• Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

    An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million... Read More »
  • Upstate NY Seniors Housing Community Trades

    Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in upstate New York that stakeholders were divesting to take advantage of positive performance trends and a strong M&A market. The Legacy at Cranberry Landing, a 95-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, was... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Investment Vehicle Acquires First Asset

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired Bellingham at West Chester, a 274-unit seniors housing community in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The investment is Focus’ first for its newest investment vehicle, Focus Senior Housing Fund III. The property sits on an 11.8-acre site 20 miles west of downtown Philadelphia. It comprises 208 independent living, 50... Read More »
  • Management Transfer Includes Purchase Option

    A senior care campus in Waterloo, Illinois, secured a new operator thanks to Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Featuring 144 skilled nursing beds and 50 independent living units, Oak Hill – Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center was well occupied with a strong quality mix. It was owned by Monroe County, which wanted to retain the... Read More »
  • Bank Provides Refinance to Family Office

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim, provided a $29.0 million loan for the refinancing of an assisted living and skilled nursing facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Gold Standard of Care Group, a Florida-based family office with a focus on healthcare and senior care and over $150 million in assets, was the borrower.  Totaling 70,272... Read More »
CBRE Finances New Senior Housing Construction in North Carolina

CBRE Finances New Senior Housing Construction in North Carolina

The Village on Morehead, a to-be-built, Class-A, 199-unit senior living complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, has secured construction financing courtesy of CBRE Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root. CBRE arranged this loan on behalf of a joint venture between Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street.  This 12-story independent and assisted living community will be operated by Retirement Center Management (RCM), Bridgewood’s wholly-owned management group. The Carolinas Medical Center, North Carolina’s largest hospital, is located less than a mile from the community.   CBRE originated a four-year, floating-rate loan with full term of interest only and... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Luxury Texas CCRC

CBRE Refinances Luxury Texas CCRC

Four years after he arranged construction financing for a to-be-built rental CCRC in Houston, Texas, Aron Will of CBRE is refinancing the property on behalf of its owners, joint venture partners Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. Located in the affluent Houston neighborhood of River Oaks, the property opened in 2017 with 198 units, the majority being independent living, with assisted living and memory care units too. Bridgewood’s wholly-owned management affiliate, Retirement Center Management, operated the community since inception. In 2015, Mr. Will had arranged a $49.7 million floating-rate loan, with a six-year term, 48 months of interest only and an... Read More »

Greystone’s giant deal

Greystone Real Estate Advisors certainly ended May with a bang, closing the largest transaction of the month at a value of $210 million, or $202,117 per unit. Involving seven senior living communities in Texas and one in Oklahoma City, the sold portfolio was owned by Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Bridgewood Property Company. Built between 1989 and 2000, it included 1,039 total units, with two independent living communities, three independent/assisted living communities and three that included independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Texas-based Cardinal Bay was the buyer, which will retain Retirement Center Management as operator. Cody Tremper of Greystone... Read More »

Sell on top, or near it

Despite many believing we have already reached the peak, pricing-wise, in the seniors housing M&A market, it is still a very good time to sell. That is at least what SRP Medical was banking on when it sold its newly built 108-unit assisted living/memory care community to a joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Bridgewood Property Company. Opened in 2013, the community features 60 AL units and 48 MC units and is located near The Woodlands, Texas, in the town of Spring, an area which has seen plenty of seniors housing construction recently. A change in operators a year after opening caused some marketing issues, which contributed to bringing occupancy down to 50%.... Read More »

High-quality property opening in high-income area

One of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country will soon open its first seniors housing community. River Oaks (in Houston, Texas), the most affluent community in the state of Texas, and among the top ten in the United States, with real estate values ranging from $1 million to over $20 million, is the home to The Village of River Oaks, a 195-unit independent living/assisted living/memory care community to be built by a joint venture between Bridgewood Property Company and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. The property, featuring 99 IL, 68 AL and 28 MC units, will be managed by an affiliate of Bridgewood, Retirement Center Management, which manages senior living communities in Texas... Read More »