• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Refinances Stamford, Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield announced the refinancing of a newly developed assisted living/memory care community in Stamford, Connecticut on behalf of Virtus and LCB Senior Living, LLC. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Joseph Carbone represented the borrower in the transaction, which allowed them to repay the original construction loan and provided four years of interest only during the stabilization period. The loan was provided by VIUM Capital and its affiliate Merchants Bank of Indiana. In addition, the financing repaid the original $23.268 million construction loan from M&T Bank (originally arranged by Cushman & Wakefield as well) and provided a four-year interest-only... Read More »

Meridian Capital Group Refinances Simi Valley Community

Meridian Capital Group arranged $40 million in financing for an assisted living and memory care community in Simi Valley, California. Griffin Living, a large privately held real estate developer, obtained the loan, which was provided by a finance company. Proceeds of the loan repaid an existing construction loan and provided a return of capital to the owners while the community was still in lease-up.  Meridian’s Ari Adlerstein, Josh Simpson and Jesse Rauch negotiated the transaction. The refinanced community is Varenita of Simi Valley, comprising 75 assisted living and 27 memory care units and equipped with resort-like amenities. Such amenities include multiple dining options, a fitness... Read More »

CA Ventures Partners on Oregon Construction Project

A joint venture between CA Ventures and an institutional equity partner is building a 206-unit senior living community in Beaverton, Oregon (Portland MSA) with construction financing arranged by CBRE National Senior Housing. Anthology of Beaverton will consist of 206 independent living, assisted living and memory care units near the Tanasbourne shopping district, which includes a Whole Foods, Starbucks, REI, and several other shopping and dining locations. Anthology Senior Living, CA Venture’s senior living platform, will operate it upon completion. The transaction also marked the beginning of Anthology’s strategic alliance with Formation Development Group, having contributed to the... Read More »

Ararat Home buys Seniors Housing

Los Angeles-based Ararat Home is expanding its presence in Glendale, California with the acquisition of Windsor. The community comprises 73 independent living units in addition to accommodating 38 residents in its assisted living and 28 residents in its skilled nursing sections. Sitting on two acres and occupying a full city block, the community has easy access to Glendale’s services and shopping. With rent prices starting at $3,000 a month the community is equipped with amenities such as a fitness center, live theater, a pharmacy, 24-hour security and more.The seller of the property is the not-for-profit HumanGood. The Duarte, California-based organization currently holds a portfolio of... Read More »

Sunrise Senior Living Second Staten Island Development

Sunrise Senior Living has officially opened its second senior living community on Staten Island. The 120-unit Sunrise of New Drop has 85,000 square feet across four stories and sits on four acres. Providing assisted living and memory care service, it sits adjacent to New Drop High School, with which it plans on creating intergenerational programming to bring high schoolers into the community for volunteering and potential employment. In addition, a celebrity chef will design the menu and manage the dining experience. KBE Building Corporation and PWC Companies built the community, which sits about two miles south of Sunrise’s other community in the borough, Sunrise of Staten... Read More »

Lloyd Jones Announces Sixth Acquisition of 2022

Lloyd Jones Senior Living has been one of the most active acquirers of the year, so far, having just announced its sixth purchase in 2022. The recent target was Rittenhouse Village of Valparaiso, a 90-unit assisted living/memory care community built in 2009 in Valparaiso, Indiana. The historically profitable community was negatively impacted by the pandemic but started to rebound operationally.  Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Brooks Blackmon, Ryan Kelly and Connor Doherty were engaged by a publicly traded REIT to market and sell the community. The property appears on National Health Investors’ most recent property list, with Discovery Senior Living serving as the... Read More »

Senwell Handles Senior Care Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Senwell Senior Investment Advisors has closed the sale of a skilled nursing/assisted living facility portfolio in Ohio consisting of four sites. The Ohio-based owner decided to sell the portfolio with intention of leaving the senior care sector and shifting its focus on its growing ancillary business (mainly hospice). The facilities were cash flowing, but a recent Medicaid rate increase across all facilities and a jump in occupancy due to a local SNF closing presented additional upside for a new owner. As such, six attractive offers were submitted, and the eventual buyer, a regional operator with several recent acquisitions in the state, purchased the portfolio at above asking price. The... Read More »

The Waters of Highland Park Acquired

Cushman & Wakefield announced that it has advised a joint venture between The Waters Senior Living and an institutional capital partner in the procurement of a $16.5 million acquisition loan for the purchase of The Waters of Highland Park, an 84-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community located in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. Such amenities include a salon and spa, a theater and wellness services.  Waters Senior Living originally developed the community in 2015 and managed it but will now be taking ownership of the property. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Bailey Nygard represented the borrower in the... Read More »

Monarch Advisors/VIUM Capital Refinances South Texas SNF

Monarch Advisors refinanced and recapitalized a skilled nursing facility in south Texas for its in-state owner/operator. After leasing the property in 2017, the operator exercised its purchase option in 2018 and continued to improve operating performance during the pandemic. Monarch sourced a $17.08 million senior loan from VIUM Capital/Merchants Bank of Indiana, which retired the existing bank debt on the property and provided cash at closing to help fund the client’s future growth plans. At approximately 60% loan-to-value, the loan is structured for a quick exit to HUD, with a one-year maturity, two six-month extensions and a full term of interest only. There is also partial recourse... Read More »

Lument Leads Stonerise Healthcare’s Sale

Lument Securities announced that it recently advised Stonerise Healthcare on its sale to a New York-based real estate investment firm and an operating partner, CommuniCare Health Services. Stonerise’s network of care included 17 owned and operated skilled nursing facilities throughout West Virginia totaling 1,955 beds, a therapy company, seven home health and hospice agencies, an institutional special needs plan and a SNF development project.  Lument had a decade-long HUD financing relationship with Stonerise (which was led by Thomas Gale), and Laca Wong-Hammond and Dominic Porretta led the transaction as its exclusive financial advisor. The skilled nursing portfolio and therapy company... Read More »

Jonathan Rose Co. Buys Seniors Housing Complex

Jonathan Rose Co. and Jamboree Housing have acquired Belage Manor, a 180-unit affordable senior housing complex in Anaheim, California for the purchase price of $41 million, or $227,000 per unit. This marks the 12th deal to close under the Rose Affordable Housing Preservation Fund V. California-based nonprofit Jamboree Housing along with the fund will invest $9 million in renovations to make significant improvements to the complex. Capital One Healthcare provided a $28 million Fannie Mae first mortgage loan as part of the GSE’s Enhanced Resident Services program.  Read More »