• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Azure Partners Enters Seniors Sphere Through IL/AL Purchase

Azure Partners Enters Seniors Sphere Through IL/AL Purchase

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale and financing for Cypress Court, a 148-unit independent and assisted living seniors housing community in the Escondido submarket of San Diego, California. The seller was an affiliate of Kisco Senior Living, and the buyer was Azure Partners.  The 10-year acquisition loan was arranged through Freddie Mac. Northstar Senior Living will continue to manage the asset, which marks the first seniors housing community acquired by Azure, a real estate investment firm, which is aiming to “rapidly” expand its portfolio in the sector.  Cypress Court offers 76 independent living and 72 assisted living units on 2.54 acres. It was stabilized at the time of... Read More »

Protea Capital Partners Finances Florida Development

JLL Capital Markets assisted a developer, Protea Capital Partners, in arranging $34.5 million in financing for the construction of HarborChase of Beachwalk, a 172-unit seniors housing community in St. John’s, Florida. Multiple bids were generated, and Protea was ultimately able to secure a five-year construction loan with a regional bank on favorable terms. JLL’s Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Olga Walsh, Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker. Slated for completion in October 2027, HarborChase of Beachwalk will offer 82 independent living, 66 assisted living and 24 memory care units across multiple three- and four-story buildings. Floor plans will range from studios to... Read More »

Colorado CCRC Expands with Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Frasier’s $44.14 million Series 2025A bonds through the Colorado Health Facilities Authority. Frasier Meadows Manor, Inc. (Frasier) is a Colorado not-for-profit founded in 1956 in Boulder. Frasier is the only CCRC in Boulder offering the full continuum of care and is also the oldest retirement community in Boulder.  Today, the CCRC offers 303 independent living units, 19 assisted living units, 19 memory care units and a 54-bed skilled nursing facility. Frasier offers a “Type B” entrance fee contract to its independent living residents, offering a discounted rate to higher levels of care if needed. The community maintains a 742-household waiting... Read More »
Not-For-Profits Secure Bond Financings

Not-For-Profits Secure Bond Financings

Ziegler announced the successful pricing of $34.0 million Series 2025 bonds for The Chapel Hill Residential Retirement Center, Inc. d/b/a Carol Woods. Carol Woods is a North Carolina not-for-profit organization incorporated in July 1972 by a group of local citizens to develop, own and operate a CCRC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Currently, Carol Woods operates on 120-acres of wooded land with 315 independent living units, 89 assisted living beds and 30 skilled nursing beds. In addition, Carol Woods operates a CCRC without a lodging program known as Early Acceptance that currently serves approximately 180 members.  Proceeds of the Series 2025 bonds will be used by Carol Woods to... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Funds

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Secures Funds

MONTICELLOAM, LLC announced that the firm, along with firm affiliates, funded $48.10 million in combined bridge and working capital funding for a three-facility skilled nursing portfolio in North Carolina. The transaction included a $45.6 million bridge financing and a $2.5 million working capital line of credit. The borrower, a returning client, will use loan proceeds to refinance a 300+ bed skilled nursing portfolio.  Read More »
Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

Autumn Lake Healthcare Acquires Maryland SNFs

First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance business provided $338 million in financing to affiliates of Autumn Lake Healthcare for the acquisition of 12 Maryland skilled nursing facilities with over 1,500 beds. Based in Howell, New Jersey, Autumn Lake Healthcare’s portfolio includes 66 skilled nursing facilities totaling more than 8,200 beds in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin and West Virginia.  The Maryland Commission released a notice detailing the transfer of the real property and bed rights of the following 12 facilities:  LG-OHI Frederick LLC, d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek LG-OHI Clinton, LLC d/b/a Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bradford Oaks... Read More »