Live Oak Bank Announces Two SBA Loan Closings
SBA lender Live Oak Bank has been hard at work recently arranging coronavirus relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, but the bank also announced a couple of SBA loans that closed earlier this year. First, Live Oak secured acquisition financing for a partnership to buy a 37-unit assisted living community in the town of Shohola, Pennsylvania (in the northeastern part of the state near the New York border). Previously owned and operated by a local individual, the stabilized community was built in 1990 on a 16-acre site. It is the first property directly owned by the acquirer. To fund the deal and limit the equity requirement of the borrowers, Live Oak provided a $5.2 million... Read More »
Berkadia Shows Variety With Latest Four Financings
Berkadia recently closed four separate financings for a total of 10 properties, with a range of purposes from refinances to acquisition financing to a construction loan. First, Ed Williams secured a $5.5 million Fannie Mae refinance for a 51-unit assisted living/memory care community in Georgia. Built in two phases, the latter of which completed in 2008, the community was historically occupied above 90%. Its Southeast-based owner obtained 10-year term, two years of interest only and was able to take advantage of the Streamlined Early Rate Lock option to refinance its existing HUD debt and capture trapped equity in the property. With those funds, they will be able to pursue other... Read More »
Kentucky Community Receives Fannie Mae Refinance
MidCap Financial, through its correspondent relationship with Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital was able to close a Fannie Mae refinance of a 167-unit senior living community in Lexington, Kentucky. The deal closed in mid-March before huge swaths of the country had been shut down but still a difficult time to get transactions across the finish line. At the end of 2018, the borrower, Atlas Senior Living, had acquired the community as part of a purchase option from DMK Development. Before that, Atlas had leased and operated the $26 million development, which was nearly stabilized at the time of the sale. Opened in August 2017, it features 114 independent living, 38 assisted living... Read More »
Dwight Capital Refinances New Jersey SNF
Dwight Capital arranged a HUD refinance for a skilled nursing facility in Union City, New Jersey (New York City MSA). Built in 2008 right at the New Jersey end of the Lincoln Tunnel, the 127-bed facility provides a variety of services including on-site diagnostic x-rays, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech/language pathology and podiatry services, among others. Its owner obtained a $12.4 million HUD loan with a 35-year term and amortization. The lower fixed interest rate also provided the borrower with substantial annual debt service savings. Adam Offman of Dwight Capital originated the transaction. Read More »
