Civitas firing on all cylinders
A seniors housing developer active in Texas, after already opening five assisted living/memory care communities in the state last year, with three more currently under construction, is jumping back into the acquisition market to grow its portfolio. Civitas Senior Living purchased two former Brookdale Senior Living communities (with 58 independent living, 65 assisted living and 36 memory care units) in Harlingen, Texas (Brownsville MSA) for an undisclosed price. Civitas will take over operations and commence renovations to the common areas early this year. This is not the first acquisition for the fast-growing developer, however, which last September announced a new post-acute care... Read More »HJ Sims finances a good start
A project already with a few false starts recently received bond financing to fund pre-development costs for a new 182-unit CCRC in Greenville, North Carolina. Back in 2005, not-for-profit developer Retirement Living Associates (RLA) began marketing its impending development, an entrance fee CCRC with 150 independent living units, 12 IL cottages, eight assisted living units and 12 skilled nursing beds. In fact, the company obtained over 280 depositors, 47 of which submitted 10% deposits, by 2007. However, the Great Recession threw a rather large wrench in those plans, and the project was only revived at the end of last year. Now, to fund the start of this development, HJ Sims sold $14.825... Read More »
Blue Moon teams with LCS
After announcing two large development projects funded by Hawkeye Partners’s Scout Fund II last year, Boston-based Blue Moon Capital Partners will go to the well once more to build another large senior living community, this time in Katy, Texas. The project, which will cost $51.23 million, or $247,500 per unit, features 207 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, and will be the first with joint venture partner LCS. Previously, Blue Moon teamed up with Gerald H. Phipps, Inc. and Ascent Living Communities to build a $56 million, 156-unit senior living community in Lakewood, Colorado, and with The Damone Group and Cedarbrook Senior Living to develop a 180-unit senior... Read More »
Schizophrenia in the development market?
In our most recent webinar, held on January 21 and titled “Investing in the Senior Care Development Market,” we asked our listeners a couple of questions to gauge their opinion on certain potentially pivotal matters in the industry. First, we asked “Today, is it better to build or buy?” And second, we posed the question, “Do you think the development market will boom or bust?” Not surprisingly, over two-thirds (72% to be exact) of the audience preferred building to buying these days, and we suspect that acquisition prices as they are must play a big part in that divide. But, after that relatively optimistic response to the development market, 75% of the audience believed the development... Read More »Walker and Dunlop back at it
Not resting on its laurels following the recent $1.27 billion Freddie Mac financing it closed, Walker & Dunlop announced another financing, this time structuring a $68.2 million construction loan for a 318-unit senior living community to be built in Palm Beach County, Florida. The loan featured a floating rate of about 300 basis points over LIBOR and covered about 70% of the over-$100 million (about $314,500 per unit) development. Ventas will provide equity capital and will be the principal owner of the community in partnership with the developer, Big Rock Partners. Designed by Gensler and to be constructed by Moss & Associates, the 425,000-square foot community will feature 186... Read More »Schedule a demo
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