AEW Selects Horizon Bay To Manage CCRC Properties

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 […]

TopRetirements.com Announces Top 25 Best Places To Retire For 2008

Topretirements.com, a provider of information on various retirement locations, recently published its top 25 places for retirement. The methodology used was simple. They took the most searched locations on their website and used that information as their bench mark. While they don’t provide information on traffic, Quantcast estimates that approximately 14,000 people visit their site […]

American Land Lease Agrees To Be Acquired By Private Equity Group

Earlier this week, American Land Lease Inc (ANL.N:)a real estate investment trust, agreed to be acquired by private equity investment firm Green Courte Partners LLC for $14.20 a share in cash – roughly a 200% percent premium to the stock’s closing price on Tuesday. Green Courte will acquire the company for $438 million, including assumption […]

New York City Financial Assistance For Housing To Struggling Seniors

Affordable Housing For Seniors & New York City? Sound like an oxymoron? Maybe not…..The New York Times ran an interesting Q and A session with Judy Milone, the Assistant Director of the Member Services Department at the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies. She fielded selected questions about what kind of assistance is available to seniors […]

FHLB Boston Funds Affordable Housing Grants for Seniors

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (the Bank) recently awarded more than $10.2 million as grants, loans, and subsidies to fund 390 units of affordable rental and ownership housing in seven Massachusetts communities.In all, 24 initiatives in eight states received more than $22.8 million in grants, loans, and rate subsidies as part of the […]

Paric Finishes $42 Million Indiana Retirement Community

Paric Corporation stated it completed a $42 million senior living community for the Stratford Companies in Carmel, Indiana earlier this month. The 337,000-square-foot continuing care retirement community is one of the first developments of its kind in the Indianapolis area. The development includes 172 apartments and a total of 400 rooms available to serve a […]

Brookdale Senior Living Owners Liquidate Shares For Margin Calls

Fortress Investment Group, a 10% owner of of Brookdale Senior Living, liquidated a substantial portion of its equity holdings in order to meet its margin calls late last month. According to Brookdale Senior Living’s SEC Filings, Fortress and its affiliates sold over 100 million shares. Their 8-K stated that: On November 28, 2008, Fortress Investment […]

Sunrise Receives Proceeds from Venture Refinancing

Sunrise Assisted Living Inc (SRZ) announced last week the receipt of approximately $8.3 million of proceeds resulting from the refinancing of the existing debt of one of its joint ventures. As disclosed last week by Ventas, Inc., a venture owned 85 percent by Ventas and 15 percent by Sunrise closed eight first-mortgage loans with Freddie […]