Lument arranged bank financing for Watercrest Senior Living’s newly built senior living community in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Steve McGee, managing director at Lument since joining the team in 2020 to head its debt syndication group, led the transaction, which took out construction debt at the property. Opened in 2018, Market Street East Lake has 64 units of memory care and joined Watercrest’s growing portfolio, which currently numbers 13 properties across the Southeast.
The new bridge-to-agency loan totals $12.3 million and covers about 70% of the property’s value. That puts the community at around $275,000 per unit in value. The debt came with a floating interest rate for a five-year term, plus 12 months of interest-only payments. Live Oak Bank provided the loan and established a new and already successful relationship with Watercrest.
