Philly-Area CCRC Goes from Bank to Bond Debt
Facing rising short-term interest rates, a not-for-profit CCRC in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, market turned to Ziegler to refund its existing bank debt with a tax-exempt bond issue. The community is located on a 63-acre campus about 10 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia in the town of Gladwyne, offering 151 independent living units, 69 IL villas, 33 personal care units, 16 memory care units and 49 private skilled nursing beds. It had benefited from variable-rate debt over the last decade, investing in expansions and improvements over the years. However, when short-term rates were on the rise, but declining at the long end of the yield curve, they decided to refinance the bank... Read More »
Harrison Street Refinances White Bear Lake Community
Cushman & Wakefield acted as the exclusive advisor to a joint venture between The Waters Senior Living and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital on the refinance of their 136-unit senior living community in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Developed in 2016, this community provides independent living, assisted living and memory care services under The Waters brand. The C&W team of Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Jack Griffin brought the owners together with the lender, BMO Harris Bank, which provided the $24.3 million loan to take out the original construction financing. Derek Zeller, Imran Javaid and Brian Vis made up the BMO team on the transaction. Read More »
Grandbridge Arranges Active Adult Financing
With Baby Boomers still too young to move into most seniors housing communities and labor costs growing, many companies see opportunity in the active adult market, which some view as a largely untapped market. We’ll have to see how “under the radar” these assets will stay in the next couple of years. Jumping into the market, Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group just facilitated construction financing for the development of a 318-unit age-restricted community in Plano, Texas operated by Life Style Management Inc. The transaction consisted of about $62.3 million in taxable and tax-exempt bonds under the 142(d) bond program administered by BB&T Capital Markets.... Read More »
Portopiccolo Makes Another SNF Acquisition
The Portopiccolo Group just made its third skilled nursing acquisition of the year, making it one of the most prolific buyers in that space in 2019. Its most recent target was a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia. To fund the acquisition, Portopiccolo turned to Contemporary Healthcare Capital to closed $1.97 million in mezzanine financing in addition to receiving a senior loan from United Community Bank. About $2.7 million in capital upgrades will also be funded. The transaction is similar to Portopiccolo’s acquisition earlier this year of a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Roanoke, Virginia that included a 24-bed accredited ventilator unit. That always... Read More »
