


Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus
Live Oak Bank closed a $27.0 million refinance with a repeat client for an assisted living/memory care community, The Ridge at Lantern Crest, situated on a larger campus, Lantern Crest, in Santee, California. Lantern Crest, operated by Lantern Crest Senior Living, is a 34-acre seniors housing campus developed by The Grant Companies. It offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Development occurred in three phases, with Phase I being The Ridge at Lantern Crest, Phase II being The Pointe at Lantern Crest and Phase III being The Plaza at Lantern Crest. The Ridge, which opened in 2012, was originally built with 80 assisted living and memory care units. It was expanded... Read More »
The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties
The financing process has killed dozens (and hundreds) of deals in the last couple of years, and yet M&A activity is near record levels in the seniors housing and care industry. So deals are getting done, and not just with cash. Who has been lending and at what cost to the borrower? What hurdles have to be overcome? And when capital costs do lower, how can owners and operators best prepare to finance the oncoming wave of deals and demographics? Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Development Dilemma
The difficult thing about development right now is that it is both a very tough time to build because of higher capital costs but also may be the time that many developers and investors need to start projects. We know, easy for us to say, especially as the Fed signals that rates are likely to stay high for longer and as the 10-year Treasury rate peaks above 4.5% again. But the reality is that if indeed there will be a supply and demand imbalance in a couple of years, then the predevelopment work (if not shovels in the ground) has to start right now because of how long it would take to get those developments open and leased up by the time baby boomers begin turning 80. That process takes a... Read More »
The Benoit Group Finances Atlanta Project
The Benoit Group, in partnership with Atlanta Housing, received financing for the development of Englewood Senior in Atlanta. This affordable seniors housing project marks the first redevelopment phase of a master-planned, mixed-use, multi-plase community on the 30-acre site of the former Englewood Manor public housing site. Built in 1971, Englewood Manor offered 324 public housing units before the residents were relocated in 2007, followed by the property’s demolition in 2009 with HUD approval. The site is located in southeast Atlanta approximately 1.5 miles from Grant Park. Funding for this $72 million project includes federal and state equity tax credit investment by Raymond James and... Read More »