Lancaster Pollard Closes $400 Million Bridge Financing
There’s no such thing as a summer lull for Lancaster Pollard, which recently announced the closing of $400 million in bridge financing for 27 skilled nursing facilities located throughout California. The borrower was a large skilled nursing operator based in California, Plum Healthcare, that previously had a corporate term loan credit facility on the portfolio. Grant Goodman, Jason Dopoulos, Joe Munhall and Elliot Kaple led the way for Lancaster Pollard, which served as syndication agent on the transaction, while Credit Suisse served as the lender. Upon the transaction’s closing, Lancaster Pollard immediately began work on refinancing through HUD. Meanwhile, Rob McAdams of Lancaster... Read More »
Greystone’s Second Portfolio Transaction Of The Month
Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors followed up on their two-property sale in upstate New York (which sold to a private equity firm for $17 million, or $184,800 per unit) by also arranging the sale of four senior living communities in Nebraska and Oregon on behalf of a publicly-traded REIT owner. Built between 1986 and 2003, the communities feature 315 total units of independent living and assisted living. Hong Kong-based Chevalier International Holdings Ltd. acquired the properties and leased them to the Avamere Family of Companies to operate. Read More »
Publicly-Traded REIT Sells In Ohio
A publicly-traded REIT decided to divest (that’s a phrase we’ve heard a lot this year) its 50-unit assisted living community in the Youngstown, Ohio suburb of Boardman. Originally built in 1996 adjacent to a skilled nursing facility owned by the seller, the community was operated by a national skilled nursing operator. It was opened to partly act as a referral source for the SNF. However, as newer communities opened in the area, census fell below average and operational cash flow dropped, prompting the sale. A property management firm, Boardman-based EDM Management, Inc., acquired the community for an undisclosed price and plans to invest in a series of capital improvements and a potential... Read More »
Greystone Soars in Upstate New York Sale
A publicly traded REIT divested two of its seniors housing assets in upstate New York, hiring Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors to facilitate the transaction. Located in the towns of Clifton Park (Albany MSA) and Orchard Park (Buffalo MSA), the communities each feature 46 memory care units on roughly five acres. The twin properties were also both built in 1998. Operated by Peregrine Senior Living (which will stay on as operator after the acquisition), they reported strong occupancy, combining for about 94%. A private equity firm paid $17 million, $184,800 per unit, for the pair. Read More »
IPA Ratifies Constitution State Sale
Charlie Hilding, along with Mark Myers, Joshua Jandris and Alex Vice, of IPA Seniors Housing handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in rural Ohio. Representing the seller, IPA sold the facility, which features over 150 beds and several specialized care services (including a designated ventilator unit), for nearly $165,000 per occupied bed and approximately $116,000 per licensed bed, which is especially high for a rural location. The buyer is a growing regional owner/operator that is entering the Ohio market with this purchase. They recently purchased their first facility, an 80+ bed skilled nursing facility in northern Kentucky, with IPA also representing the seller in that... Read More »Schedule a demo
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