• Two Seniors Housing Communities in Indiana Trade Hands

    Blueprint facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in northwest Indiana. The value-add communities are in Michigan City and Merrillville and comprise 119 assisted living and memory care units. They had strong pre-pandemic financial performance but more recently benefited from a substantial Medicaid Waiver reimbursement rate... Read More »
  • Artemis/Bridgewood Acquire Texas Portfolio

    CBRE was engaged in the sale of four seniors housing communities in the Dallas, Texas MSA: Village on the Park Plano (Plano), Village on the Park Denton (Denton), Village on the Park Stonebridge Ranch (McKinney) and Village on the Park McKinney (McKinney). The communities comprise 366 total units of assisted living and memory care and were built... Read More »
  • Oklahoma Deal Overcomes Last-Minute Obstacles

    Plains Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma. The SNF was under legacy ownership and management, but the seller opted to divest to enter retirement and effectively exit the sector. Built in the 1960s, Latimer Nursing Home in Wilburton features 48 beds and occupancy hovered around 63% at the time of... Read More »
  • The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

    Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story... Read More »
  • Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

    The Bascom Group, a private equity firm specializing in value-add multifamily, commercial and non-performing loans, real estate-related investments and operating companies, acquired a seniors housing community in Boulder City, Nevada, to expand its portfolio. This marks its fifth acquisition of 2024, but first in seniors housing, following the... 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 »