• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility was... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
Omega’s Q2:23 Results

Omega’s Q2:23 Results

Omega Healthcare Investors reported second quarter results on August 2 and announced a host of new investments totaling $270 million. In total, the company completed $129 million in real estate acquisitions, invested $124 million in real estate loans and other loans and investments and funded $17 million in capital renovation and construction-in-progress projects. Regarding Omega’s real estate acquisitions, the largest was Omega’s purchase of four skilled nursing facilities located in West Virginia for $114.8 million. The company leased the SNFs to an existing operator, and the facilities were added to that operator’s master lease with an initial annual cash yield of 9.5%, with 2.5% annual... Read More »
Berkadia’s Latest Two Refinances

Berkadia’s Latest Two Refinances

Berkadia refinanced a couple of senior care facilities, including a large HUD financing for a 320-bed skilled nursing facility in New York City. Owned by a Northeast-based operator, the facility serves downtown Brooklyn and maintained strong occupancy, even during the pandemic. Census also grew throughout 2023, surpassing 90% at the time of the closing with a 20% Medicare mix. To pay off existing commercial bank debt as well as transaction costs, Berkadia’s Ed Williams and Richard Price secured a $62.1 million million HUD loan on behalf of the client. The 80% loan-to-value financing included a term of 35 years.  Next, Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro arranged a $14.4 million bridge loan... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Announces July Activity

Meridian Capital Group Announces July Activity

Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed more than $520 million in transaction volume in July 2023. Their recent closings include a $175 million credit facility on behalf of a New York-based home health platform, which was provided by a nine-bank syndicate. Meridian’s Indrajit Pal and Matt Lesnik negotiated this transaction along with Adlerstein and Simpson. Additionally, the team sold nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 718 beds in the Midwest and arranged $66.6 million in financing from a commercial bank along with a $10 million A/R line for the acquisition. The team also arranged a $49 million HUD refinance... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Large Bond Financing for CCRC Development

Ziegler Arranges Large Bond Financing for CCRC Development

Ziegler closed a large bond financing for the development of a large, luxury CCRC in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The community, to be called Seafields at Kiawah Island, is being developed by BRP (Big Rock Partners) Senior Housing Management, a vertically integrated firm that develops and operates seniors housing communities in Florida and, now, South Carolina. BRP received $212.93 million in bond proceeds to fund the CCRC’s development as well as to refund the outstanding Series 2021 Bond Anticipation Notes. The financing also funded debt service reserves, interest and the costs of issuance. The bonds are fixed rate bonds and will be issued through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Finances Active Adult Communities

Walker & Dunlop Finances Active Adult Communities

Walker & Dunlop, one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory services firms in the United States, announced that it has financed 10 active adult communities totaling $390 million over the last year and over $1 billion in volume in the sector throughout the last five years. GSEs, multiple life companies, banks and debt funds were used as sources for debt capital. The loans were both fixed and floating-rate, dependent upon the property. The capital markets team that handled these transactions was led by Matt Wallach, Stephen West and Walker Layne. Read More »
CFG Releases H1:23 Results

CFG Releases H1:23 Results

Capital Funding Group (CFG) financed $411.2 million across 27 deals in the first half of 2023. The total included 19 healthcare bridge loans, five multifamily bridge loans (totaling $49.7 million), and three HUD loans for clients across the country.  The largest transaction was CFG’s closing of $207 million in financing to support the refinancing of 10 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. That was followed by $84 million in bridge-to-HUD acquisition financing for the purchase of seven skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community in Alabama. Other bridge loans included a $34 million loan for the acquisition of three skilled nursing... Read More »