Lancaster Pollard Rocks Refinance for SanStone
Lancaster Pollard was brought in by North Carolina skilled nursing provider SanStone Health & Rehabilitation to reorganize its capital stack. Kevin Oakley acted as lead banker and, with the help of Gerald Swiacki and Joe Munhall, helped close a series of transactions resulting in more than $120 million in financing for the borrower. That included arranging a new commercial banking relationship as the syndication agent and structuring HUD debt. All of this will help address future capital needs, including funding acquisitions, modifying ownership interests and increasing borrowing capacity to mitigate risk. Read More »
HHC Finance’s Bridge Lending Program Takes Off
Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group closed an impressive number of bridge loans lately, totaling $185 million across 12 transactions in the last several months. The team, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, spread out across the country to get the deals done in North Carolina, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, New York and Alabama. The largest transaction involved a two-skilled nursing facility portfolio in California receiving a $50 million loan. HHC Finance’s Elan Magence joined Messrs. Haas and Gamss to arrange the transaction. On top of that busy period of bridge lending, HHC Finance closed an $11 million HUD refinance of a 100-bed... Read More »
Grandbridge Refinances Highgate Senior Living Portfolio
Washington State-based senior living operator, Highgate Senior Living, refinanced two of its communities in the Pacific Northwest with the help of Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. Richard Thomas originated the Freddie Mac loans, which included an $8.5 million first mortgage for an assisted living/memory care community in Bellingham, Washington (about 30 miles southeast of Vancouver, British Columbia) and a $5.225 million loan for an assisted living/memory care community in Great Falls, Montana. Each loan comes with a fixed rate, 10-year term and 30 years of amortization. Read More »
Capital Funding Group’s Comprehensive Closing in Ohio
Capital Funding Group (CFG) pulled out all the stops for its latest transaction. It involved Vantage Point Capital’s acquisition of five skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, which Crown Healthcare Group leased concurrently on an arm’s length basis. CFG’s Tim Eberhardt and Erik Howard originated the real estate acquisition financing, which comprised a term loan, with both an A-piece and a B-piece, and a mezzanine loan, which represents about 88% of the transaction costs. CFG participated in the A-piece but funded 100% of both the B-piece and the mezzanine loan. Meanwhile, for the operator, Jeffrey Stein of CFG closed a multimillion dollar working capital line of credit that includes a... Read More »
Garden State Acquisition Gets Financing From Monticello
A large skilled nursing portfolio in New Jersey sold thanks to financing provided by two of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles. The $69 million bridge financing is comprised of $65 million in first lien debt and a $4 million working capital loan, which the borrower expects to refinance with HUD. A New Jersey-based operator was the borrower and brings some experience in acquiring skilled nursing facility, having added eight similar facilities to its portfolio in the past three years. This current acquisition involves four facilities and 654 total beds, including 74 memory care and 60 assisted living units, as well as a 16-bed ventilator unit. Read More »Schedule a demo
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