Ziegler Closes Two Separate Financings
Ziegler announced the closing of two separate financings. First, Ziegler closed the Series 2025 bond anticipation notes for the benefit of The Sanctuary at Village On The Isle LLC. The Florida not-for-profit borrower was formed in 2025 to develop, own and operate a seniors housing community to be located on approximately 50 acres in unincorporated Sarasota County, Florida. The sole member of the borrower is Southwest Florida Retirement Center, Inc., doing business as Village On The Isle. VOTI owns and operates a CCRC in Venice, Florida, which opened in 1982 and currently consists of 234 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 64 licensed skilled... Read More »Another Record Year for VIUM
VIUM Capital keeps raising the bar in transaction volume, announcing another record-setting year in 2025, closing 96 transactions totaling over $2 billion in par value, representing the largest total of financings closed in the firm’s nearly six-year history. Most of that volume came from bridge loans originated by VIUM through its joint venture partner Merchants Bank of Indiana, including both direct bank balance sheet executions and loans originated through VIUM’s healthcare debt fund. There were 35 separate loans totaling $1.1 billion. On the HUD side, VIUM closed 61 LEAN transactions totaling $948.2 million, earning it the second spot in the LEAN rankings for number of loans... Read More »City of Wichita Issues Bond Financing
Ziegler successfully closed Larksfield Place’s $45.205 million Series 2025 bonds, issued through the City of Wichita, Kansas. Larksfield is a not-for-profit, single-site CCRC founded in 1988 in northeast Wichita. The 67-acre campus includes 22 independent living villas, 164 independent living apartments, 62 assisted living apartments, 10 memory care apartments and 80 private skilled nursing suites. Residents are offered an 80% refundable “Type C” entrance fee contract. Larksfield is significantly expanding its campus with the development of a four-story, 48-apartment independent living building known as “Larksfield Landing,” featuring under-building enclosed parking alongside additional... Read More »
Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance
An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million and invested approximately $500,000 in renovations. As a result of the property renovations, management was able to significantly increase in-place rents. Then, in December 2022, Edison Equity sold the property to an out-of-state buyer in an “off-market” process with a local broker who represented an out-of-state buyer with an existing Dallas-Fort... Read More »
