• 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 »
Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Phoenix CCRC

Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Phoenix CCRC

Several years after financing the acquisition of a CCRC in Phoenix, Arizona, Cushman & Wakefield is returning to refinance the property in a $13 million deal. Featuring a total of 327 units, made up of 100 independent living units, 171 assisted living units, 29 memory care beds and 60 skilled nursing beds, the community is set on a 14-acre campus in northern Phoenix.   A joint venture between an affiliate of Westport Capital Partners LLC and Integro Healthcare Consulting, LLC acquired it in 2017 for an undisclosed sum, with the help of a $15.1 million financing commitment from PNC Bank and arranged by Cushman & Wakefield. The debt also helped fund immediate renovations and a... Read More »
Ziegler Structures Debt For Radiant Senior Living Acquisition

Ziegler Structures Debt For Radiant Senior Living Acquisition

Ziegler served as exclusive capital structuring advisor on a debt placement for the borrower, Radiant Senior Living, to acquire a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in the Pacific Northwest. Two of the properties are located near Seattle, Washington, while the third is in Bozeman, Montana.   Previously owned by a publicly traded REIT, they combine for 36 independent living and 204 assisted living units and generate in-place, stabilized cash flow. However, there is an opportunity to add value through economies of scale, which suits Radiant and its 18-property portfolio in the Pacific Northwest.  The $42.6 million in financing consisted of both senior and mezzanine debt,... Read More »
CIBC Secures Cash-Out Refinance and Working Capital

CIBC Secures Cash-Out Refinance and Working Capital

Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel of CIBC Bank USA closed a cash-out refinance of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in eastern Kentucky. With an effective age of 20 years, the facility has been managed by a local operator for a number of years. Its historical occupancy hovered around 75%.  Ownership obtained a $13.5 million loan, with a five-year term, on the real estate. In addition, CIBC arranged a $1.0 million revolving line of credit to support working capital needs.  Read More »
Oxford Finance Funds Wisconsin SNF Acquisition

Oxford Finance Funds Wisconsin SNF Acquisition

Oxford Finance secured a senior credit facility and revolving line of credit for a partnership to acquire two skilled nursing facilities and a combined 158 beds in Wisconsin. That partnership is between AB Asset Management LLC, a vertically integrated real estate company based in Miami Beach, and Vitalogy Property Holdings LLC, a growing owner/operator founded in 2015 by Levi Rudd and Louis Kass.   Vitalogy is expanding its existing operating platform in the Midwest and also partnered with Symmetry Healthcare, a provider of back office support services in the healthcare industry, to acquire the properties. To fund the deal, Oxford closed both the... Read More »
M&T Realty Finances Avanath Acquisition

M&T Realty Finances Avanath Acquisition

Avanath Capital Management bought an affordable senior apartment complex in Sterling, Virginia (Washington, D.C. MSA) with the help of a loan provided by M&T Realty Capital Corporation. Developed in 2001 with low-income housing tax credits, this community has 150 units and was owned by a private local investor. It offers one- and two-bedroom unit options, and there are amenities such as a fitness center, billiards table, beauty salon and entertainment room, among others.  Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction, which resulted in a $27.25 million, or $181,000 per unit, purchase price. M&T’s Matthew Hodson arranged a $17.1 million Fannie Mae Multifamily Affordable... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Large Bank/Bond Financing

Ziegler Closes Large Bank/Bond Financing

Ziegler closed a huge financing package for HumanGood California Obligated Group to take out outstanding debt, advance refund other previous bond series and fund various campus improvements across the 14 CCRCs owned and operated by the Obligated Group in California. Altogether, the bank capital totaled $125 million.   There were $15.48 million in Series 2020A revenue and refunding bonds that refinanced an existing tax-exempt bank placement and came with a commitment period of 16 years, matching the previous placement. The Obligated Group received a variable rate based on 79% of one-month LIBOR plus a bank spread and also entered into an interest rate cap with a strike price of... Read More »