• Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

    Janus Living, a Healthpeak Properties-formed REIT and now the only publicly traded U.S. REIT fully dedicated to seniors housing with its entire portfolio structured under RIDEA, has launched its initial public offering of Class A-1 common stock. The company is now listed on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” It plans to pay a quarterly dividend of... Read More »
  • Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

    Two Long Island assisted living communities were sold by their original developer/operator. Village Green Senior Living in Levittown (opened in 2020) and Village Walk Senior Living (opened in 2018) in Patchogue were acquired by a partnership between Fundamental Advisors, Scribner Capital and Atria Senior Living. They will be renamed Atria... Read More »
  • Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

    The developer of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, has passed the torch to a new owner. Pillars of Lakeville, now known as The Crest at Lakeville, sits on 1.8 acres. Oppidan Investment Co., a company that developed multiple Pillars senior living properties in Minnesota, acquired the land from Crossroads... Read More »
  • Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

    1031 CF Properties, a leading DST investor, acquired a stand-alone memory care community in the Spokane, Washington MSA. Built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013, Generations Memory Care offers 48 private units with 28,472 square feet on 2.067 acres. The seller was an investment group based in northern California that purchased the asset in... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Closes First Public Bond Issue in 20+ Years

    Ziegler announced the closing of a $30.0 million tax-exempt fixed rate bond issue for Butterfield Trail Village, Inc. (BTV). The Series 2026 bonds were issued through The Fayetteville Public Facilities Board. BTV is a not-for-profit corporation founded by five local churches in 1981 to own and operate a continuing care retirement community on... Read More »

2017 HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

Total HUD LEAN loan volume hasn’t yet reached the heights of its FY2014, when the program closed over $4.2 billion in loans in 484 transactions, but it is getting there. In its FY2017, lenders closed just over $3.4 billion in 310 deals, up 20% from FY2016’s $2.84 billion volume (in 287 deals) and up 26% from FY2015’s $2.7 billion (in 291 deals). A total of 33 lenders closed at least one transaction, with Lancaster Pollard topping the list with 79 transactions. KeyBank came in second, with 33 loans, and Capital Funding was not far behind, closing 28 transactions. Housing & Healthcare Finance and First American Capital Group tied for fourth, each with 18 loans closed. Lancaster Pollard... 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 »

Capital Funding’s closings

Capital Funding Group closed a couple of transactions recently for SNFs up and down the East Coast. Starting in New York, the lender provided a $19.1 million bridge-to-HUD loan for a borrower to acquire a 167-bed skilled nursing facility. The loan covered over 90% of the $20.87 million, or $125,000 per bed, purchase price. Craig Casagrande originated the transaction, which was funded through a combination of senior and mezzanine debt and included a turnaround component based on projected improvements to the facility’s performance. Plus, Chip Woelper originated a $3 million working capital loan for the borrower to finance operations. In a separate transaction, Capital Funding served as sole... Read More »

HUD’s top lenders

We will be profiling the top 10 HUD LEAN lenders in the coming issue of The SeniorCare Investor, but here is a little snapshot. We already mentioned last week that Lancaster Pollard finished well ahead of the pack, with 65 transactions totaling $531 million. Coming in second place, dollar-wise, was Housing & Healthcare Finance. The Chevy Chase, Maryland-based firm closed 22 transactions, for a total of $264.2 million. Loan sizes ranged from as low as $3.96 million up to $28.78 million. Coming in third was Capital Funding, which actually closed 28 loans (second place) totaling $257.8 million. Good job to all. Read More »