Lancaster Pollard Represents Hawkeye In Iowa Skilled Nursing Sale
Chad Elliot, Quintin Harris and Kevin Laidlaw of Lancaster Pollard represented the seller of a six-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Iowa. Owned by Hawkeye Care Centers, these six facilities total 551 beds, with three of the properties featuring a small assisted living or independent living portion. Quality mix was high (over 50%) and operating margin averaged in the low teens, which is not too bad for skilled nursing in this market. The Lancaster Pollard team sold the portfolio to Summit Healthcare REIT for $29.5 million, or about $53,500 per bed. Summit entered into a triple-net lease agreement with Accura HealthCare, an Iowa-based operator with 18 facilities across the state.... Read More »
CBRE Finds Financing With Freddie Mac
Aron Will of CBRE worked with Freddie Mac for his two latest transactions, and crisscrossed the country to do so. First, with Andrew Behrens of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group, Mr. Will closed a $29.8 million financing for a 144-unit senior living community in Escondido, California (San Diego MSA). Purchased in 2012 by Westmont Living, the community underwent a three-year capital improvement project that involved adding a 22-unit memory care wing. It clearly worked, as occupancy stands at 92% for the property. Westmont received a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with 60 months of interest only payments. Then, to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Mr. Will arranged acquisition financing (again through... Read More »
HJ Sims Generates Significant Savings Through Bond Issue
American Baptist Homes of the Midwest successfully refunded its outstanding bonds with the help of HJ Sims, generating millions in savings in the process. Recently, across ABHM’s 13-property portfolio, the provider has funded repositioning projects at many locations, significantly lowering their cash reserves. So, HJ Sims worked to refund ABHM’s Series 2007 and Series 2009 bonds in a way that lowered the Obligated Group’s cost of capital. Sims priced a $61.785 million issue with an arbitrage yield of 4.811%. That generated a net present value savings of approximately $6.5 million, or about 11% of the par amount of the refunded bonds. And, ABHM will realize 82% of the savings within the... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Closes HUD LEAN Loans
The transactions keep on coming from Lancaster Pollard. After being revealed last month as the top HUD LEAN lender once again (with 79 transactions and nearly $770 million in volume during HUD’s fiscal year 2017), the firm has closed another two transactions on behalf of California-based borrowers. First, for Summit Healthcare REIT, Jason Dopoulos of LP refinanced four senior care facilities for a total loan amount of $55.1 million. The portfolio features a 181-bed skilled nursing facility in Millsboro, Delaware, a 151-bed SNF in Smyrna, DE, a 69-unit independent living community in Salem, Oregon, and a 66-unit IL/assisted living/skilled nursing facility in Portland, OR. The latter two... Read More »
