• Helios Healthcare Advisors Handles Refinancing

    Helios Healthcare Advisors structured and arranged a credit facility used to refinance and consolidate existing senior debt as well as to provide construction financing for a new development. The facility was secured by a portfolio of nine assisted living and memory care communities in Louisiana. A New Orleans-based regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • Live Oak and Berkadia Team Up on Bridge Loan

    Live Oak Bank recently closed a $34.3 million bridge loan in partnership with Berkadia Commercial Mortgage for a two-property portfolio owned and operated by BrightSpace Senior Living. The communities are located in the Nashville, Tennessee, and Boise, Idaho MSAs. The loan was structured in an A/B arrangement, with Berkadia funding the... Read More »
  • California Memory Care Communities Receive HUD Loans

    Lument closed two HUD loans totaling $20.7 million to refinance two memory care communities in northern California. Doug Harper, managing director at Lument, co-originated the loan with Grant Goodman of G Capital. The two communities are Crescent Oaks Memory Care, which features 22 units and 36 beds in Sunnyvale, and Silver Oaks Memory Care,... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

    Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30... Read More »
  • Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

    Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus... Read More »
Standard Communities Acquires California Portfolio

Standard Communities Acquires California Portfolio

Standard Communities acquired three California seniors housing communities, comprising a total of 559 rental units in Anaheim, San Diego county, and the Bay area. They will be taking over operations from Denver-based property management group AIR Communities, with plans to upgrade the plumbing, HVAC electrical, fire safety and security, as well as make general repairs. Heritage Village Anaheim is a spacious and upscale community consisting of 196 units. According to property records the purchase price was $64 million or about $326,531 per unit. Heritage Park Livermore, located just outside of San Francisco, comprises 167 units with an array of amenities. With rents starting at $2,000 a... Read More »
Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Finance San Diego Construction Project

Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Finance San Diego Construction Project

Live Oak Bank and Locust Point Capital collaborated to close a $28 million construction loan through an A/B unitranche product for a partnership between RhodesMoore, a San Diego, California-based developer, and Portland, Oregon-based operator Frontier Management, LLC. The financing will support the ground-up construction and lease-up of a Class-A, 81-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego.   Called Mt. Acadia, the urban infill development will consist of a 73,000-square-foot building, a 32-space parking deck and 29 surface parking spaces on 1.52 acres. In addition, there will be a 4,440-square foot commercial building with four bays. No other... Read More »

April 28, 2022 Webinar – REITs: After Divesting Billions, They Are Back in Acquisition Mode

Webinar Description: Over the years, the seniors housing and care REITs have played a key role in financing the growth of the senior care industry. But how has the pandemic changed the REITs’ relationship with its senior care assets? Some will leave (or have), some will double down, some will merge, and some new REITs will appear. But operating structures may also change, with new solutions emerging to replace the triple-net leases or management fee agreements. Join our panel of experts to hear the discussion. Panelists: Ben Swett, Editor, The SeniorCare Investor (Moderator)Mark Lamb, Chief Investment Officer, CareTrust REIT​​​​Alex Florea, Head of Capital Markets, Blueprint... Read More »

March 2022 Webinar – Two Years of COVID: What Now, and What’s Next?

March 17, 2022 About the Webinar: It is two years from the start of the pandemic. No one expected it to last this long. What now, and what’s next? Hear what the industry association leaders think should be done to improve the labor situation, increase census and deal with regulatory concerns in the skilled nursing sector. Their members include the entire seniors housing and care sectors, so what they think and do will be crucial for the future of our industry. Panelists: Steve Monroe, Managing Editor, The SeniorCare Investor (moderator) David Schless, President, American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) James Balda, President and CEO, Argentum Mark Parkinson, President and CEO, American... Read More »

NHI and Welltower Agree to Memorandum of Understanding

Following a late-February announcement that they would work out a settlement to their rent dispute, National Health Investors and Welltower announced that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding on the matter. The MOU stipulates that: NHI and Welltower wish to transition the 16 legacy Holiday Retirement properties to new tenants and that Welltower will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete this by April 1, 2022.NHI desires to sell one legacy Holiday property and that Welltower will use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the sale’s closing.Welltower will pay NHI approximately $6.9 million, to be held in escrow until the execution of the final settlement... Read More »
Healthcare Trust Expands Partnership with Senior Lifestyle and Jaybird

Healthcare Trust Expands Partnership with Senior Lifestyle and Jaybird

Healthcare Trust, Inc. (HTI), a public, non-traded real estate investment trust, announced the expansion of a strategic operational relationship with two senior housing operators, Senior Lifestyle Corporation and Jaybird Senior Living. Thirteen HTI-owned communities operated under HTI’s Addington Place brand across Georgia, Michigan and Florida will now be managed by Senior Lifestyle, bringing the total number of HTI properties operated by the company to 24. In addition, seven HTI-owned properties in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, also operated under the Addington Place brand, will now be managed by Jaybird Senior Living. This expanded relationship brings the total number of HTI-owned... Read More »