• 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 »
New York CCRC Development Receives Financing

New York CCRC Development Receives Financing

A major CCRC project being built on the campus of SUNY Purchase College in Purchase, New York just got a major boost after receiving a $398.1 million bond issue arranged by HJ Sims. The tax-exempt and taxable bonds were closed for Purchase Senior Learning Community, Inc., which was formed to develop the community with 68 assisted living/memory care beds and 220 independent living units and villas. Of those IL units, 20% will be reserved for local residents earning no more than 80% of the area’s median income. Integrated into the community will be a “learning commons” consisting of classrooms, studios, gathering and performance spaces utilized by the residents but also students for... Read More »
VIUM Capital Finances Two Transactions

VIUM Capital Finances Two Transactions

VIUM Capital has provided financing for two transactions spanning seven total properties. The first deal involved the acquisition of a six-property portfolio consisting of five skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community. The properties, all located in southeast Michigan, were purchased for $64.44 million and received $58 million of bridge-to-HUD financing. Funds were provided for acquisition costs and capex being used to improve building aesthetics, add a short-term rehab in one of the buildings and other specialty units. The financing includes a debt structure of $54 million of A notes and $4 million of B notes. The second financing was for the purchase of Bria of... Read More »
Greystone Provides Refinancing For Atlanta Community

Greystone Provides Refinancing For Atlanta Community

Greystone’s Senior Housing Capital Markets Team has provided refinancing for a 193-unit seniors housing community in Atlanta, Georgia. Matt Miller led the team, providing the financing on behalf of Harbert Seniors Housing Fund I, L.P. The transaction was closed with a large regional bank and has a three-year term.  The property, managed by an experienced regional operator, includes independent living, assisted living, and memory care units across two construction phases, the second of which was completed in late 2020. This community offers a range of independent living unit configurations, and features a heated pool, walking gardens, fitness center, salon & spa, library, theater,... Read More »
CIBC Bank Closes Two Acquisition Loans

CIBC Bank Closes Two Acquisition Loans

CIBC Bank USA closed on a couple of acquisition loans. First was a $5 million loan for a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in central Illinois. With an effective age of 25 years, the facility has been run by a regional operator for several years. The undisclosed buyer saw an opportunity to cut expenses and improve occupancy, with stabilized occupancy of 87% and margins in the mid-teens. Bank financing included a five-year term loan, with earn-out potential, plus a $750,000 working capital line of credit. Fritz Kieckhefer and Kyle Doran handled the financing for CIBC.   The same CIBC duo next provided $10 million in acquisition financing for a 42-unit behavioral residential care... Read More »
CIBC Closes Transactions for Two Portfolios

CIBC Closes Transactions for Two Portfolios

CIBC Bank closed transactions for two portfolios, comprising a total of seven seniors housing and care communities. CIBC first closed a $73.4 million acquisition loan for a four-property portfolio in eastern Pennsylvania, including a total of 675 skilled nursing beds and 100 senior living units. The facilities, which have an effective age of 30 years, were acquired by an experienced local operator.  Historical occupancy for the home has been approximately 70%, and without stimulus, historical EBITDAR had been negative. In addition to the five-year mortgage loan, a $6.0 million revolving line of credit was provided for working capital. Matthew Tyler and Daniela Miranda handled the... Read More »
HJ Sims Provides Financing for Illinois CCRC

HJ Sims Provides Financing for Illinois CCRC

HJ Sims provided a not-for-profit CCRC with an $8.78 million taxable note in September. Clark Lindsey Village, located in Urbana, Illinois, comprises 147 independent living units, 12 assisted living and memory care units and 105 skilled nursing beds.  Clark Lindsey Village intends to use this financing to reposition its campus offerings. This is expected to be completed over a five-year period and include several phases to the project. Phase I will be the construction of eight independent living villas and site work dedicated to the next planned phase. Sims acted as the structuring agent for a taxable bridge financing via a draw-down bank note, capturing a taxable interest rate of 2.15%... Read More »