60 Seconds With Swett: Not-For-Profits Could Have a Tough 2023
The pandemic adversely affected all senior care companies in the last three years, but not-for-profits seem to have been hit the hardest. First seeing their occupancies decline, they were then hit by inflation and soaring wages, which, when you generally have expense management issues in good times, is a devastating combination. The generosity to support several years of losses at these organizations is noble, but their boards can’t sustain those struggling businesses forever, especially when their mission could be better served in other capacities. We recently saw the debacle at the not-for-profit ProMedica where Welltower let the health system off the hook with its underwater leases for... Read More »
Charter Senior Living Will Operate High-End Miami Community
An upscale independent living community in the Westchester neighborhood of Miami, Florida, is set to open its doors in the new year, Miami-based commercial real estate owners and developers AJP Ventures and Mas Group, in addition to equity partner OCTA, completed construction of The Contemporary, which features one- and two-bedroom units on a six-acre campus. Charter Senior Living will operate it upon opening. Located on the same campus is MedSquare Place, a medical office building also in development by the two developers. Read More »BWE Closes $62 Million To Finance Five Seniors Housing Communities
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (BWE) announced it has closed $62 million in loans to finance five seniors housing communities in the Carolinas and New York. The properties consist of three assisted living and memory care communities in the Greenville, South Carolina market, one assisted living/memory care community around Charlotte, North Carolina, and a 150-unit affordable senior housing development in Kenmore, New York. The South Carolina communities were Fairview Park Senior Living of Simpsonville, Oakview Park of Greenville and Spring Park of Travelers Rest, and all received a $42.6 million Fannie Mae loan originated on behalf of the borrower, Atlas Senior Living.... Read More »
CBRE Facilitates Augusta Acquisition in Georgia
CBRE National Senior Housing’s team consisting of Aron Will, John L. Sweeny, Jr., Garrett Sacco and Scott Bray completed the sale and acquisition financing for a fully occupied assisted living/memory care community in Augusta, Georgia. Built in 2019, Thrive at Augusta comprises 85 units on 17 acres and despite opening just before the pandemic, it did indeed reach 100% occupancy by the time of the transaction. It caters to a high-income population and features a number of high-end amenities. New York City-based Drake Real Estate Partners ultimately sold the property to Inspired Healthcare Capital. Aron Will and Adam Mincberg of CBRE also arranged a five-year, fixed-rate $16.8 million loan... Read More »
