• Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

    Another senior care REIT is eyeing the public markets after filing a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed offering of Class A common stock. National Healthcare Properties’ offering remains subject to market conditions and other customary conditions, and the number of shares and pricing range have not yet been determined. And if... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Built in 2010 and 2013, Crown Point Health Suites features 108 beds and is well maintained. It also performed strongly, with a 20% margin on nearly $14.5 million of revenues, and an 86% occupancy rate. Its independent... Read More »
  • Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

    An affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, Jaybird Capital, acquired five senior living communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jaybird assumed management of the communities in October and stabilized them before executing on the purchase. The company is currently targeting the addition of 15 more communities to its portfolio throughout the... Read More »
  • Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

    An 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, recently traded with the help of Continuum Advisors, which represented the institutional joint venture seller. Built in 2014, Beach House has 64 assisted living and 20 memory care units, with 100 licensed beds. It is situated on a barrier island near some of the most... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Geographic Outlier to Large Owner/Operator

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced that it sold a well-occupied seniors housing community in Oregon. The building is on an acre in Sheridan, and comprises 44,805 square feet. It was developed in 1996 and features 53 assisted living units. The community was 94% occupied at the time of closing.  Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake... Read More »
Berkadia Gets Busy

Berkadia Gets Busy

The team at Berkadia has been busy lately, closing seven HUD, Fannie Mae and bridge loans for a number of clients across the country. Managing Director Heidi Brunet handled five of those for two separate borrowers. First, two years after it opened, an 87-unit assisted living/memory care community in South Carolina is refinancing its construction debt with an $18.5 million, 10-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan. Lease-up has evidently gone well, as occupancy stands at 93%. The same borrower also received from Ms. Brunet a $5.3 million, 10-year, fixed-rate supplemental loan through Freddie Mac to fund an expansion project at a high-end Virginia CCRC. The property was originally built in 2011... Read More »
Berkadia Gets Busy

Busy Berkadia

Berkadia has been busy so far this month, closing four transactions that ranged from Fannie Mae financing to HUD debt to a bridge loan. Starting with the largest, the team of Heidi Brunet and Jay Healy utilized Berkadia’s proprietary bridge loan program to finance the $28 million acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities, totaling 222 Medicare-certified beds, in Colorado, Kansas and Nevada. The borrower used the proceeds of the 12-month loan to fund 100% of the purchase price, plus transaction costs, and plans to refinance through HUD. Brunet and Healy also closed two HUD loans as well, including a $2.5 million, 35-year loan for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Sarasota,... Read More »

Berkadia’s Banner Year Continues

Berkadia is already having a banner year for its Seniors Housing and Healthcare team, led by Chris Honn. So far in 2017, the firm has closed over $300 million in financings, the largest being a $98 million seven-year Fannie Mae loan for a 605-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Florida. Berkadia just announced its latest transaction, also with Fannie Mae. On behalf of a new client, Heidi Brunet of Berkadia arranged a $19.5 million, seven-year loan to pay off existing construction debt. The recently leased up property in question is located in Washington State and features 120 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. This financing will also help the new client fund upcoming... Read More »

Berkadia Serves Up Agency Financings

Berkadia’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare team, led by Chris Honn, has been working at a furious pace since the end of last year, closing $288 million in financings in the past two months. First up on the agency side, Berkadia arranged a $36.7 million Freddie Mac loan, with a 10-year fixed-rate term, for a recently stabilized 131-unit independent living community in Birmingham, Michigan. Through Fannie Mae, the team also closed a $98 million, seven-year loan (with a fixed rate) on behalf of the owners of a 605-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Florida who were looking to cash out their equity. For a portfolio of five skilled nursing facilities, and 222 beds, in Arizona, Colorado and Utah, Berkadia... Read More »

2016 HUD Rankings

We reported a few weeks ago that Lancaster Pollard was the most active HUD 232 LEAN lender with 60 transactions with a total value of $554.4 million, but KeyBank was close behind at 54 loans worth $521.8 million. In third place was Housing & Healthcare Finance with 28 deals and $355.9 million. HHC also closed the largest loan of the fiscal year, an $80.7 million loan on a 520-bed skilled nursing facility in New York. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage came next with 26 deals worth $180.5 million and Capital Funding followed them with 21 financings worth $261.0 million, including the second-largest closing of the year: a $43.4 million loan for a 314-bed skilled nursing facility in New York.... Read More »