Grandbridge hits the Town…Village
It was recently announced that Grandbridge Real Estate Capital closed $125 million in financing to assist in the acquisition of four Town Village-brand independent living communities in four states. A joint venture between Chicago Pacific Founders and Grand Park Capital Management (owned by former Brookdale Senior Living executives John Rijos and Bill Doniger, respectively) was the buyer. According to some media outlets, the properties sold for $180 million, or approximately $220,000 per unit. Grandbridge provided $25 million in supplemental loans and also closed $100 million in assumption loans for existing Fannie Mae debt that Grandbridge had previously originated. Read More »
Divest in Dallas
A West Coast-based private equity group is divesting itself of a 30-year old independent living community in Garland, Texas (Dallas MSA). Built in 1984, the 111-unit community had received numerous renovations over the years and was in good shape. Its occupancy (around 83%) and operating margin (approximately 18% on $1.7 million of revenues) however could be improved. Rod Llanos and Heidi Castiglione of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a regional Texas owner/operator looking to add to their holdings in the area. The seller will maintain a handful of properties in the state despite this sale. Mark Myers, Ryan Fleming and Joshua Jandris of Marcus & Millichap represented the... Read More »From the rumor mill
We have heard that a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and Formation-Shelbourne Partners may have sold an assisted living and memory care community outside of Philadelphia to a private equity firm. Pricing has not been disclosed yet, but we understand that it could have been close to $400,000 per unit for the newly built community. Lisa Widmier and Matthew Whitlock of CBRE represented the seller, and Aron Will of CBRE arranged a five-year floating rate loan for the buyer, with three years of interest only. It looks like this is a case of buying a state-of-the-art community in a good market. Details to follow. Read More »
Majority rules
Merrill Gardens found a new majority partner for a small portfolio of four senior living communities on the West Coast it had either developed or acquired in the last couple of years. Previously a minority owner with an affiliate of Heitman (a real estate investment management company based in Chicago), the Seattle-based operator had developed three of the communities in the Orange County, San Francisco and Silicon Valley markets of California in 2014/15, and had acquired the fourth community in Seattle back in 2014 after already operating it for a couple of years. Featuring a combination of independent living, assisted living and memory care, the California properties were all stabilized... Read More »
