• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »
CBRE Arranges Acquisition Financing for Alabama Community

CBRE Arranges Acquisition Financing for Alabama Community

CBRE Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root have arranged acquisition financing for a 113-unit senior living community in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on behalf of a joint venture between Winterpast Capital Partners and Broadview Real Estate Partners. The $9.5 million, non-recourse, four-year loan has a full-term of interest only and an extension option through a regional bank. Pine Valley Retirement Community comprises 98 independent living units (including 38 patio homes) and 15 assisted living units, and features an activity room, garden and a beauty salon. The venture intends to put $2.4 million into it for capital improvements following the closing of the deal. Vitality Living,... Read More »
Palm Springs Community Receives Construction Financing

Palm Springs Community Receives Construction Financing

CBRE Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root have arranged construction financing for a luxury LGBTQ-targeted active adult community in Palm Springs, California. The $42 million loan was arranged on behalf of a joint venture between a group of high-net-worth investors and KOAR International, Inc.  This nine-acre community is the first of its kind, as no other LGBTQ-orientated active adult communities exist in the market today. It will feature 122 units and a movie theater, card room, game room, salon, massage rooms, fitness center, craft rooms and a community room with additional dining. Outdoor amenities include a putting green, rose garden, resort-style pool... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Michigan Community

CBRE Refinances Michigan Community

CBRE Senior Housing arranged non-recourse financing for a 110-unit independent/assisted living community in Traverse City, Michigan. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root arranged the transaction on behalf of a joint venture between Cordia Senior Living and Cypress Partners. CBRE had previously arranged three-year financing for the community in 2017, which surely smoothed out the process.  Initially built as an asylum in 1883, the building was converted to seniors housing by the Cordia/Cypress joint venture in 2014. It is located in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, a large historic preservation and adaptive reuse development that began redevelopment from its asylum past into a... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Seattle-Area Seniors Housing Community

CBRE Refinances Seattle-Area Seniors Housing Community

Five years after acquiring a Seattle-area senior living community, a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing(CSH) and a large university endowment refinanced the property. Aron Will of CBRE helped fund both the acquisition and this current transaction. He was joined by Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg on the refinance. Purpose-built in phases in 2000 and 2004, the community features 106 units of assisted living and memory care. Located in Mukilteo it was 90% occupied (and rising) when CSH purchased the property from a local operator in late 2015 for $29.125 million, or $215,300 per unit. CBRE secured a five-year, $20.12 million loan from a national bank to fund the deal,... Read More »
CBRE Arranges Bridge Loan in Washington

CBRE Arranges Bridge Loan in Washington

CBRE Senior Housing’s Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg arranged a $10 million floating-rate bridge loan on behalf of a joint venture between Capitol Senior Housing and a large university endowment.  Emerald City Senior Living, a 119-unit assisted living and memory care community in Seattle, Washington, will receive the financing. Built in 2006, the community features amenities including a beauty salon, library and fitness center. Integral Senior Living will operate the community. The loan has a two-year term with full-term interest only and extension options and originated through CBRE’s proprietary multifamily bridge lending program, MF1 Capital,... Read More »