• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... 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 »
About Time, AlerisLife Going Private

About Time, AlerisLife Going Private

The stable of publicly traded seniors housing and care operators continues to shrink, but AlerisLife (ALR) probably should have gone private a couple of years ago having dealt with all of the cons (and SEC fees) of being publicly traded with few benefits. Well, the company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ABP Acquisition LLC (ABP), which is majority-owned by AlerisLife Board of Directors chair Adam Portnoy, for ABP to acquire all outstanding shares of ALR common stock for $1.31 per share in case. That represents an 85% premium to the average trading price of the last 30 trading days of $0.71 per share, or approximately $43.8 million. ABP plans to acquire ALR... Read More »