Another Firm Commitment Secured through The Express Lane

Another Firm Commitment Secured through The Express Lane

NewPoint Real Estate Capital has received its second firm commitment through the HUD Express Lane program. Back in June, when the Express Lane was launched, NewPoint received the first firm commitment the program had issued. In that transaction, a 54-unit memory care community secured approval in less than a week from submission. In the more recent transaction, NewPoint received its second firm commitment within only seven business days. This time, a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in the Hartford, Connecticut MSA, secured the refinance. Since 2023, the owner has invested more than $2.5 million to fully modernize the facility, including upgrades to resident rooms, therapy and memory care... Read More »
RiverSpring Living Develops First NYC CCRC

RiverSpring Living Develops First NYC CCRC

Ziegler and HJ Sims, as co-managers, completed a $632.9 million tax-exempt bond financing for not-for-profit RiverSpring Health Living, Inc. Proceeds of the issue will be used to develop River’s Edge, a new CCRC set to comprise 260 independent living units on RiverSpring Living’s existing 32-acre campus in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, overlooking the Hudson River, the Palisades, the George Washington Bridge and the Manhattan skyline.  The project, the first phase of a planned two-phase development, will sit on land leased from the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, the skilled nursing component of the RiverSpring Living campus. At financing, the project had secured presales on... Read More »
Acquisition Financing Secured for Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Acquisition Financing Secured for Skilled Nursing Portfolio

Capital Funding Group closed a bridge financing for the acquisition of four skilled nursing facilities, featuring a total of 487 beds, across Colorado, Alabama and Arizona. The portfolio sold for $51.2 million, or $105,100 per bed, to an operator looking to expand its portfolio.  CFG intends to bring the loan to HUD for a permanent refinance. CFG Managing Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Business Development Andrew Jones and Senior Associate Ava Julio originated the transaction for the company. Read More »
NYC’s First CCRC Development Secures Major Financing

NYC’s First CCRC Development Secures Major Financing

Ziegler closed River’s Edge, the largest senior living tax-exempt bond transaction to date, totaling more than $600 million. River’s Edge is the first CCRC project in New York City and will be located on the campus of its sponsor, not-for-profit RiverSpring Living, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. An affiliate of the sponsor, RS Services, will manage the community upon opening. RiverSpring Living enlisted Chicago-based Integrated Development II as its development consultant, and Ziegler as its senior manager. River’s Edge is the first not-for-profit project for Integrated Development II, which has a team with significant experience in the for-profit CCRC sector. The project, which is... Read More »
Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior Living, LLC. The two-year, interest-only bridge loan closed in less than 30 days from signed application. Proceeds are being used to refinance maturing debt and position the portfolio for its next phase of the business plan.  Acquired by the joint venture in 2022, the 580-unit portfolio is in the Cleveland, Ohio MSA, and in multiple markets... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Owner/Operator Secures Its First HUD Financing

Skilled Nursing Owner/Operator Secures Its First HUD Financing

In a transaction that marks the third time Berkadia has secured financing for the asset, the company arranged a $35.4 million HUD financing for a 189-bed skilled nursing facility in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The asset was developed in three phases between 1996 and 2007. It has been owned by a Louisiana-based owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities since 2021, when it purchased the property from a REIT. Berkadia providing acquisition financing at that time, which was later refinanced with a debt fund in 2024, also retiring a portion of related-party debt created in conjunction with the acquisition.  The 2026 HUD loan features a 35-year fully amortizing term and refinanced the... Read More »