• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »

Ray Stone Adds To California Portfolio

CBRE National Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg partnered with CBRE Sacramento’s Kevin Randles to arrange acquisition financing for Arbor Senior Living on behalf of Ray Stone, Inc. (RSI). The two-story, 76,000 square foot Lodi, California community was opened in 1986 and is sited on a three acre lot, comprising 96 independent living units. It has been a high-performing asset in the past and has consistently produced meaningful cash-flow and maintained high occupancy levels. CBRE originated a $8.4 million fixed-rate loan through its Freddie Mac OPTIGO lending program. Post-closing, Sacramento-based RSI will operate the community. They also operate several other... Read More »
CBRE Refinances For The Springs Living

CBRE Refinances For The Springs Living

CBRE National Senior Housing’s team including Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen arranged a recapitalization of four seniors housing communities in Oregon and Montana. The Springs Living owns and operates the portfolio, which includes 209 independent living, 164 assisted living and 31 memory care units. It received a non-recourse, floating-rate loan from a national bank. There was also a five-year term and 18 months of interest only. McMinnville, Oregon-based The Springs Living is a 25-year-old privately held regional developer/owner/operator with a current portfolio of 18 communities totaling over 2,500 units. There are 13 communities located in Oregon and five in Montana, with... Read More »

Lloyd Jones Expands Senior Housing Presence with Help From CBRE

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged acquisition financing for Lloyd Jones’ acquisition of River Bend Assisted Living and Memory Care in Rochester, Minnesota. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen of CBRE worked on the deal. Built in 2014, the Class-A community has 89 assisted living and memory care units on 2.8 acres about 1.5 miles away from the original Mayo Clinic in Rochester. There are landscaped walking paths with direct access to scenic Zumbro River trails, and Lloyd Jones plans to enhance the property through technology and amenity improvements. In addition, it will implement an acuity mix shift, converting 16 out of the total 18 memory care units to transitional... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Community in Oregon

CBRE Refinances Community in Oregon

Harrison Street and The Springs Living recently refinanced its jointly owned seniors housing community in Lake Oswego, Oregon (Portland MSA), with the help of Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root of CBRE National Senior Housing. CBRE had also arranged the original construction loan for the community in 2017, so the team was clearly familiar with it. They secured a non-recourse, four-year loan, with a floating rate and three years of interest only, through a national bank. Opened in 2019 with 216 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, the community also features amenities like a rooftop deck with covered dining and a wine bar, an indoor heated swimming pool and hot tube,... Read More »
CBRE Closes Large Acquisition Financing

CBRE Closes Large Acquisition Financing

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged more than $200 million in acquisition and recapitalization financing for seven senior living communities across three different transactions. The financing was done on behalf of Monarch Alternative Capital LP and REDICO, the buyers of the properties.   The portfolio includes 1,133 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in Florida, Illinois and Michigan. The five Florida properties with 817 units are relatively new and have been operated by American House Senior Living Communities. They are located in Bluewater Bay, Bonita Springs, Coconut Point, Fort Myers and Wildwood. The one community in... Read More »