• 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 »
CFG Closes Bridge Loan for Arizona Acquisition

CFG Closes Bridge Loan for Arizona Acquisition

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of $17.2 million in bridge debt for the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities in Arizona. The experienced borrower previously operated these facilities, and through this transaction they were able to purchase the real estate at a pre-negotiated price that was set when they originally took over operations. Totaling 232 beds, the facilities were built in 1982 and 1983. Capital Funding Group Vice President Tommy Dillon originated the transaction, which covered 100% of the costs due to the current market value of the facilities surpassing the agreed-upon purchase price. The deal follows an impressive first quarter with over $840 million in... Read More »
JLL Refinances California Active Adult Community

JLL Refinances California Active Adult Community

JLL Capital Markets closed the refinancing of a 172-unit, garden-style active adult community in Chatsworth, California. The borrower was Universe Holdings, and they received $30.315 million in fixed-rate funds through Freddie Mac for 10 years. Nantucket Creek was built just over 35 years ago and has one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 623 feet to 1,100 feet. The community has a clubhouse, fitness center and many other amenities, and at closing the occupancy was about 97%. That strong census may be why a 35-year-old building was able to get financing for $176,000 per unit. The JLL team representing the borrower included Charles Halladay, Jonah Aelyon and Elie... Read More »
Newpoint Announces Mid-Year HUD Volume

Newpoint Announces Mid-Year HUD Volume

HUD released production data for the first half of its fiscal year last month, and despite the current rising rate environment, LEAN transaction volume showed that activity has remained fairly consistent when comparing the first half of the past five fiscal years. And Newpoint Real Estate Capital, which acquired Housing & Healthcare Finance in December 2021, reported a strong six months too, securing the second-most initial endorsements with $238 million across 15 transactions representing 3,147 beds/units.   For HUD’s H1:2022, there were 148 initial endorsements totaling roughly $1.7 billion, down slightly from $1.8 billion for H1:2021 and $2.2 billion in H1:2020. However, the number... Read More »
Ziegler Finances South Florida Acquisition

Ziegler Finances South Florida Acquisition

Ziegler announced its role as exclusive financial advisor in raising financing of $20.525 million on behalf of Comprehensive Care Capital (an affiliate of The Rosdev Group) to acquire two senior housing communities located in Boca Raton and Lantana, Florida. The communities, Banyan Place – Boca and Banyan Place – Lantana offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services.  Banyan Place – Boca consists of 130 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, while Banyan Place – Lantana has 39 licensed memory care beds. CCC’s operating affiliate, Forte Healthcare, led by Yosef Nathan, will manage the Boca and Lantana communities as part of this transaction. ... Read More »
Low-Cost Financing by Sims as Rates Rise

Low-Cost Financing by Sims as Rates Rise

As interest rates are rising, one lucky borrower was able to lock in a 2.25% interest rate for 35 years. And that loan won’t be funded until construction is completed on an expansion project. This sounds better than HUD financings of a year ago. HJ Sims announced the closing of a $32.2 million bank financing for a CCRC in Pontiac, Illinois called Evenglow Lodge. The loan proceeds will be used for the construction of 76 new assisted living units, the demolition of the existing assisting living building, as well as new common space and other space used by the health center. Phase one is the assisted living project, which broke ground in 2021. Phase two will consist of the construction of 24... Read More »
Ziegler Arranges Oregon Construction Financing 

Ziegler Arranges Oregon Construction Financing 

Ziegler served as financial advisor in a debt placement totaling $24 million for Onelife Senior Living to finance the construction of its to-be-built Esther Assisted Living Community. The Esther will be located in Springfield, Oregon and will comprise 103 assisted living units. This will be the fifth AL/memory care community owned by Onelife in the state. Ziegler closed the construction/bridge loan with Locust Point Capital. Upon stabilization, Onelife will then hope to place permanent, fixed-rate agency financing. Eric Johnson led the transaction for Ziegler.  Read More »