• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »

Big HUD month for HHC

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC) had a very busy August closing over $50 million of HUD financings. Three of the loans totaling $15.2 million were refinancings of existing HUD loans for three skilled nursing facilities with 428 beds in Connecticut.  The experienced borrower received low fixed rates for the next 25-30 years. HHC also closed 2 HUD 232/223(f) loans totaling close to $36 million. The first, a $22.2 million loan, will refinance a 240-bed skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York, while the second, a $13.3 million loan, will refinance a 120-bed facility in Carmel, New York. All of the facilities are well occupied. Read More »

Pillar of financing

A skilled nursing owner/operator in Southern California turned to Pillar, a Guggenheim Partners affiliate, to arrange more than $35.6 million in HUD loans to refinance five facilities and some 403 beds. Pillar’s Joshua Hausfeld out of the company’s Bethesda office and Evan Hom of New York City, originated the five HUD loans, which refinanced existing HUD debt from 2011. Four of the loans came with fixed interest rates of 3.65% and fully amortizing 25-year terms: $5.5 million for a 75-bed facility in Spring Valley, $6.8 million for a 50-bed facility also in Spring Valley, $8.75 million for a 99-bed facility in San Diego, and $6.1 million for a 99-bed facility in Los Angeles. The fifth, an... Read More »

Bank Leumi refinances in Florida

Hely Santeliz of Bank Leumi’s Florida region led the way in structuring two refinancings for senior living properties in Florida totaling $43.7 million. In the first transaction, Bank Leumi structured a $54 million refinancing with it providing $27 million and a regional bank providing the other half for a retirement campus with independent/assisted living and memory care units in Central Florida. And staying in the area, Hely Santeliz also arranged $16.7 million in two credit facilities for Plantation Oaks Senior Living Management, a Florida-based seniors housing owner/operator. The first credit facility was secured by a first mortgage on an existing 67-unit AL/MC community and was... Read More »

Go with Propero

For operators looking to own their own facilities while minimizing the amount of capital committed to construction, Lancaster Pollard offers a program that may help them do just that. Launched in 2012 and led by Craig Jones, LP’s Propero™ Senior Housing Equity Fund has provided a total of $88 million in gross investments spanning across the acuity spectrum, from IL/AL to memory care to skilled nursing. The way it works is the Fund invests in seniors housing properties as the sole owner and then triple-net leases them to an operator. The operator, therefore, doesn’t have to invest as much equity in the project or acquisition and can then choose from a predetermined purchase option schedule... Read More »

Greystone and Oakmont at it again

Greystone expanded its relationship yet again with Oakmont Senior Living. Having previously provided a $150 million Freddie Mac credit revolver (including an additional $23.5 million tranche provided last month) and an $18.8 million Freddie Mac loan for Oakmont’s Fresno, California property, Greystone continued its work by closing a $58.34 million Freddie Mac refinance for Oakmont’s 163-unit independent living community in Santa Rosa, California. The financing came to $358,000 per unit. This 10-year loan was funded through Freddie Mac’s Index Lock product, which enables the borrower to lock in the existing 10-year Treasury rate prior to commitment. Greystone was able to procure a fixed... Read More »

HFF does double duty

Talk about a one-stop shop. In addition to closing the sale on behalf of an investment client for its 142-unit independent living community in Teaneck, New Jersey, HFF also secured a $33.23 million floating rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed buyer. The financing came to $234,000 per unit, so the price had to be $300,000 per unit, or higher. Built in 2004, the community, which features 45 one-, 94 two- and three three-bedroom units, was 97.2% occupied and is located just down the street from Holy Name Hospital. There are also a host of amenities, including a restaurant-style dining room, hair and nail salon, and tennis courts. For the buyer, HFF arranged the loan through Investors Bank... Read More »