• Joint Venture Acquires and Secures Financing in Maryland

    Berkadia announced the sale and financing of an active adult community in Annapolis, Maryland. Built in 2002, Gardens of Annapolis features 106 units with 42-one bedroom/one-bathroom units, 23 two-bedroom/one-bathroom units and 41 two-bedroom/two-bathroom units. The property has been well-maintained over the last 20 years as a result of... Read More »
  • Newmark Facilitates a Sale and Refinance

    Newmark’s Senior Housing Team handled the sale of a seniors housing community in South Carolina. Built in 2021, New Haven at Little River features 154 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Little River, South Carolina. Totaling 200,000 square feet, it has 89 IL, 44 AL and 19 MC units. No additional details were disclosed,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Refinancing

    Mesa West Capital provided a joint venture with a loan to refinance a seniors housing community in Montvale, New Jersey. The joint venture comprises AEW Capital Management, Thrive Senior Living and Pike Construction. The five-year, floating-rate $57 million loan is secured by Thrive at Montvale. Built in 2022 by Thrive and Pike, the community... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: What Could Stop the M&A Momentum?

    Last week, we recorded our 560th deal of 2024, which breaks the annual record for M&A volume across seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions. And we have more than two months to go. So there can be no dispute that we will set an M&A record this year, and by a large margin. But could 2024 actually end with a whimper? We ask that... Read More »
  • Brookdale and the Golden Age

    A lot has been made recently of the looming Golden Age of seniors housing. An analyst at Jefferies & Co. came out with a strong recommendation of Brookdale Senior Living and its potential to take advantage of the upcoming age wave. They referred to Brookdale as the leading senior living provider well positioned for this. A more accurate... Read More »
Two Seniors Housing Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

Two Seniors Housing Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

CBRE arranged acquisition financing for two seniors housing communities in Houston, Texas, on behalf of Bridgewood Property Company. The Aspenwood Company, Bridgewood’s wholly owned management platform, will continue to manage the communities. Aron Will and Michael Cregan originated the $25 million, three-year floating rate loan with full-term interest only via a regional bank.  Built in 2015, The Village of the Heights sits on 1.75 acres and comprises 103 assisted living and memory care units. Built in 2013, The Village of Meyerland features 125 assisted living and memory care units on 3.11 acres. Read More »
Greystone & VIUM Capital Top HUD Rankings

Greystone & VIUM Capital Top HUD Rankings

The HUD LEAN rankings for HUD’s fiscal year 2024 ended September 30 are out, and the program saw 220 loans close, totaling nearly $3.2 billion for a nearly 10% increase over FY2023’s total volume. Closings only accelerated in the second half of HUD’s fiscal year, and the next 12 months could see another increase in activity. Topping the charts, both in terms of deals and dollar volume, was Greystone, with 52 deals and $708.3 million of volume. Greystone led the way in FY2023, too, with 39 deals and nearly $700 million of volume, and in FY2022 with 35 deals. VIUM Capital ranked in the second spot in both categories, with 34 deals and $344.8 million of volume. This is a return to the second... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Secures Acquisition Financing

Chicago Pacific Founders Secures Acquisition Financing

CBRE arranged acquisition financing for The Arbors of Gulf Breeze on behalf of CPF Living Communities. Aron Will and Tim Root arranged a five-year fixed rate loan through the Freddie Mac Optigo lending platform.  Built in 2018, The Arbors consists of 132 units with 51 independent living, 58 assisted living and 23 memory care units in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 2,000 feet from Gulf Breeze Hospital (the area’s only five-star hospital and part of the Baptist Health Care network). The community was stabilized and 96% occupied at closing. It will be managed by Grace Management, CPF’s wholly owned management affiliate. Brad Clousing, Daniel Geraghty, Jeff Binder and Jason Punzel of Senior Living... Read More »
Intergenerational Community Secures Refinance

Intergenerational Community Secures Refinance

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as the lead arranger and administrative agent on a term loan refinancing for an intergenerational community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of Harrison Street and Oppidan. Built in 2020, The Pillars of Prospect Park comprises 282 independent living, assisted living, memory care and student housing units. The community also features a child-care/learning center with capacity for about 100 children. Ebenezer manages the community. This was the fifth community developed together by Oppidan and Ebenezer. In August, Berkadia announced its role in arranging the refinance of The Pillars. To take out an existing construction loan, Austin Sacco... Read More »
Convivial Secures Bond Financing

Convivial Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Convivial St. Petersburg, LLC’s Series 2024 revenue bond anticipation notes. The Series 2024 notes are comprised of $23.4 million of tax-exempt Series 2024A notes sold publicly to institutional investors and a total of $6 million of subordinate tax-exempt and taxable notes purchased by an affiliate of the developer and manager of the project. Convivial will use the proceeds of the Series 2024 notes to fund the land acquisition, certain pre-development expenditures and marketing costs of a planned CCRC on 5.27 acres in St. Petersburg, Florida. The CCRC is anticipated to consist of two residential buildings with 170 independent living units, 48 assisted... Read More »
Live Oak Closes Three Bridge Loans

Live Oak Closes Three Bridge Loans

Live Oak Bank has been actively lending this Fall, so far, announcing three closings in recent weeks. The bank first closed a $13.5 million bridge loan for Bakerson Companies. The bridge-to-agency loan features a three-year initial term and 24 months of interest-only payments. Loan proceeds were used to recapitalize part of the all-cash purchase of a 172-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community earlier this year in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA.  Also in September, Live Oak closed a $47.5 million bridge loan for a Florida-based seniors housing owner. The loan provides bridge-to-sale financing and features a three-year initial term, 24 months of interest-only... Read More »