• 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 »
Helios Refinances Texas SNF

Helios Refinances Texas SNF

Helios Healthcare Advisors announced its role in arranging a $14 million HUD loan for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Dallas, Texas. Helios was first engaged by the operator in 2022 to structure and arrange a bridge loan to acquire the facility from the operator’s landlord. Recognizing the operator’s limited liquidity, relationship with the landlord, and the facility’s asset value relative to the contract price, Helios proposed a structure that allowed the operator to acquire the facility utilizing a subordinated seller note. The seller note effectively pushed leverage beyond the bridge loan’s advance rate. In conjunction with the closing of the bridge loan,... Read More »
BWE Finances Affordable Seniors Housing Communities

BWE Finances Affordable Seniors Housing Communities

Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (BWE) announced three loan closings totaling over $25 million to refinance and preserve three affordable senior living communities in Nashville, Tennessee, Baltimore, Maryland, and Pikesville, Maryland. Jon Killough, Executive Vice President in BWE’s Montgomery, AL, office, and John Roberts, Vice President in the firm’s Dallas, TX, office, originated the Nashville deal, and Victor Agusta, Executive Vice President in BWE’s Raleigh, NC, office, originated the Maryland loans. The three affordable seniors housing properties within this transaction are: A $21 million bridge loan originated on behalf of Envolve Communities to acquire and finance... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Finances Massachusetts SNF Acquisition

Carnegie Capital Finances Massachusetts SNF Acquisition

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital financed the acquisition of a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in the Springfield area of Massachusetts with a $7 million first mortgage and a $2 million line of credit for a sponsor and the operator. Built in the late-1980s and renovated in 2005, the facility was around 82% occupied but was underperforming. This is the second opportunistic acquisition between the two entities, and the operator owns another facility nearby. The loan covered 70% of the $10 million, or $76,900 per bed, purchase price. It came with a fixed interest rate of 6.5% and a term of seven years, with two years of interest only. Read More »
Lument Arranges Acquisition Loan and Three Refinances

Lument Arranges Acquisition Loan and Three Refinances

Lument closed four bridge loans totaling more than $78 million to acquire and/or refinance four memory care communities totaling 311 units in Texas and Wisconsin. Managing Directors Doug Harper, Chris Mauger, and Casey Moore led the transaction for Lument. The deal’s sponsor was Silverado, a large and experienced owner/operator of dedicated memory care communities in California, Kansas, Nevada, Maryland, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Silverado had been managing Barton Springs, a 56-unit community in Austin, Texas, and was able to acquire the property with an $18.6 million loan (which includes the initial principal and an earn out). Lument also secured $21.1 million... Read More »
CBRE Refinances San Diego-Area IL Community

CBRE Refinances San Diego-Area IL Community

CBRE’s National Senior Housing team refinanced an independent living community in California. Built in 2021, The Plaza at Lantern Crest comprises 113 units and sits on 3.8 acres in Santee (San Diego MSA). The four-story community features a plethora of amenities including an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, physical therapy office, outdoor theater, a restaurant and 1950’s diner, a bowling alley, a full-service bar and a tea room. Aron Will, Bill Chiles, Matt Kuronen and Michael Cregan of CBRE arranged a $38.3 million, 10-year loan with five years of interest only through its Freddie Mac Optigo lending platform on behalf of the borrower, The Grant Companies. Founded in 1989, The Grant... Read More »
CBRE Refinances California Independent Living Community

CBRE Refinances California Independent Living Community

CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced it refinanced an independent living community in California. Built in 2021, The Plaza at Lantern Crest comprises 113 units and sits on 3.8 acres in the town Santee (San Diego MSA). The four-story community features a plethora of amenities including an indoor swimming pool, fitness center, physical therapy office, outdoor theater, a restaurant and 1950’s diner, a bowling alley, a full-service bar, and a tea room. Bill Chiles, Matt Kuronen and Michael Cregan of CBRE arranged a $38.3 million, 10-year loan with five years of interest only through its Freddie Mac Optigo lending platform on behalf of the borrower, The Grant Companies. Founded in... Read More »