• National Lending Group Divests in Wisconsin

    Justin Knapp, Nick Stahler and Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap recently closed the receivership sale of an 86-bed skilled nursing facility in Wisconsin. The Knapp-Stahler Group represented the seller, a national lending group that also provided financing for the deal.  The borrower/buyer was a local operator with ties to an East... Read More »
  • CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Ohio Skilled Nursing Facility

    Capital Funding Group secured financing for a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The bridge-to-HUD loan totals $13.5 million and supports the refinancing of this 120-bed SNF. Tim Eberhardt and Ava Julio of CFG originated the transaction.  This financing follows CFG’s closing of two HUD loans on... Read More »
  • CBRE Secures Financing For Class-A Seniors Housing Community

    CBRE secured financing for a Class-A seniors housing community in North Dakota on behalf of a joint venture borrower. Built in 2017, New Perspective West Fargo is in Fargo, one mile from Sanford Medical Center, North Dakota’s newest and largest medical center. The community features 128 independent living, assisted living and memory care units... Read More »
  • PCP Purchases Ohio Assisted Living Community

    Phorcys Capital Partners LLC, the investment advisor to Phorcys Senior Housing Recovery Fund LP (SHRF), announced it acquired a seniors housing community in Wickliffe, Ohio, through a trustee-directed short sale for $13.0 million, or $81,000 per unit. This is PCP’s second investment in SHRF, and it will continue to focus on the winding down of... Read More »
  • Newmark Closes Class-A Deal in Denver

    A new seniors housing community traded in the Denver, Colorado MSA, with the help of the team at Newmark. Developed in 2017, MorningStar at RidgeGate is located in the suburb of Lone Tree within the Ridgegate master plan that features retail, cultural amenities and a 284-bed hospital nearby. The property comprises five stories over subterranean... Read More »
Bank Leumi Finances In Florida

Bank Leumi Finances In Florida

Bank Leumi provided a couple of Florida financings for owners of assisted living communities. First was a five-year $9.3 million acquisition loan provided to a South Florida-based owner/operator, Priority Life Care, to purchase two senior living properties in western Broward County. The Margate community features 111 licensed beds along with memory care services, while the Davie community is smaller, with just 20 beds. They join Priority’s existing portfolio of seven properties in Florida and 11 properties in seven other states. Bank Leumi also provided a $4.8 million, three-year term loan to refinance a 75-bed assisted living community in Orlando, Florida. The borrower, a Florida-based... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT Closes Landmark Deal

Strawberry Fields REIT Closes Landmark Deal

South Bend, Indiana-based Strawberry Fields REIT continued its steady growth with the addition of a large 252-bed skilled nursing facility in Louisville, Kentucky to its portfolio, for a price of $21.8 million, or $86,500 per bed. A $15 million loan from Bank Leumi helped facilitate the transaction. The facility was built in 1973 by a local real estate developer, who owned it until his death in 2001. It had been owned by a group of local investors since then. Going forward, The Landmark Group will operate the facility under a lease with Strawberry Fields. First-year rent is expected to be around $2.4 million. Read More »

Bank Leumi finances CCRC sale

When a 234-unit CCRC in St. Charles, Missouri managed by Innovative Management Associates, a Chicago-based seniors housing owner/operator, was acquired for $17 million, or $72,650 per unit, the buyer enlisted the help of Bank Leumi to finance the transaction. Built in 1977, with expansions in 2011 and 2013, the community features 138 independent living units, 32 memory care units, 27 assisted living units (recently converted from IL) and 66 skilled nursing beds. Overall occupancy was around 76%, but that was brought down by the struggling IL component, which was just 51% occupied. So, the buyer will have their hands full with this community, but by increasing IL occupancy to 80%, annual... Read More »

Bank Leumi refinances in Florida

Hely Santeliz of Bank Leumi’s Florida region led the way in structuring two refinancings for senior living properties in Florida totaling $43.7 million. In the first transaction, Bank Leumi structured a $54 million refinancing with it providing $27 million and a regional bank providing the other half for a retirement campus with independent/assisted living and memory care units in Central Florida. And staying in the area, Hely Santeliz also arranged $16.7 million in two credit facilities for Plantation Oaks Senior Living Management, a Florida-based seniors housing owner/operator. The first credit facility was secured by a first mortgage on an existing 67-unit AL/MC community and was... Read More »