Lancaster Pollard Secures HUD Construction Debt
Jason Dopoulos of Lancaster Pollard secured construction financing through HUD on behalf of Sunshine Retirement Living to expand its presence in southern California. Already with two senior living communities in the San Diego area, the Oregon-based Sunshine, along with Welbrook Senior Living, is working on building its first in the Los Angeles MSA. The Fountain Valley community will feature 106 assisted living and 39 memory care units when it opens in 2020. Situated about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles, it is also ideally located next to Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, which certainly adds to the property’s appeal. With its low interest rate, the $36 million HUD loan should help... Read More »
What’s In A Bridge Loan?
On December 6, 2018, we hosted the webinar “Bridge Loans: The Hottest Lending Product for Seniors Housing & Care.” In the wide-ranging 90-minute discussion, our panelists touched on some of the key details anyone interested in obtaining bridge financing should know. Here they are, exclusively for The SeniorCare Investor subscribers: Read More »
BMO Secures Two Acquisition Financings
As joint venture partners TH Real Estate (an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA) and LCS continue their acquisition activity, BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group got in on the action and arranged acquisition financing for two of the deals. First, the firm acted as sole lender for a $14.4 million term facility for a CCRC in Palm City, Florida with 225 independent living units, 20 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. They again acted as sold lender for another $12.3 million term facility arranged for a CCRC in Essex, Connecticut with 189 independent living units (including 13 cottages) and 45 skilled nursing beds. Read More »
Alliance Moving Forward at Massachusetts SNF
The not-for-profit senior care operator, Alliance Health & Human Services, secured both a permanent refinance of its 101-bed skilled nursing facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, and a more stable financial future to further its mission there. The $14.2 million HUD loan, arranged by Aaron Becker of Lancaster Pollard, is the sixth overall closed in the relationship. It refinanced existing debt and reimbursed Alliance for prior capital expenditures. Alliance will now be able to file a Determination of Need with the state in order to invest another $3 million to renovate the facility. Under the program, the state would reimburse Alliance the renovation funds through a future increase in... Read More »
