• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
CommuniCare grows

CommuniCare grows

CommuniCare Health Services is growing its portfolio yet again, purchasing nine skilled nursing facilities in Ohio and Maryland, after earlier this year acquiring six Maryland facilities and one in West Virginia. The seller was a publicly traded REIT. To finance the acquisition, Capital One served as sole lead arranger and administrative agent for a $61 million syndicated term loan and a $12 million syndicated revolving credit facility to affiliates of CommuniCare. The company seems to be priming itself to grow in the next year, as it received also in June a $13.7 million loan secured by the cash flow of seven of its skilled nursing facilities (and originated by Craig Casagrande of Capital... Read More »
CFG’s latest transaction batch

CFG’s latest transaction batch

As always, Capital Funding Group closed a number of various transactions in the past month. First, Craig Casagrande originated a $13.7 million loan secured by the cash flow of seven skilled nursing facilities operated by CommuniCare Family of Companies. The loan will be used for general corporate purposes to help strategically position itself for future opportunities. Next, Patrick McGovern originated two-part financing to facilitate the acquisition of two central-Michigan skilled nursing facilities, with 210 beds, affiliated with the not-for-profit University of Michigan Health System. The Peplinski Group was the buyer, receiving a bridge-to-HUD acquisition loan arranged by Capital... Read More »

No rest for the weary

Capital Funding Group recently announced the closing of four transactions for three different skilled nursing facilities across the country. First up, Capital Funding provided an undisclosed amount of subordinated debt to finance the acquisition of a 175-bed SNF in Modesto, California. A group of private real estate investors was the buyer, which brought on an affiliate of Windsor Healthcare to operate. Next up, in a deal that may sound familiar to our readers, CFG financed Vita Healthcare Group’s acquisition of a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Hatboro, Pennsylvania. There were three parts to the transaction. Capital Funding arranged a $13.36 bridge-to-HUD loan funded through a... Read More »

Bridge to success

Capital Funding Group closed three bridge-to-HUD loans for three turnaround opportunities totaling over $25 million, all of which helped finance acquisitions. First, Gary Sever originated a $10.8 million loan, provided by Capital Lending and Mortgage Group, to facilitate the acquisition of two skilled nursing facilities (with 151 and 64 beds, respectively) by affiliates of the ARBA Group for $9.5 million. The funds also allow ARBA to renovate both facilities. Next, Mr. Sever originated an $8.16 million loan from Capital Funding, LLC for ARBA to acquire a 365-bed (though with 265 functional beds) skilled nursing facility in Fort Worth, Texas for $9.6 million. Built in 1974, the facility was... Read More »

Financings from Capital Funding

Capital Funding Group announced a pair of HUD loans on two sides of the country. The first, originated by Patrick McGovern, totaled nearly $5.5 million and went towards refinancing a 53-bed assisted living community in Sacramento, California. Capital Funding provided the original bridge loan in 2012 for the community and recapitalized the borrowing entity with more than $1 million in cash. The second transaction, originated by Gary Sever, totaled $14 million and refinanced a bridge loan (that CFG had also previously provided) on a 180-bed skilled nursing facility in Palatka, Florida. The bridge loan helped fund the acquisition of the facility in September 2014. Capital Funding is the sole... Read More »