Lending in Leominster
KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged a first mortgage through Fannie Mae on behalf of a Sunrise Senior Living property in Leominster, Massachusetts. Originally built in 1996 with 48 assisted living units, the property added 23 memory care units in 1999 and converted 10 existing AL units into nine MC units in 2013. In that most recent project, the owner also added a common room and dining room to the community. Now, to refinance existing debt, Carolyn Nazdin of KeyBank arranged a non-recourse $12.2 million loan, with a 10-year interest-only term. Read More »
Monarch Advisors Sources Acquisition Financing for SLIB Deal
Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a 71-unit memory care community in Vista, California for $22.8 million, or about $321,000 per unit. Helping to push up that price was first, the location in the high-barrier-to-entry market of San Diego County, and second, its solid operations with a 29% margin on $5.85 million of revenues and an 88% occupancy rate. It was built in the last 10 years too, which helps. The single-asset, local owner decided to exit the industry, prompting the sale to a private equity group located in Colorado that owns several other senior living properties and some commercial assets around the country. SLIB’s affiliated... Read More »
Meridian’s Half-Billion-Dollar Quarter
The team of Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson of Meridian Capital Group had quite the Q1, closing more than $500 million across 17 transactions in nine states. Helping them reach that impressive mark were a couple of large financings for skilled nursing portfolio sales, including $126 million in both debt and equity arranged for Summit Healthcare REIT to purchase 14 skilled nursing facilities in Indiana. A finance company provided the $96 million loan, while an institutional investor funded the $30 million in equity. Then, on behalf of a private skilled nursing owner, Meridian arranged a $90 million loan (also provided by a finance company) to fund the acquisition of 12 SNFs in... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Finances New (and Stabilized) Community in California
Aaron Rosenzweig, Jay Wagner and Sam Dylag of Cushman & Wakefield helped a joint venture between Blue Mountain Enterprises Inc. and Calson Management to obtain first mortgage financing for their 148-unit assisted living/memory care community in Fairfield, California. PNC provided the loan from their agency platform. Built just a few years ago and stabilized, this community was the second ground-up development for the JV. Read More »
