighborhood, adding to the abundance of home choices and amenities already offered by the developer and enhancing the multi-generational demographic of the [...]

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Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. (Enterprise) and National Community Fund I, LLC, an affiliate of United Fund Advisors, LLC, recently closed on a $22.3 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transaction that will finance the new construction of the Harrison Circle Building at the Morris Heights Health Center (MHHC) in Bronx, N.Y. The 48,700-square-foot building will [...]

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McArthur Home, a 20-unit low-income elderly housing residential facility located in Biddeford, Maine, announced that it has reached capacity in less than 3 months since it was opened.  The new 3-story, 23,000 sq. ft., wood-framed structure was developed on a previously contaminated, distressed, downtown site.  The apartments range in size from 625 to 660 sq. [...]

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The Club at Briarcliff Manor, a new $350 million senior housing community in New York’s Westchester County celebrated its groundbreaking this month in early January 2010.  Located 45 minutes from Manhattan by Metro North Railroad The Club at Briarcliff Manor (CCRC) will feature 325 Independent Living residences and a 60-unit Supportive Living Center where a [...]

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