High-quality property opening in high-income area
One of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country will soon open its first seniors housing community. River Oaks (in Houston, Texas), the most affluent community in the state of Texas, and among the top ten in the United States, with real estate values ranging from $1 million to over $20 million, is the home to The Village of River Oaks, a 195-unit independent living/assisted living/memory care community to be built by a joint venture between Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. The property, featuring 99 IL, 68 AL and 28 MC units, will be managed by an affiliate of Bridgewood, Retirement Center Management, which manages senior living communities in Texas... Read More »Lancaster Pollard closes 21 deals
Lancaster Pollard had a busy month in May, closing 21 seniors housing financing transactions totaling over $136 million. Most of the loans were through HUD, including four refinances for skilled nursing facilities in Georgia and Florida, two FHA 232/241(a) expansion projects for skilled nursing facilities in the Midwest, and a $23.5 million new construction loan through HUD for an assisted living/memory care community in Virginia. Five of the transactions were for note modifications of existing HUD loans, while six were either refinances or rehabilitation loans for affordable seniors housing properties. LP facilitated one term loan placement of $7.4 million for the construction of a... Read More »CBRE arranges financing for 15-CCRC portfolio
Aron Will, Mitchell Kiffe and Matthew Whitlock of CBRE arranged $410 million in financing on behalf of NorthStar Healthcare Income and The Freshwater Group/Watermark Retirement Communities to purchase a portfolio of 15 rental and entrance fee CCRCs. The seller, Fountains Senior Living, a subsidiary of Arcapita, had previously hired Watermark as the day-to-day operator of the portfolio, which consists of six entrance-fee and nine rental CCRCs with 3,663 total units (with 2,330 independent living units, 945 assisted living units, 156 memory care units and 320 skilled nursing beds in 232 rooms). NorthStar will lease the entrance fee properties to affiliates of The Freshwater Group, pursuant... Read More »Arbor enters the seniors housing bridge lending game
With decades of experience in providing bridge loans for multifamily and commercial properties, Arbor Commercial Mortgage recently closed on its first bridge loan in the seniors housing industry, from its Arbor Realty Trust’s bridge loan product line. Jeff Ringwald of Arbor originated the $5.55 million bridge acquisition loan, which featured a three-year term and a floating rate spread 500 to 600 basis points over LIBOR, for Fields Senior Living to purchase an 88-unit independent living community in Medford, Oregon. The community was built in 1984 by Holiday Retirement Corporation and was owned and operated by the original financier for the project. Occupancy had dropped from near... Read More »Berkadia secures $93 million in financing
We wrote last month of ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager’s purchase of 14 senior living properties with 1,038 units from a joint venture between Iron Point Partners and Meridian Senior Living for an undisclosed price. The portfolio was mostly assisted living (719 units), with 208 memory care units and 111 independent living units as well. To fund the acquisition, ROC turned to Berkadia to arrange an $84 million, three-year floating-rate loan through BBVA Compass Bank. Berkadia also contributed $20 million of the overall financing through its Proprietary Bridge Lending Platform. In addition, earlier this year ROC purchased a 76-unit assisted living and memory care community in Canton, Ohio,... Read More »Schedule a demo
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