HCP Places $319 Million of Secured Financing

HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced that it has placed $140 million of 5-year secured debt on four of its senior housing assets and $179 million of 8-year secured debt on 12 of its senior housing assets. The assets are cross- collateralized and the debt has a weighted average interest rate of 6.39%. Fannie Mae purchased the secured […]

TheStreet.com – Senior Housing Not Affected By Credit Crunch?

TheStreet.com posted a video interview with Granger Cobb, CEO of Emeritus Corp. and he tries to explain why he thinks the senior housing business is ignoring the market’s turmoil.  The piece discusses that Emeritus is  only down 5% this year, which is better than the broader market.  Cobb states that moves by seniors into their […]

David Cutler Group Opens Montgomery Walk and Stony Creek Farms

New and prospective buyers joined David Cutler Group representatives yesterday celebrating the grand opening of Montgomery Walk, one of two active adult communities nestled in the woodlands of Montgomery Township and Worcester Township.  The development marks David Cutler Group’s first project delivery in the active adult community living market.  David Cutler Group’s grand opening celebration […]

Technology Helps Improve Mind Muscles and Delay Mental Deterioration in Seniors

uWink, an entertainment and hospitality software company, has partnered with InSite Development, a leading developer of senior housing communities, have launched a revolutionary interactive game and entertainment facility at InSite’s Arbor Court, a ground-breaking senior housing community in Lancaster, California. This onsite amenity is an unprecedented effort to stave off the ravages of old age, […]

University Affiliated Retirement Communities Growing In Numbers

The trend of university affiliated senior housing continues to grow and a new community called Limestone Crossing by the University of Kentucky is being developed by Jacksonville, Fl based Praxeis.  Praxeis has communities at the University of Florida and Florida State University and has plans for a third Florida location.  The project is classified as […]

Fitch Rates $42MM Masonic Home of Kentucky 2008 Revs ‘BBB’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has assigned a ‘BBB’ rating to the expected issuance of $42.2 million Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority healthcare facilities revenue bonds series 2008 A&B (Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. [MHKY]). Rating Outlook is Stable.  MHKY was established by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Free and Accepted Masons in 1867 to provide a home […]

Faulkner Design Group Completes Interior Design for Village at Gleannloch Farms Continuing Care Retirement Community in Houston

Faulkner Design Group has completed the interior design and planning for the Village at Gleannloch Farms, a vibrant, continuing care retirement community at Spring Cypress Road and I-249 in northwest Houston, Texas, according to Adrienne Faulkner, president of Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group, one of the nation’s leading interior and architectural design firms. The Village at […]

AgeSong Expands into Emeryville with New Independent and Assisted-Living Community

AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for senior adults breaks ground today in Emeryville, expanding AgeSong’s holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay. A five-story residence, AgeSong at Bayside Park sits on a corner site at 1440 40th Street (and Horton), within […]

Sunrise Senior Living Loses $65 million in Q2

Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) reported a loss of $31.8 million in the second quarter, compared to a profit of $8 million for the same quarter last year. Adding that to the first quarter loss of $33.1 million, the Mclean, Va.-based retirement community operator lost $64.9 million in the first six months of this year, […]