BMO Has Georgia On the Mind
Solomon Development is building a new senior living community near the heart of Atlanta, Georgia (in Decatur, to be exact) with the help of the BMO Harris Healthcare Real Estate Finance group. Featuring 96 assisted living, 71 independent living and 33 memory care units, the project is located on a 3.5-acre lot with easy access to local shops and amenities. It is estimated to cost approximately $67 million, or around $335,000 per unit, to build, which is far above the $220,000-per unit average for seniors housing properties in the state, according to our in-house senior living development database dating back to 2013. BMO is financing approximately two-thirds of that cost with $44.2 million... Read More »MidCap Financial’s Latest HUD Financing
Brett Patrick, Managing Director at MidCap Financial Housing Capital, recently arranged $7.95 million in 35-year HUD financing on behalf of a skilled nursing facility in Sun City West, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). The loan took out existing bank debt on the facility, which was built in 1985. There are 137 beds in the one-story building, which breaks down to 68 semi-private units and one private unit. Occupancy stood at 84% (over the current national average of 81%, according to NICMAP), with a 60% Medicaid census. Read More »All OK in Otay Ranch
The team at Cushman & Wakefield is helping a senior living development get off the ground in the newly developed master-planned community of Otay Ranch in Chula Vista, California (San Diego MSA). Expected to break ground at the end of the month, the project will feature 85 assisted living and 26 memory care units in two stories. A joint venture between Douglas Wilson Companies and Milestone Retirement is developing the community on a 4.5-acre site, which it hopes to open by the fall of 2018. Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenszweig and Jim Dooley of Cushman & Wakefield represented Douglas Wilson Companies in arranging $22 million in construction debt from Wells Fargo as well as over $8.3... Read More »
