• Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
  • Public REIT Purchases Texas Class-A Seniors Housing

    Blueprint was engaged in the divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas. Built in two phases in 2011 and 2017, Franklin Park TPC Parkway comprises 269 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Following the completion of a six-year freeway expansion project that affected leasing, access to the... Read More »
  • Eads Sells Its 24th & 25th Missouri Community

    Patrick Byrne of Eads Investment Brokerage facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in Missouri. This marks the 24th and 25th communities sold in Missouri for Eads. The Moberly community (which we believe to be Mark Twain Assisted Living) comprises 35 assisted living/independent living units and sold for $2.57 million, or... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: CMS Raises the Minimum Staffing Mandate

    On Monday, CMS came out with its final minimum staffing standards for nursing homes, but the eventual outcome is anything but final. Despite the outcry from nursing home providers from the previous proposed mandate of three hours per resident per day, asking simple questions like how can we pay for this and where will this newly needed staff come... Read More »
  • More Shareholder Activism

    Fresh from its success in getting two people voted onto the Ventas Board of Directors, Land & Buildings is at it again, this time with National Health Investors. Like all the REITs, NHI’s managers and tenants had their share of problems during the pandemic. Who didn’t? Most of these issues are behind it, but the REIT could be in even stronger... Read More »
Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Bravo Capital Closes Quick Financing

Taking flexibility to another level, Bravo Capital, a privately held lender with a national presence, closed a $13 million loan for Green Hill Senior Living and Rehabilitation just seven days from signing the term sheet to funding. The first mortgage was arranged through Bravo’s “most agile” vehicle, Bravo Mezz Fund, but terms were not disclosed. Located in West Orange, New Jersey, Green Hill consists of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility and a 40-bed assisted living/memory care community. Green Hill started as the Society for Relief of the Respectable Aged Women in Newark in 1866 before the organization moved to West Orange into the Green’s Hotel building in 1965. The campus was losing... Read More »
Carnegie Capital Finances Two SNF Acquisitions

Carnegie Capital Finances Two SNF Acquisitions

JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital could not get enough of Texas this month, closing two loans for skilled nursing facilities in the state before attending the NIC Conference in Dallas. Both loans facilitated acquisitions of the facilities. In one, Stettin arranged the assumption of a HUD loan on a 120-bed SNF in west Texas, which carries a sub-3% rate and represented 75% of the purchase price.  The same seller also divested a 150-bed SNF in west Texas, after its relationships with local admissions sources faded over the last year. That led to a substantial decrease in the Medicaid census and cash flow, and upon closing the acquisition, the facility’s EBITDAR was negative, excluding QIPP... Read More »
Colliers Closes Construction Loan in Michigan

Colliers Closes Construction Loan in Michigan

Christopher Fenton and Catherine Eby of the seniors housing team at Colliers Mortgage, in conjunction with Nick Skarich and Kevin McMahon of Colliers Funding, closed a $21.6 million construction loan for the development of an independent/assisted living and skilled nursing campus in Muskegon, Michigan. The 105-unit community will feature a combination of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a main dining room, bistro, lounge, and large community spaces. The term of the loan is 48 months, with one 12-month extension option. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Kicks Off 2024

Meridian Capital Group Kicks Off 2024

Starting off 2024 on a positive note, Meridian Capital Group’s Senior Housing and Healthcare Platform, led by Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, closed $375 million in transaction volume for 23 seniors housing and healthcare facilities in the first two months of the year. This activity follows more than $5 billion closed by the platform in 2023. The highlight was the closing of $260 million in debt from a commercial bank for the refinance of 12 skilled nursing facilities totaling 1,512 beds in the Northeast and $78.3 million in acquisition financing from a finance company and mezzanine lender for eight skilled nursing facilities comprising 705 beds in Minnesota. Meridian also arranged $13... Read More »
JLL Refinances Construction Debt on Minnesota Community

JLL Refinances Construction Debt on Minnesota Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged financing for Elk River Senior Living, a community built in 2018 comprising 108 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in Elk River, Minnesota. The refinancing, facilitated through HUD, amounts to $18.7 million, or $173,000 per unit. Jeff Lepley and Alex Sheaffer worked to secure the financing. This financing consolidated five different debt obligations that were associated with the construction of the project.  Hearth Development built the community and was the borrower. Marquis Senior Communities operates it. Read More »
Georgia IL/AL Community Changes Hands and Receives Financing

Georgia IL/AL Community Changes Hands and Receives Financing

CBRE Capital Markets completed the sale and financing of an independent living and assisted living community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The community, Arbor Terrace Peachtree City, comprises 146 units in Peachtree City and includes a host of amenities.  The buyer was GEM Realty Capital, a Chicago-based real estate investment company with over $6 billion in assets under management. John Sweeny, Aron Will and Garrett Sacco represented the seller. Will and Michael Cregan also arranged an acquisition loan via CBRE’s Freddie Mac Optigo lending platform. Read More »