• National Health Investors Sends Default Notice to NHC

    National Health Investors is addressing violations under its longstanding lease agreement with one of its largest tenants, National HealthCare Corporation. In July, NHI notified NHC/OP, L.P., an affiliate of National HealthCare Corporation and the tenant of 32 of NHI’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living Increases Its Presence in Texas

    Sonida Senior Living finalized its acquisition of a seniors housing community in Texas. Built in 2016, the community features 62 assisted living and 36 memory care units. It shares a driveway with senior-centric healthcare providers and referral sources, and is across from a 294-bed hospital in Mansfield. The property is near existing Sonida... Read More »
  • Performing Class-A Asset Trades in Pensacola

    Berkadia handled the sale of Summer Vista, a seniors housing community in Pensacola, Florida. Managing Directors Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the transaction. Built in 2016, the 89-unit assisted living/memory care community has always been a strong performer. In fact,... Read More »
  • Gallaher Companies Launches Management Company

    Gallaher Companies, which has decades of experience in seniors housing design and development, launched Gallaher Signature Living, a management company that will oversee operations for the company’s growing portfolio of California seniors housing communities. Page Ensor has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, bringing more than 25 years of... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures HUD Loan

    Walker & Dunlop originated $68.312 million in HUD 232/223(f) loans to refinance seven skilled nursing facilities with 380 units in Illinois and Wisconsin. The transaction replaced existing short-term, variable-rate debt. Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance team arranged the refinancings, led by Joshua Rosen, Brad Annis and Johnny Rice. The... Read More »
Northeast Developer Acquires Land for Active Adult Development

Northeast Developer Acquires Land for Active Adult Development

North Reading, Massachusetts-based developer Habitech Acquisitions completed its purchase of a 37.32-acre, four-parcel lot in Stow, Massachusetts for $930,000, with plans to develop an active adult community consisting of 141 units. Jake Parsons of SVN | Parsons Commercial Group | Boston represented the seller, EFMC Associates, and procured the buyer. The project, called The Cottages at Wandering Pond, is in its final stages of permitting. It will consist of two neighborhoods that will be connected by a wetland area. Plans also include a recreation area facing public-access walking trails, a clubhouse, small pool, activity lawn, and a pickleball court. Read More »
Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Harbert South Bay Partners released plans for The James, a 350-unit, eight-story seniors housing community in Irvine, California (Orange County). The site is walkable to The District at Tustin Legacy, a popular shopping and restaurant area, and will feature 210 independent living, 110 assisted living and 30 memory care units. The leasing office for The James is scheduled to open early 2024, with occupancy planned for summer 2025. Momentum Senior Living, which is based in Orange County, will be the operator. At the end of 2021, Harbert Management Corporation, which has over $8 billion in assets under management across multiple asset classes, bought the majority interest in Texas-based... Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Develops in Florida

Sunrise Senior Living Develops in Florida

Sunrise Senior Living announced it has broken ground on its first community in Coral Gables, Florida. Sunrise of Coral Gables is expected to open in the fall of 2024 and will offer 141 units, including 66 independent living, 54 assisted living and 21 memory care units. Sitting on 1.8 acres, the site will also feature a range of amenities, including a bistro, a fitness center, a salon, a spa, and outdoor spaces. The new community in Coral Gables is part of the company’s ongoing expansion plans. Read More »
The New Team at Tremper Capital Group

The New Team at Tremper Capital Group

The former Greystone, and now Tremper Capital Group (TCG), team placed a couple of bank loans to refinance Merrill Gardens communities in California and South Carolina. The larger loan totaled $30 million and came with a five-year term, 30-year amortization and a floating interest rate. There are also three years of interest-only payments and a mid-200 bps loan spread. A regional bank provided the loan to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens to refinance their West Covina community, which has 111 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Tyler Armstrong of TCG represented AEW and Merrill Gardens in the transaction. Mr. Armstrong also placed a $27.05 million... Read More »
Harbert South Bay Partners Planning Orange County Community

Northmarq Arranges Construction Loan

Northmarq’s debt and equity team of Keith Wells, Hunter Wood, Reina Abboud and Mike Lowry arranged a $38.1 million loan for the construction of Lake Forest at Swift Creek in Midlothian, approximately 15 miles west of Richmond. Set on 11.7 acres, the active adult community will have 176 units in four stories, and is being developed by The Holladay Corp., a real estate development and investment firm based in Washington, D.C. The community will open in 2024. Sandy Spring Bank provided the debt for the development. Read More »
Berkadia Announces Three Hires

Berkadia Announces Three Hires

There was some big news out of Berkadia, which announced the addition of Managing Directors Austin Sacco, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers to its Seniors Housing & Healthcare team. Tremper and Garbers will report to SVP and Co-Head of Investment Sales and Production Mike Miner, and Sacco will report to SVP and Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. The trio bring a combined 48 years in the seniors housing industry with experience across a variety of asset classes. Coming from JLL, Garbers has over 20 years of experience in the seniors housing industry and has been involved in developing, acquiring and selling over $8 billion in seniors housing properties throughout the... Read More »