Going up in downtown
A well operating CCRC in Buffalo, New York looking to expand needed quick financing to take advantage of building a new independent living campus on the site of a former acute care hospital in downtown Buffalo. Built in 1999 by Episcopal Church Home & Affiliates, the CCRC features 243 IL units and patio homes, as well as enriched housing and skilled nursing beds. Over the years, it has consistently enjoyed high occupancy across all levels of care under its not-for-profit management. HJ Sims has had a relationship with the CCRC since providing seed capital for its initial development in 1996, and so was a natural fit to finance this new expansion project. After site demolition and... Read More »
Arbor Acquisition
Aron Will is at it again. Through a national bank, Mr. Will of CBRE secured a $38.9 million five-year bridge loan, with three years of interest only and a sub-200 basis point spread over 30-day LIBOR, for an institutional client. The financing went towards funding the acquisition of The Arbor Terrace Portfolio, which includes two 101-unit assisted living/memory care communities (each with 71 AL and 30 MC units) in the Atlanta, Georgia market. Both communities opened in the fourth quarter of 2015 and are leasing well. The Arbor Company manages the portfolio. Read More »Partner in post-acute
To finance its recent acquisition of Spectrum Professional Services, an investor group led by healthcare M&A investor Beecken Petty O’Keefe and Company recently received a $110.5 million senior secured credit facility arranged by Capital One Healthcare, which served as administrative agent and lead book-runner. Spectrum is a rehabilitative therapy management consulting business catering its services to post-acute care, skilled nursing and assisted/independent living providers. It was acquired in December 2015 by a joint venture headed by Beecken Petty O’Keefe and including Sunrise Senior Living plus existing investors at Spectrum. Cain Brothers had served as Spectrum’s exclusive... Read More »Big Sky gets big refi
In one of the company’s largest transactions closed in recent years, Denver-based Pineview Capital Group secured a $12.35 million HUD loan to refinance a 153-unit senior living community in Butte, Montana. The community was built in 1999 on a 13-acre property, with 102 assisted living units, 31 independent living units and 20 memory care units. There is also a 19% Medicaid census. Brett Patrick and Brian Therkildsen led the way for Pineview on this transaction. Read More »
