• 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 »

CA Ventures Partners on Oregon Construction Project

A joint venture between CA Ventures and an institutional equity partner is building a 206-unit senior living community in Beaverton, Oregon (Portland MSA) with construction financing arranged by CBRE National Senior Housing. Anthology of Beaverton will consist of 206 independent living, assisted living and memory care units near the Tanasbourne shopping district, which includes a Whole Foods, Starbucks, REI, and several other shopping and dining locations. Anthology Senior Living, CA Venture’s senior living platform, will operate it upon completion. The transaction also marked the beginning of Anthology’s strategic alliance with Formation Development Group, having contributed to the... Read More »

Sunrise Senior Living Second Staten Island Development

Sunrise Senior Living has officially opened its second senior living community on Staten Island. The 120-unit Sunrise of New Drop has 85,000 square feet across four stories and sits on four acres. Providing assisted living and memory care service, it sits adjacent to New Drop High School, with which it plans on creating intergenerational programming to bring high schoolers into the community for volunteering and potential employment. In addition, a celebrity chef will design the menu and manage the dining experience. KBE Building Corporation and PWC Companies built the community, which sits about two miles south of Sunrise’s other community in the borough, Sunrise of Staten... Read More »

Creativcap Secures Two Construction Financings

With interest rates rising and inflation not slowing down, the seniors housing construction market is definitely becoming a riskier venture. However, Scott Kavel of Creativcap successfully arranged two construction financings for a couple of clients where the lenders decided to hold the entire exposure on their balance sheets, despite participation interest. These must be high-quality projects in strong markets with “best-in-class” operating partners to justify that confidence level. First, Mr. Kavel arranged a $70 million construction/permanent loan for a to-be-built 157-unit independent/assisted living community in California. Building the community in an opportunity zone, the buyer... Read More »
Senior Living Tower Going Up in Vancouver, Washington 

Senior Living Tower Going Up in Vancouver, Washington 

PMB, a leading healthcare real estate developer, joint ventured with The Springs Living to break ground on a new 12-story seniors housing community in Vancouver, Washington, to be fully open by the first half of 2024. The urban community is set in the Vancouver Waterfront master plan, which includes 32 acres of parks, residential units, office space, retail and hotels. The seniors housing community, called The Springs at The Waterfront will feature 250 units and 360,000 square feet of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Amenities will include a spa and wellness center, indoor pool, and multiple dining venues including a pub and full bar. The community commands views of the... Read More »
Del Webb’s Development Spree Continues in Chicagoland 

Del Webb’s Development Spree Continues in Chicagoland 

Del Webb is at it again. After already announcing new (and large) construction projects in Tennessee and Florida in the last month, the national builder of active adult communities disclosed that it was building another new community in Illinois, its first in the Chicagoland area in over 15 years. Similar to other Del Webb projects under the company’s GenYou collection, the community (named Lincoln Prairie by Del Webb) will feature 550 detached single-family homes on 474 acres.   At its grand opening this fall, Lincoln Prairie by Del Webb will debut six model homes available to tour. But floor plans will include large kitchen islands, tall sliding glass doors to maximize natural light,... Read More »
Artemis/Avenida Partnership Building AA Community  

Artemis/Avenida Partnership Building AA Community  

Texas’s active adult space is booming, with many new construction projects and several acquisitions having been announced so far this year in the Lone Star State. Avenida Partners is getting in on the action, announcing a partnership with Artemis Real Estate Partners to develop a 155-unit community in Carrollton, a suburb north of Dallas.   There will be one- and two-bedroom floorplans, as well as 48 duplex and triplex cottages. Spread across 10 landscaped acres, with over 35,000 square feet of best-in-class interior and exterior amenities, the community’s units will feature designer flooring, quartz countertops, walk-in closets, step-in showers, and private patios and balconies.... Read More »