• 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 »
Kidder Mathews Finds JV Equity Partner For Kansas Development

Kidder Mathews Finds JV Equity Partner For Kansas Development

After the team arranged the construction debt on the planned senior apartment community in Shawnee, Kansas, Sean McNee and Robert Black of Kidder Mathews then secured a JV equity partner for the project on behalf of the developer, JC Mulligan Development Group, and the sponsor, Omega Senior Living. Featuring 228 apartments and 60 attached, for-sale villas (starting at $345,000 per villa), the developer commenced site improvements before the pandemic set in, which caused a six-month delay in any work. Completion is now expected by winter of 2022-2023, at a total cost near $45 million, or $196,000 per unit for the apartments. Monthly rents will range from $1,450 for a studio to $2,050 for... Read More »
CBRE Secures Construction Loan For Oregon Project

CBRE Secures Construction Loan For Oregon Project

Construction lending may be slow at the moment, but Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE arranged financing for a to-be-built seniors housing community in Happy Valley, Oregon. A joint venture between The Springs Living and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital is building the community, which is set on a 6.95-acre site about 10 miles southeast of downtown Portland. Across the 210 units, half will be reserved for independent living, with the other half split between assisted living and memory care. There will also be numerous amenities, including an indoor pool, a movie theater, and a private dining room.  CBRE secured a $60.4... Read More »
Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed over $83 million in HUD loans during the month of February. The firm kicked off its activity with a $24 million loan for a large 280-bed skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. That was followed by two more HUD loans totaling $46 million closed for SNFs in Maryland and Illinois. Finally, HHC Finance took out previous HUD debt for a long-term customer in Connecticut with a new $13 million loan closed through the (a)7 program. Each loan came with interest rates in the low-2s and terms ranging from 30 to 35 years.  HHC Finance rounded out its February activity with over $115 million of loan modifications closed for clients in Missouri,... Read More »
PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Refinances Virginia Seniors Housing Community

PGIM Real Estate’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Group refinanced a 57-unit seniors housing community in Lynchburg, Virginia with a new HUD loan, providing the owner with substantial annual loan payment savings. That makes for a happy client. Family-owned and operated Runk & Pratt was the borrower, closing its second transaction with PGIM in the last 10 months.   The community was built in the 1980s and boasted 95% occupancy. It previously had a HUD mortgage holding an interest rate of 4.25%. However, Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby arranged a new $13.2 million loan that both extended the borrower’s loan maturity and lowered the interest rate to 3.03%. That results in annual debt... Read More »
Texas-Based Operator Acquires Dallas-Area SNF

Texas-Based Operator Acquires Dallas-Area SNF

Jeff Rhodes, Bill Janis and Mario Wilson of Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged acquisition financing for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Dallas metro area. This was the only operation for the current Texas-based operator, which is acquiring the facility from the out-of-state landlord.   Newly built in 2014, the facility maintained above average occupancy at the time of the sale. Helping its operations was its location in an affluent suburb near a handful of major hospitals. It also consistently achieves strong clinical ratings.  The Helios team arranged a $12.53 million bridge loan from a regional lender to help cover the $13.06 million, or $108,800 per... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Closes Loan With Congressional Bank

Carnegie Capital Closes Loan With Congressional Bank

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital secured a bank refinance for a Pennsylvania seniors housing community. Congressional Bank provided the $16.5 million loan, which came with a three-year term and 30 months of interest only. This was the second financing Mr. Stettin has closed for the sponsor, a major national healthcare development fund. A top-tier national operator managed the building, which opened within the last several years with 65 assisted living and 30 memory care units. The loan refinanced the property during its continued lease-up, which was extended due to the pandemic. This capped a busy month for Carnegie Capital during which it announced its new joint venture with Evans Senior... Read More »