• BMO Provides Loan to Merrill Gardens and PGIM

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on an acquisition term loan of $41 million on behalf of Merrill Gardens and an institutional investor for The Ackerly at Sherwood. The Class-A community comprises 130 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Sherwood, Oregon. It will be operated by Merrill... Read More »
  • CBRE Arranges Refinance for PinPoint Commercial

    CBRE National Senior Housing arranged a refinance for the PinPoint Portfolio on behalf of senior care provider PinPoint Commercial. Aron Will and Michael Cregan arranged the $62.1 million, three-year, interest only loan. The loan was provided by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group through its core real estate lending... Read More »
  • Diversified Healthcare Trust Closes Two Mortgage Financings

    Diversified Healthcare Trust closed two fixed rate mortgage financings totaling $94.3 million, secured by six seniors housing communities managed by Five Star Senior Living, the operating division of AlerisLife Inc. The financings consist of a $64 million, five-year mortgage loan and a $30.3 million, ten-year Fannie Mae mortgage loan. Proceeds... Read More »
  • Ensign Makes Another Move

    The Ensign Group acquired the operations of Toluca Lake Transitional Care, a 52-bed skilled nursing facility in North Hollywood, California. The real estate will be acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, following receipt of state regulatory approvals. The acquisition was part of... Read More »
  • CareTrust Acquires 10-Facility Skilled Nursing Portfolio

    CareTrust REIT, together with a large third-party healthcare real estate owner, acquired a skilled nursing portfolio in the Pacific Northwest. The portfolio comprises 10 facilities with 911 beds across Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The total purchase price was approximately $146 million, or $160,300 per bed, inclusive of transaction costs. ... Read More »
Bourne Financial Group Finances Brand-New Community With CBRE

Bourne Financial Group Finances Brand-New Community With CBRE

Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE successfully refinanced a brand-new memory care community in the central Washington town of Wenatchee. The 48-unit community just received its certificate of occupancy and expects to obtain its licensure shortly. Then, fill-up will commence. The property’s location in downtown Wenatchee, less than a quarter of a mile from one of the top regional hospitals, should help attract residents. It also features a number of high-end amenities, including a spa, solarium and beauty salon. Bourne Financial Group owns the community in a joint venture with operator Cascadia Senior Living. Thanks to CBRE, they received a $9 million floating rate loan, with a five-year term... Read More »
Coast-To-Coast Closings From CBRE

Coast-To-Coast Closings From CBRE

Aron Will of CBRE continued his recent run of activity with two more transactions. Up first was a bank financing arranged on behalf of a joint venture between Bourne Financial Group and HRA Senior Living to refinance their newly-built 96-unit assisted living/memory care community in Wilmington, Delaware. The high-quality community boasts an upscale salon and spa, as well as a bocce court, yoga and fitness studios. It’s also located near two large shopping centers. CBRE secured a $25.5 million, five-year non-recourse loan with 36 months of interest only shortly after the property received its certificate of occupancy. Estimated lease-up figures in the affluent area must have been... Read More »
CBRE Completes Kennewick Recap

CBRE Completes Kennewick Recap

Switching around lending partners, a joint venture between Bourne Financial Group and Cascadia Senior Living recapitalized and refinanced their 138-unit assisted living/memory care property in Kennewick, Washington, with the help of CBRE’s Aron Will. The memory care portion was completed in 2015, with the assisted living finished in 2016, and since then, both acuities have quickly stabilized. The property is considered to be very high quality for the area and includes amenities like restaurant-style dining, cafes, putting greens, yoga and fitness studios, Wii bowling and movie theaters. To recapitalize the property, Mr. Will secured a $26.35 million loan, with a seven-year, fixed-rate term... Read More »

Bourne Financial Group makes push into seniors housing

Founded in 2014 by Robert and R. Kyle Bourne, Bourne Financial Group (BFG) is set to open its first 10 assisted living communities across the country by the end of 2016, representing an investment of over $200 million. Not short on experience, BFG’s leadership, all formerly of CNL Financial Group, has over 90 years of combined of experience in seniors housing, health care, and real estate finance and investments. In their first two funds, BFG has raised over $45 million in equity, which will go towards building eight communities in various locations across the country. Typically, in a secondary market, their development costs will start around $200,000 per unit, and go up to $240,000 in... Read More »