• October Kicks Off with Multiple Financings

    VIUM Capital announced a slew of closings at the start of October, ranging from HUD refinances to acquisition loans. The largest was a $72 million bride loan that refinanced four skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania totaling 525 beds. Proceeds will be used to take out senior debt and senior mezzanine debt. The facility will be structured as... Read More »
  • Newmark Negotiates Several Large Financings

    Sarah Anderson of Newmark has closed some notable financing transactions in the last couple of months, in addition to arranging acquisition financing for numerous deals handled by the Newmark investment sales team. One of the closings was for Vivante at Turtle Creek, a to-be-built seniors housing community on the prestigious Turtle Creek... Read More »
  • Funding Arranged for Skilled Nursing Clients

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, a specialized multifamily and seniors housing bridge lending platform, announced a couple of financings for skilled nursing clients in New England and North Carolina. First, for eight skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the firm closed a $70 million senior bridge loan with a 24-month initial term. It... Read More »
  • Newly Constructed Community Secures Financing

    BWE arranged refinancing for Clarendale Arcadia, a newly constructed senior living community in the Arcadia neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The financing was arranged on behalf of a repeat client joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management, LCS, and Ryan Companies US, Inc., with LCS serving as the operator. Ryan Stoll, National... Read More »
  • Brookdale Shares Hit Seven-Year High

    Brookdale Senior Living has posted occupancy increases for several consecutive months. The operator has lagged behind the industry for a decade now, so it is about time.  Weighted average occupancy has increased each month since January, beginning at 79.2% and reaching 82.5% in September. The third quarter’s average of 81.8% is up 290 basis... Read More »

Ziegler Closes Bond Financing for Eliza Jennings 

Investment bank Ziegler has officially closed $24.405 million of bond financing for Ohio-based Eliza Jennings, a not-for-profit organization that currently owns and operates three senior living campuses in the state. The campuses comprise 75 independent living apartments and villas, 89 assisted living units and 216 skilled nursing beds. The first campus is The Renaissance, in Olmsted Falls, consisting of 314 units of senior living. Its second community  Devon Oaks, located in Westlake, is a 66-unit assisted living community. Lastly, the third campus is The Eliza Jennings Home, a skilled nursing facility operating 126 beds in the city of Cleveland.  The Series 2022A bonds are... Read More »

Health Dimensions Group Sells Two SNFs in Minnesota

Health Dimensions Group, a Minnesota-based regional owner/operator, divested two older skilled nursing facilities in its home state. One facility is located in the Minneapolis market, while the second is about 2.5 hours north of the city. Totaling 234 beds, both facilities were originally built in the 1960s but were recently refurbished by HDG. Occupancy was very strong at 90%, and the quality mix topped 40%, but expenses ran high across the facilities. Plus, performance dropped off slightly during the transaction process.  Nevertheless, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso approached four groups and received three strong written offers. Mordy... Read More »

Not-For-Profit Organization Acquires Anoka Community

An elongated CHOW approval process did not stop the team of Jeff Binder, Jason Punzel and Jake Anderson of Senior Living Investment Brokerage from closing the sale of an 84-unit independent/assisted living community in the Minneapolis metro area. Built in 1988 in the town of Anoka, Minnesota, the community features 84 units and 104 beds. It was owned by a real estate development company that mainly focuses on the multifamily market and chose to divest in order to concentrate on its core assets. Occupancy was 79%, and a new owner could refurbish the building.  That buyer ended up being a large not-for-profit organization based in Minnesota that does plan to refresh and rebrand the... Read More »

CBRE Finances West Coast Construction Project 

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged construction financing for The Springs at the Waterfront, a to-be-built senior living community on the Vancouver, Washington waterfront. Harrison Street, The Springs Living and PMB LLC are joint venturing on the project, which will include 250 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Set on 1.3 acres within the master-planned Vancouver Waterfront and its 32 acres of office space, retail and residential units, the community will be managed by The Springs Living upon completion. To fund the construction, CBRE’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root secured a $145.1 million floating rate loan with four years of interest only through a... Read More »

Blueprint Handles Pennsylvania Portfolio Deal

A public REIT and its operating partner chose to sell a portfolio of six senior care locations in western Pennsylvania, and hired Michael Segal, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to do so. Totaling 425 skilled nursing and 29 personal care beds, the facilities averaged a four-star rating from CMS, including three five-star rated locations. Still, it was marketed as a value-add opportunity for an incoming buyer to capitalize on the potential rate growth in the various submarkets with limited competition, plus as occupancy and cash flow rebound from the pandemic. An owner/operator looking to enter the region ended up as the buyer, paying an undisclosed... Read More »

Hudson Hills Senior Living Has New Owner

The historic property of Hudson Hills Senior Living in North Bergen, New Jersey, has been sold to an east coast-based owner operator expanding its portfolio in the Garden State. The CCRC was originally built in 1897 with recent renovations last dated to 1990. Located just five miles outside of Manhattan, the community consists of 59 independent living units, 81 assisted living units, 12 memory care units, and 60 skilled nursing beds, comprising a total of 152 units. At the time of the sale, the senior living portion of the community was about 50% occupied and the skilled nursing portion was 90% occupied.  Evans Senior Investments handled this transaction. Since March 31, 2020, Evans Senior... Read More »