• 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »
Monticello Funds Wisconsin Acquisition and Refinance

Monticello Funds Wisconsin Acquisition and Refinance

MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) and its affiliates recently structured first lien debt for a portfolio of three senior care facilities in Wisconsin. The purpose of the debt was two-fold, with a portion going towards the acquisition of an assisted living/skilled nursing property and the remaining amount refinancing two skilled nursing facilities. The portfolio averages around 42 years in age and totals 305 beds and units.   Monticello provided $14.00 million in first lien debt, which came with a 10-year term. The buyer was an experienced owner and operator with a current portfolio of 4,969 licensed beds/units.  Read More »
Cambridge Realty Capital Lowers Rate On 16 Facilities

Cambridge Realty Capital Lowers Rate On 16 Facilities

Cambridge Realty Capital announced a slew of HUD loan modifications in the first half of 2020. The lender worked on behalf of borrowers with a combined 16 healthcare facilities that all had HUD mortgages. They are located in Illinois, California, Ohio, Texas, New Jersey and Iowa. In total, Cambridge funded over $200 million in loan modifications, resulting in a lower interest rate for its clients.  This announcement comes a month after Cambridge closed a HUD refinance of a 115-bed skilled nursing facility in northeast Texas in the city of Longview. Built in the 1980s but well maintained, this facility has so far been spared from COVID-19. The New York-based owner decided to refinance... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Finances Colorado SNF Portfolio

Walker & Dunlop Finances Colorado SNF Portfolio

A California-based owner/operator just refinanced three of its Colorado skilled nursing facilities with the help of Walker & Dunlop. Kevin Giusti led the origination team on the $16.41 million HUD loan, which took out existing third-party debt on the properties and recouped partner debt to fund capital improvements at each location.  This portfolio was spread out across the state, with two locations in western Colorado and one in the east. Built in 1964, the Rocky Ford facility features 99 beds in 29 units and is the only VA-contracted facility within 80 miles. The Paonia facility has 56 beds in 28 units and also offers memory care services. It was built in 1984 and is the... Read More »
Long Bankruptcy Process Ends with CCRC Sale in Tampa

Long Bankruptcy Process Ends with CCRC Sale in Tampa

A years-long bankruptcy process for a large CCRC in Tampa, Florida has finally concluded with a new not-for-profit owner stepping in, BRP Senior Housing Management (an affiliate of Big Rock Partners) now operating it and Ziegler closing a nearly $70 million bond financing to fund the deal. Unfortunately, the property has a long and complicated history under its previous ownership. Complicated, to say the least.  Originally built in 1985 with 445 independent living units, 72 assisted living units and 240 skilled nursing beds, University Village was acquired in 2000 by Westport Holdings Tampa, LP for $64.1 million, or around $85,000 per unit/bed. In... Read More »
Love Funding Closes Puerto Rico Financing

Love Funding Closes Puerto Rico Financing

Leonard Lucas of Love Funding headed down to sunny Guayama, Puerto Rico to close a HUD financing for the acquisition of a 60-unit age-restricted, Section 8 apartment complex. Featuring two, two-story buildings, the community is entirely covered under a new project-based Section 8 HAP contract secured by the buyer that runs for a period of 20 years. To acquire the community, the borrower obtained a $3.14 million loan, which came with a lower mortgage insurance premium of 0.25%.  The borrower was also able to realize additional savings through HUD’s reduced application fee incentive for projects located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone.    Read More »
Inter-Generational Development Going Up In Milwaukee

Inter-Generational Development Going Up In Milwaukee

Funding was just secured for a multi-generational living complex going up next to Mount Mary University, a women’s Catholic college in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Senior Housing Partners, an affiliate of the not-for-profit Presbyterian Homes & Services, is developing the $45 million project in partnership with the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND), Milwaukee Catholic Home and the University. Work on the site is expected to begin in September, with opening tentatively planned for Fall 2021. What plans aren’t tentative these days?  The campus will include 52 private assisted living units for the sisters of SSND, 24 dormitory units for single mothers... Read More »