• Zett Group Closes Full-Circle Transaction

    We do not see deals like this often. In a full circle transaction, Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a large seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon, to a Salem, Oregon-based group in partnership with a new operator through a pre-established JV structure. Bozett represented his grandparents, Ron and Joyce Knutson, a pioneering... Read More »
  • Brookdale Misses Revenue Targets, Again

    Brookdale Senior Living continues to slap investors and analysts around, missing consensus revenue targets for the fourth quarter in a row. We know, never rely on “consensus” anything, but the company seems to always disappoint, even now when everything should be rallying. Investors did not like what they heard and sent shares tumbling by 10% in... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Divests to Private Fund in Florida

    Bradley Clousing, Daniel Geraghty and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a Southeast owner/operator in its divestment of two seniors housing communities that sit a few blocks apart in Wilton Manors, Florida. The buildings total 159 independent living and assisted living units, and were cash flow negative when the... Read More »
  • GEM Realty Capital Expands Its Active Adult Portfolio

    The CBRE Capital Markets Houston Multifamily Group and CBRE National Senior Housing handled the sale of an active adult community in Houston, Texas. Built in two phases in 2006 and 2012, Elate Royal Oaks, previously known as Camden Royal Oaks, consists of 340 units (236 were built in Phase 1, and 104 were built in Phase II). Clint Duncan, Matt... Read More »
  • New Venture Secures Acquisition Financing and Purchases Active Adult Community

    Newmark arranged the sale and financing for a seniors housing community in Huntington Beach, California. The seller, Bascom Group, was represented by Newmark Vice Chairman Dean Zander, who worked on the deal with Voit Real Estate Services’ Joe Leon and Nick Ingle. Huntington Breeze is a 114-unit, 103,000-square-foot active adult community that... Read More »
Lument Finalizes Freddie Mac Construction Loan

Lument Finalizes Freddie Mac Construction Loan

Lument announced the closing of a $33.6 million Freddie Mac loan to facilitate the construction of The Culbreath, a 364-unit affordable seniors housing community in Dallas, on behalf of DHA Housing Solutions of North Texas (DHA) and Volunteers of American National Services (VOANS). To finance the new construction project, which has a total cost of $96.7 million, Lument Securities provided bond underwriting services for $45.6 million in tax-exempt cash collateralized bonds while Lument Real Estate Capital structured the $33.6 million Freddie Mac tax-exempt loan to serve as permanent financing. Senior Managing Director Tracy Peters and Director Dale Giffey led the transaction for Lument.... Read More »
Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Nuveen Green Capital partnered with repeat sponsor, North Town Partners, to provide $10.6 million in C-PACE financing as part of the $55 million project cost for a planned seniors housing community in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. C-PACE will be utilized to fund key energy and water efficiency measures. By leveraging C-PACE’s accretive capital, North Town Partners was able to fill a gap in its capital stack, lowering its overall project costs. The project is being jointly developed by DMK Development Group, North Town Partners and Charter Senior Living. Charter Senior Living Sheboygan will comprise 182 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The community will stand three... Read More »
Financing Enables Construction to Resume on NJ Active Adult Development

Financing Enables Construction to Resume on NJ Active Adult Development

Procida Funding & Advisors secured a $140 million loan for The Plaza Grande, an active adult development in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, with 507 units. Madison Realty Capital and Pearlmark provided the financing. Madison Realty previously provided a construction loan for the project in 2021. Additionally, Procida Funding has worked with Madison Realty on several construction loans.  The flexible, customized financing supports the completion and leasing of The Plaza, which has been 20 years in the making. Development began in 2004 under Turnberry Homes as part of a plan to repurpose the former Garden State Park racetrack. But development was halted with around 250 units unfinished, until... Read More »
Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Active Adult Community Secures Construction Financing

Berkadia announced the construction financing of Mera Lawrenceville, a 200-unit active adult community in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth and Garrett Sacco secured the construction financing through Texas Capital Bank on behalf of a joint venture sponsored by Sparrow Capital Partners. The community, 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, is located in a master planned, by-right site in a high-barrier-to-entry market and is in close proximity to Primary Care Center of Georgia, multifamily homes and retail. Read More »
Wisconsin IL/AL/MC Development Secures C-PACE Financing

Development Underway for New Fairfield County CCRC

A new CCRC is under construction in our backyard in Stamford, Connecticut (figurative backyard from our headquarters in New Canaan). Mozaic Senior Life (formerly Jewish Senior Services) is building Mozaic Concierge Living, a CCRC that will offer 168 independent living units, along with assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. The project has been years in the making and is the product of a coordinated effort between Mozaic, development consultant Greenbrier and investment banking firm HJ Sims (another Fairfield County firm). Greenbrier has supported the development from early site evaluation and financial modeling through sales strategy and design. They will also take on a... Read More »
Planned Florida Community Lands Bond Backing

Planned Florida Community Lands Bond Backing

JLL Securities and HJ Sims, in collaboration with JLL Capital Markets’ Seniors Housing team, arranged $134.26 million of senior series 2025A bonds for a seniors housing community that will be built in Orlando, Florida. The publicly offered, tax-exempt financing has a final maturity of 40 years. Greg Fawcett of JLL Securities, Aaron Rulnick, Kerry Lewandowski and Brady Johnson of HJ Sims, and Alanna Ellis and Timothy Hosmer of JLL Capital Markets’ Seniors Housing team originated the financing.  The borrower was Trinity Community Development Foundation, a not-for-profit entity formed by Trinity Broadcasting Network. This transaction marked the start-up senior living enterprise’s entrance... Read More »