• 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 »
Ziegler Refinances The Lutheran Homes of South Carolina 

Ziegler Refinances The Lutheran Homes of South Carolina 

Ziegler successfully closed two sets of bonds for The Lutheran Homes of South Carolina (LHSC), a not-for-profit with five CCRCs, three hospice offices and four non-medical in-home services agencies throughout the Palmetto State. The $27.5 million of Series 2022A and 2022B bonds are being directly purchased by First Horizon Bank (LHSC’s existing banking partner) with a 12-year commitment, covenants matching the master trust indenture and pricing of 82.5% of term SOFR plus 1.32%.   The Series 2022A refunding bond totaled $11.55 million and refunded the Series 2017 direct placement bank bond, extending the final maturity of the refunded debt to match the 12-year commitment term (with a... Read More »
CFG Closes Another Acquisition Loan 

CFG Closes Another Acquisition Loan 

Capital Funding Group (CFG) announced the closing of a $11.26 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing facility in Sacramento, California. Featuring 121 beds, the facility was acquired by an undisclosed company looking to grow its portfolio. Capital Funding Group Managing Director, Long-Term Care Tim Eberhardt and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company.  This transaction follows another bridge loan closed by CFG earlier in May, when the firm closed $17.2 million in financing to fund the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Arizona. Featuring 232 beds, the facilities were previously operated by a national provider that... Read More »
Greystone Refinances Washington Oakes 

Greystone Refinances Washington Oakes 

Greystone has arranged a refinance for Washington Oakes, a 152-unit seniors housing property in Everett, Washington, a northern suburb of Seattle. A life insurance company provided the $15 million nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan, which carries a seven-year term, 30-year amortization and 60 percent loan-to-value ratio. In addition to refinancing existing debt, loan proceeds enable the borrower to monetize a portion of its equity in the property and continue with ongoing maintenance. Tyler Armstrong of Greystone originated the transaction on behalf of Lytle Enterprises LLC.  Operated by Leisure Care LLC, Washington Oakes features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and offers independent... Read More »
Colliers Mortgage Arranges HUD Refinance 

Colliers Mortgage Arranges HUD Refinance 

Colliers Mortgage provided a $25.2 million HUD loan to The Winslow in West St. Paul, Minnesota. Opened in 2020 with the help of a construction loan provided by Colliers in 2018, the 172-unit affordable seniors housing community rises four stories. Units are restricted to persons age 62 and above and who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. WSP Senior Housing I LLLP was the borrower, obtaining a fixed-rate loan that is fully amortized over 35 years.   Read More »
VIUM Capital and Merchants Capital Announce Mid-Year HUD Volume 

VIUM Capital and Merchants Capital Announce Mid-Year HUD Volume 

In the first six months of HUD’s fiscal year 2022, VIUM Capital, through its joint venture with Merchants Capital, announced a healthy level of activity, closing 26 LEAN loans totaling approximately $295.8 million. That leads all other lenders in both number of closed transactions and total volume for the period from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. The loans were closed under Merchants Capital, since VIUM did not officially close on its acquisition of HUD/GNMA lender Armstrong Mortgage Company until the end of 2021. Newpoint Real Estate Capital took second place, with $238 million of initial endorsements across 15 transactions representing 3,147 beds/units.  Across the 26... Read More »
CIBC Closes Construction Loan for North Carolina Project 

CIBC Closes Construction Loan for North Carolina Project 

CIBC Bank USA secured construction financing for an affiliate of Bourne Financial Group to build a 240-unit independent living community in North Carolina. Set to open later this year, Symphony Park is described as a “luxury resort for seniors,” and the amenity list shows it. There will be indoor and outdoor restaurants, lounges and a sports pub, gardens, a pool, culinary and music centers, pickleball courts, bocce ball courts and a dog park. There will also be a spa, salon and barbershop, among other amenities. The first phase will include the initial 240 units, and 80 more units will open in a second phase. Altogether, construction costs have been estimated to be $90 million, or $280,000... Read More »