Transactions & Financings: Brookdale’s $75 Million Purchase, StoneGate Buys Eight Properties

Brookdale Pays $75 Million for California Property Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) paid about $74.5 million to acquire the real estate of Palm Beach Gardens, a 317-unit property in Palm Beach, Florida. That equates to about $235,000 per unit, according to The Real Deal, which reported on details of the transaction, citing property […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (2/1/18)

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Provision Eyes Michigan for Next Community Provision Living, a St. Louis-based senior housing owner […]

StoneGate Senior Living Upgrades Referral Management with New Center

StoneGate Senior Living is launching a “Central Intake Center” at its Dallas headquarters, with the goal of achieving increased referrals and move-ins. The new center is focused on medical referrals for StoneGate’s 12 Dallas-area skilled nursing facilities, but the management company ultimately wants to centralize intake for its assisted living communities as well. “We’re going from […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (11/17/16)

(Rendering of The Blake at Edgewater located in Indian Land, S.C. — photo courtesy of The Blake) Construction: Planned Thrive Senior Living Announces New Community in Florida In partnership with Fortress Ventures and Compass Real Estate, Thrive Senior Living has announced the development a new senior living community in Naples, Fla., Thrive at Naples. The […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (7/2/15)

Construction: Planned St. Louis Community Plans $14.6 million Renovation and Construction Projects Nazareth Living Center, a 140-bed skilled nursing facility and 150-bed assisted living community in St. Louis, is planning a renovation and the construction of an assisted living facility—a project that will cost $14.6 million, reports St. Louis Business Journal. While Nazareth already provides […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Lancaster Pollard, Walker & Dunlop

Lancaster Pollard Closes Over $136M Senior Housing Transactions in May  In May, Lancaster Pollard closed 21 seniors housing transactions totaling over $136 million. One of the transactions was a $23.5 million FHA Sec. 232 new construction loan for an assisted living/Alzheimer’s care facility in Virginia. Two of the transactions were FHA Sec. 232/241(a) expansion projects […]

Developers See Opportunity as Old Nursing Homes Become Obsolete

The design elements for post-acute care facilities of the 1960s, such as shared rooms and cafeteria-style dining, have become dinosaurs of the industry. In their stead are upscale, hotel-style models that are redefining post-acute care communities, industry experts agree. “The transitional and long-term care facilities of 40 years ago are functionally obsolete,” said Zeke Turner, […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Sabra, Prudential, Lancaster Pollard (6/28/2012)

Prudential Closes $13.7 Million Construction Take-Out Loan for Ohio Community Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, the commercial mortgage lending business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), recently closed a $13.7 million construction take-out loan for an Ohio senior living community. Parker Place is a three-story, 124-unit independent living complex located in Mentor, Ohio. The loan term is […]