• 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 »
A Focus on Treplus Communities

A Focus on Treplus Communities

Active Adult communities have been the hot topic for the past year for many reasons. First, they fill a void in the senior living spectrum, a void that will be growing. Second, there are very few labor concerns with Active Adult – no care providers, kitchen help or much of anything else – which is huge in today’s labor-constrained market. Third, they are a cheaper alternative to traditional senior living communities. Fourth, if all fails, they are very easy to convert to traditional multifamily apartments or sell as condos. And five, the average length of stay appears to be between four and five years, although it may be too early to say that with any conviction. At the recent NIC... Read More »
Del Webb Expanding Its 55+ Portfolio 

Del Webb Expanding Its 55+ Portfolio 

Active adult is attracting a lot of attention from developers and investors these days, but one of the pioneering companies in the sector is continuing to add to its own portfolio. Last month, Del Webb announced the groundbreaking of a new community, Del Webb Southern Harmony, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which will feature around 1,100 single-family homes and an abundance of amenities. Now, the company is opening a new active adult community in North Fort Myers, with at least 900 homes.   Called Del Webb Oak Creek, the gated community will offer single-family homes in dozens of designs ranging from 1,405 to just more than 3,000 square feet of living space with two to four bedrooms, two to... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures Bank Loan for Assisted Living Project  

Carnegie Capital Secures Bank Loan for Assisted Living Project  

A construction project that was set to break ground in early 2020 is finally getting off the ground thanks to a bank loan arranged by JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. Set in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, the cottage-style community will feature 48 assisted living and 16 memory care units. It is the second ground-up construction project for the undisclosed sponsor.  To finance the development, Mr. Stettin arranged a $9 million loan from a North Texas regional bank with a five-year term and two years of interest only. That comes to 65% loan-to-cost and under 50% loan-to-value, putting the construction cost at $215,000 per unit, which was fixed with the general contractor. Seven banks and... Read More »
Welltower and Sparrow Partners Team Up on Active Adult 

Welltower and Sparrow Partners Team Up on Active Adult 

Sparrow Partners and Welltower will open a 193-unit active adult community in the Dallas-area suburb of Sachse this fall. Part of The Station, a $500 million mixed-use community developed by PMB Capital Investments, Amberlin at the Station will feature resort-style amenities and a daily schedule of free activities. There will be one- and-two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 615 square feet to 1,285 square feet with private terraces or fenced-in backyards. Rents range from $1,400 to $2,500 per month.  Amberlin at the Station will be the third active adult community that Austin-based Sparrow Partners will build and develop in in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Founded in 2017, the company... Read More »
Who Says New Construction Is Dead?

Who Says New Construction Is Dead?

We all have heard how construction costs have soared, rendering some new developments to be too expensive, at least for now. They just won’t pencil out at current cost levels, and you can only push unit rates just so far. Bucking this trend is Carlson Management, a California-based provider and developer. The company has developed five ground-up seniors housing communities to date, totaling 518 units in California, and has four other communities under construction or pre-construction with another 368 units. It also purchased two small communities in 2018. To help continue with its growth, Carlson launched an equity joint venture with RSF Partners to pursue its growth objectives. To kick... Read More »
Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler Facilitates Campus Expansion in Wisconsin 

Ziegler closed bond financing for Cedar Crest, Inc. to expand its 274-unit CCRC campus in Janesville, Wisconsin, and to refund outstanding debt. The financing is comprised of $57.46 million of Series 2022A fixed rate revenue bonds issued through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority and $30 million of bank debt directly purchased by BMO Harris Bank. Proceeds of the debt will pay off the outstanding Series 2013 bonds and also fund a debt service reserve fund, fund interest on the bonds and pay certain costs of issuance.  The expansion project will add a new 24-unit independent living building and a replacement 76-unit assisted living building on the campus. In addition,... Read More »