City of Wichita Issues Bond Financing
Ziegler successfully closed Larksfield Place’s $45.205 million Series 2025 bonds, issued through the City of Wichita, Kansas. Larksfield is a not-for-profit, single-site CCRC founded in 1988 in northeast Wichita. The 67-acre campus includes 22 independent living villas, 164 independent living apartments, 62 assisted living apartments, 10 memory care apartments and 80 private skilled nursing suites. Residents are offered an 80% refundable “Type C” entrance fee contract. Larksfield is significantly expanding its campus with the development of a four-story, 48-apartment independent living building known as “Larksfield Landing,” featuring under-building enclosed parking alongside additional... Read More »
Life Plan Community Secures Bond Financing
Ziegler closed Meadowlark Hills’ $53.8 million Series 2025 bonds through the City of Manhattan, Kansas. Founded in 1975, Meadowlark is a CCRC on 55 acres in Manhattan with 137 independent living apartments, 50 independent living duplexes and cottages, 38 assisted living apartments, and a 134-bed skilled nursing facility (60 private beds and 74 semi-private). Meadowlark Hills offers primarily “Type B” entrance fee plans to their residents. Meadowlark most recently came to the bond market in 2022 to fund “The Monarch” expansion, which filled in just 40 days. Meadowlark currently maintains a waitlist of over 400 prospective residents for its current campus. This financing... Read More »
National Health Investors’ New Investments
A publicly traded REIT based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, acquired two assisted living and memory care communities and closed two loan agreements, investing $89.2 million, including transaction costs, across the four separate deals at an average initial yield of 8.02%. National Health Investors purchased a 107-unit AL/MC community in Jamison, Pennsylvania, that is operated by Priority Life Care. It appears to be The Bridges at Warwick, and Priority will remain in-place, marking a new relationship with NHI. The sales price was $52.1 million, or $486,900 per unit, including transaction costs. The community is leased pursuant to a five-year term with an initial lease rate of 8.00%... Read More »
JV Acquisition Supported by Structured Capital Stack
After Verdot Capital announced that they partnered with 12 North Capital to purchase Cascades of Grants Pass (a 64-unit full-continuum community in Grants Pass, Oregon), Blueprint revealed that it structured the capital stack for the acquisition. Kristen Ahrens and Pat Maloney presented the transaction to more than 50 capital sources, leading to several parties showing interest. Both the debt and preferred equity were sourced on behalf of the experienced GP borrower. Blueprint targeted regional/national banks, life companies and private lenders for the debt, with a large regional bank winning the debt as a result of their strong terms and pricing, which... Read More »
Two Refinances Close in New York
NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC provided refinances to a skilled nursing facility in central New York and a skilled nursing facility in Bronx, New York. Erik Lindenauer, President of FHA and leader of the firm’s healthcare originations platform, arranged both transactions. First, Lindenauer arranged a $19.8 million FHA 223(f) loan to refinance a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Central New York. The transaction featured a split mortgage structure with differing amortization schedules designed to align with the expiration of a portion of the property’s reimbursement stream. Next, Lindenauer arranged a $26.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance an assisted living community... Read More »Schedule a demo
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