• 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 »
Welltower Continues To Divest

Welltower Continues To Divest

For news on Welltower’s leadership change, please watch “60 Seconds with Steve” above. The REIT did this week finally disclosed (what we broke last week) its $702 million sale of 11 senior living properties in California, Washington and Nevada to a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens, which has been operating the portfolio for Welltower.  We reported that the cap rate of pre-COVID cash flow was about 5% based on trailing-12 months ended March 31, 2020. But with the occupancy decline in the past six months, August’s cash flow annualized had dropped to about $25.3 million, producing a cap rate based on that annualized number of 3.6%. The... Read More »
PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

Earlier this week, we reported on the Welltower sale of 10 seniors housing communities to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens Senior Living, and now we have learned that PGIM Real Estate provided the acquisition debt. The partnership buyer obtained a $460 million loan with a seven-year term. There is also a combination of fixed-rate and floating-rate terms.   The debt funded both the acquisition and the recapitalization of the 10-property portfolio, which includes a total of 1,507 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and even some multifamily units. There are also approximately 29,000 square feet of... Read More »
Welltower Portfolio Sold

Welltower Portfolio Sold

Since last March, we have been wondering what happened to Welltower’s large sale of a prominent seniors housing operating portfolio of western senior living properties. It would have been the largest deal of the year so far at the original $740 million price, but it fell apart, as we assume many deals did once the coronavirus pandemic unleashed its terror.  We had heard through the grapevine that it was still in the market, but it wasn’t until late last week that we saw in some local publications out West that a few of the pieces of the portfolio were closed, according to the local real estate filings, including identifying Merrill Gardens as the operator. That would... Read More »
Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management Sell Florida Communities

Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management Sell Florida Communities

We just learned of the sellers in Sino-Ocean Capital and Meridian Senior Living’s acquisition of two seniors housing communities in Florida. After funding the land acquisition and development of the two communities, Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management are selling the properties for an undisclosed amount. The deal involved a 106-unit community in Fort Lauderdale built in 2016 and a 132-unit community in Boca Raton just opened last year, both operating under the “Symphony” brand. They were both well occupied. The buyers engaged Capital One to serve as administrative agent for a large multi-purpose financing package. The $108.9 million loan will be used to... Read More »
Cooper City Community Sold to Artemis Real Estate Partners

Cooper City Community Sold to Artemis Real Estate Partners

Artemis Real Estate Partners recently acquired a 120-unit assisted living/memory care community in Cooper City, Florida (Broward County) for approximately $37.5 million, or $312,500 per unit. AEW Capital Management was the seller, having purchased the original site in 2015 for $2.5 million and developed the community in 2017. Senior Lifestyle Corporation operates the community. Artemis reportedly took out a $23.4 million loan to finance the acquisition. Rents start at $4,000 at the community, which features amenities such as a barber shop, card room, business center and a fitness center. The community also provides physical, occupational and speech therapy, catering for private functions,... Read More »