• Bullish Move by Welltower

    Welltower has been a growth and M&A machine under the leadership of Shankh Mitra. As of October 27, the REIT has closed or has under contract close to $14 billion of pro rata gross investments across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom this year. These include more than 700 seniors housing properties with more than 46,000 units. Not too... Read More »
  • Welltower Shatters Single-Day Dollar Volume Record

    October was already on its way to setting records for M&A activity in the seniors housing and care industry before Welltower announced the most transaction dollar volume we have ever seen in a single day when it released its third quarter earnings. A couple of the largest portfolio acquisitions took place across the pond, but the REIT also... Read More »
  • South Carolina Portfolio Trades

    Newmark has hit a rich vein of activity, announcing several closings in the last few days. First, the team sold three communities across the Greenville, South Carolina, area on behalf of Atlas Senior Living. The communities were built between 2014 and 2016 and totaled 306 units, including 108 independent living, 144 assisted living and 54 memory... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes in Kentucky and Colorado

    Blueprint has been adding to our record-breaking October M&A haul, announcing a couple of closings in the last week. First, Kyle Hallion handled another sale in his home state of Kentucky, this time on behalf of a local family owner/operator with deep ties to this asset’s local market. The senior care facility features 64 skilled nursing beds... Read More »
  • Southern California Communities Get New Owner

    Berkadia handled the sale and financing of two seniors housing communities in Southern California. The transaction included an 84-unit assisted living and memory care community in the San Diego suburbs and a 72-unit memory care community in the Los Angeles suburbs. These were older vintage properties with some Medicaid census but were very strong... Read More »
Jacksonville Community Refinances

Jacksonville Community Refinances

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged $19.5 million in financing for Starling at San Jose, a seniors housing community in Jacksonville. The transaction retired a bridge loan with Grandbridge’s parent company, Truist Bank. Built in 2017, the community features 66 assisted living and 24 memory care units. It was developed by Starling, with Choate Construction serving as the contractor. No other details about the property were disclosed. Richard Thomas and the Grandbridge’s Atlanta-based Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance team arranged the financing.  Read More »
Convivial Life Acquires Beachside AL/MC Community

Convivial Life Acquires Beachside AL/MC Community

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged the sale of The Cabana at Jensen Dunes, a 126-unit assisted living and memory care community in Jensen Beach, Florida to Florida-based not-for-profit Convival Life. Opened in August 2016, the beachside community had 85% occupancy at the time of sale. Convival also purchased an adjacent 11.35-acre development parcel entitled for more than 210 independent living units. The combined purchase price was $32.5 million.  The seller, One HC–Jensen Beach LLC, is an investment group who utilized the 142d bond program, along with EB5 financing, to develop the project. Performance through the COVID-19 pandemic was steady, and the community saw some... Read More »
Grandbridge Sells Portfolio

Grandbridge Sells Portfolio

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s seniors housing sales team in the Tampa office closed on a portfolio of three newly-constructed senior living communities, known as the Woodland Terrace portfolio. The properties offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services in the Indianapolis, Indiana market area. They were developed, owned and operated by The Justus Companies, which is a well-established multifamily and residential building family business in the local market that has been in business for 100 years. The buyer a partnership between a “national investor” and Purpose First Partners, a venture between New Perspective Senior Living and Boldt... Read More »
Grandbridge Arranges Loan for Wisconsin Community

Grandbridge Arranges Loan for Wisconsin Community

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC’s Artin Anvar recently arranged a $12.6 million HUD loan for a 100-unit, 146-bed seniors housing community in Menasha, Wisconsin. The three-building campus received a permanent, fully-amortizing loan through HUD’s Interest Rate Reduction (IRR) loan program, featuring a 26.3-year term and amortization period, and a fixed interest rate of 3.2%. Proceeds of the loan will be used to pay off an existing Grandbridge HUD loan. The borrower and name of the facility were not disclosed. Read More »
Grandbridge Secures Rate Reduction Transactions

Grandbridge Secures Rate Reduction Transactions

The team at Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged three interest rate reduction (IRR) modifications through HUD, with Artin Anvar leading the way on the deals. The largest transaction featured a $9.2 million loan secured by a 108-unit affordable senior apartment community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Reno & Cavanaugh arranged the original $9.94 million HUD loan.  The other two transactions came in under $1 million, with a $985,000 loan secured by a 35-unit assisted living community in Seattle and a $956,000 loan secured by a 54-unit memory care community also in Seattle. Both loans featured 20-year terms and 20-year amortization schedules.  Read More »