• 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... 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 »
KeyBank Closes Construction Financing for NY Property

KeyBank Closes Construction Financing for NY Property

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) provided a $9 million construction loan and $12 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for the construction of an affordable senior housing property in Morrisville, New York. Community View Apartments will consist of 61 units for individuals aged 55 and older and earning no more than 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% of the area median income (AMI). Of the 61 units, 20 will be covered by the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) and will target individuals who are at risk of homelessness, formerly homeless, enrolled in Medicaid, and have either a chronic condition, physical disability, or require assistance with... Read More »
CFG Funds SNF Portfolio Deal in Pennsylvania

CFG Funds SNF Portfolio Deal in Pennsylvania

Capital Funding Group closed $34.7 million in bridge-to-HUD financing for the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania that combine for 299 beds. Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Craig Casagrande and Vice President Andrew Jones originated the transaction for the borrower, which was a regional operator. The announcement follows the company’s recent closing of a $13.4 million HUD loan, which supported the refinancing of an existing bridge loan on a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Vermont. The cash-out bridge loan had seasoned for two years before being brought to HUD. Read More »
Berkadia Arranges Acquisition Financing through Fannie Mae

Berkadia Arranges Acquisition Financing through Fannie Mae

Berkadia helped finance the acquisition of Prairie House, a 105-unit assisted living/memory care community in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Managing Directors Chris Cain and Rafael Nobo of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare secured $16.74 million in acquisition financing through Fannie Mae on behalf of the buyer, Wichita, Kansas-based Legend Senior Living.  The 10-year loan featured a 5.68% interest rate, a 30-year amortization schedule and a 65% loan-to-value ratio, which puts the purchase price at $25.75 million, or $245,300 per unit. Built in 2017 with 73 assisted living and 32 memory care units, Prairie House is Legend’s fourth Tulsa-area community and 11th community in the state. The... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Bond Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler Secures Bond Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler arranged a bond financing for a CCRC in San Rafael, California, to expand its campus and refinance its existing Series 2015A bonds. The borrower, Aldersly, opened Aldersly Garden Retirement Community in 1921 to serve the Danish-American senior population in California and Nevada, although it now welcomes anyone who meets its financial and other admission criteria. Life Care Services has managed the community since 2004.  Aldersley received $61.3 million in bonds, which are rated AA- by Standard & Poor’s based on credit enhancement provided by the Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Program. The bonds were issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority and amortize over a... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Secures CDFI Refinance

Carnegie Capital Secures CDFI Refinance

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital closed the refinance of two assisted living/memory care communities totaling 130 units about 80 miles outside of San Francisco, California. After acquiring the communities in late-2019 and 2020, the borrower began to renovate and reposition them. However, given the pandemic, repositioning the communities took longer than initially anticipated, and upon closing the refinance, the in-place, portfolio-wide EBITDAR was still negative and occupancy was under 50%. The borrower was still implementing capex projects at one of the properties, which affected census, as well.  The borrower originally purchased the assets with cash but looked to secure a loan to complete... Read More »
Vermont SNF Gets a HUD Refinance

Vermont SNF Gets a HUD Refinance

Capital Funding Group closed a $13.4 million HUD refinance of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Vermont. The new loan replaced an existing bridge loan that had been executed by CFG and had seasoned for two years before being brought to HUD. The nationally recognized borrower was able to take cash out as a result. Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company. The financing follows CFG’s recent closing of $207 million in financing to support the refinancing of 10 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Read More »