• Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the... Read More »
  • CFG Hit the Ground Running in Q1

    Capital Funding Group wasted no time in the first quarter, closing $428.9 million in total financing. The transactions spanned skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, behavioral health, multifamily and commercial lending on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Some highlighted transactions include: ● A $17.6... Read More »
  • Separate Borrowers Secure Financing

    Cambridge Realty Capital announced a couple separate closings. First, the company provided a $4.31 million HUD refinance of Elizabeth Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Elizabeth, West Virginia. Cambridge utilized HUD’s Express Lane, which enabled the loan application to receive its firm commitment just 18 days after being accepted. ... Read More »
  • Blueprint Brings on New Team Member

    Blueprint welcomed Peter Trazzera to the team as Senior Director, Capital Markets. Trazzera brings deep expertise in financing solutions and is set to further elevate Blueprint’s capabilities in the sector. He has an extensive background in institutional capital, and is joining following a 12-year tenure as Senior Vice President at KeyBank... Read More »
  • High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

    The bar keeps getting raised for pricing in the seniors housing industry, and we believe a new record has been set for a property sale in Chicago, Illinois. It was revealed that the seven-story Belmont Village Lincoln Park was bought by CBRE Investment Management for approximately $151 million, according to property tax records. Based on a lower... Read More »
Belmont Village Teams With Blue Moon Capital

Belmont Village Teams With Blue Moon Capital

Belmont Village Senior Living and Blue Moon Capital Partners are teaming up for their first ground-up construction project together, albeit their third venture overall, with a planned 157-unit assisted living/memory care community in Aliso Viejo, California. A master planned community located in the San Joaquin Hills of southern Orange County, Aliso Viejo boasts high home values and high incomes, which should help to fill the luxury community. Featuring both studio and one-bedroom units, the community also comes with a town hall, fitness center, salon and heated salt-water pool. Upon completion in 2018, Belmont Village will operate the community. To fund the project, the venture turned to... Read More »

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way…To Construction Financing

Aron Will of CBRE brought together a joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Belmont Village Senior Living, and a national bank to arrange construction financing for the development of a brand-new assisted living/memory care community in Lincoln Park, Illinois. The project got its start in 2016, when Cain Brothers arranged the sale of a property adjacent to the former Children’s Memorial Hospital campus, which is currently undergoing a $350 million redevelopment run by McCaffery Interests and Hines Interests. The massive project will include 540 apartments in two 11-story buildings, 60 luxury condos and 162,000 square feet of retail space. Across the street, however,... Read More »
Home Health Care vs. Seniors Housing

Home Health Care vs. Seniors Housing

We are faced with a question that affects, and will affect, a senior’s choice in care. When is care at home both appropriate and cost effective, and at what point is it time to move into seniors housing? On January 19th, we hosted a webinar called “Home Health vs. Seniors Housing,” where a panel including moderator Steve Monroe of The SeniorCare Investor, Rita Altman of Sunrise Senior Living, William Dombi of The National Association of Home Care & Hospice and Debbie Reilly of Belmont Village Senior Living discussed the competing and complementary roles these two levels of care provide in the health care continuum. If you are interested in hearing the conversation, here’s the 90-minute... Read More »

Blue Moon pays up out West

We discuss in the July issue of The SeniorCare Investor the lack of high-valued transactions in June (and for the rest of the year), but one notable exception was Blue Moon Capital Partners’ acquisition of two assisted living communities in high barrier-to-entry markets in California. Belmont Village Senior Living developed the two assisted living/memory care properties in Thousand Oaks, California and Scottsdale, Arizona. Built in 2011 and 2012, respectively, the communities were close to full occupancy by the time of the sale. Blue Moon Capital Partners, which matches institutional capital investors with seniors housing operators, was the buyer, with Belmont Village owning a minority... Read More »

Belmont Village Senior Living opens 23rd community—its first in Austin

Residents have begun moving into Belmont Village West Lake Hills, a 141-unit assisted living and memory-care community on a 13-acre site in suburban Austin, Texas. The new community has 115 studio and one-bedroom apartments for individuals needing various levels of assisted care and a 26-unit memory-care neighborhood for those with significant cognitive decline. Rents start at $4,500 per month; amenities and services include chef-prepared meals with more than two dozen menu choices, a bistro for casual dining, housekeeping services, daily transportation, a fitness center with wellness programs and therapy services, a saltwater swimming pool, a full-service salon, a technology center, and... Read More »