• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Greystone’s Bridge to HUD

Greystone’s Bridge to HUD

Greystone’s Fred Levine successfully refinanced two skilled nursing facilities in Jackson, Tennessee. Greystone had actually provided the bridge loans used to fund the facilities’ acquisition in 2016 by a private Tennessee-based individual. The buyer had been leasing the facilities but exercised their right of first refusal to snap up the properties. The 160-bed facility sold in 2016 for $14.6 million, while the 64-bed facility was $4.6 million. Two years later, the owner refinanced the properties with $20.9 million in fixed-rate HUD financing, with a 30-year term and amortization period. Read More »
Greystone’s Part-II Portfolio Deal

Greystone’s Part-II Portfolio Deal

Greystone made news at NIC when it announced it sold a five-property senior living portfolio to Hong Kong-based Chevalier International Holdings Ltd. Previously owned by a publicly-traded REIT, the portfolio consists of 570 total units in New Mexico and Washington state that were built or renovated between 1989 and 2003. It was part of a larger portfolio, which saw four other properties sold in July in Nebraska (1) and Oregon (3), also to Chevalier. In both transactions, The Avamere Family of Companies was brought in to lease the properties, which may include one more property expected to sell next month. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone represented the REIT seller in... Read More »
Greystone Closes Two Bridge Financings For SNF Clients

Greystone Closes Two Bridge Financings For SNF Clients

Fred Levine of Greystone announced his latest two bridge financings that closed in Ohio and Pennsylvania, for three total skilled nursing facilities. Two of those facilities are located in Youngstown, Ohio and have undergone significant renovations in recent years. They offer subacute care, skilled nursing, pulmonary care, wound care, orthopedic rehab and outpatient therapy programs, among others. In addition, one facility has a dialysis unit, while the other offers diabetic management and a Parkinson’s program for both residents and non-residents. They received $15 million in bridge financing. Then, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Levine arranged a $19.5... Read More »
SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

SentosaCare Refinances in Staten Island

Following up on a bridge loan it closed a couple of years ago, Greystone successfully refinanced a 238-bed skilled nursing facility in Staten Island, New York. Owned by SentosaCare, the facility has a five-star rating from CMS and offers services that include long-term care, physical therapy, occupational and speech therapy, and neuro and orthopedic rehabilitation. Two years prior, Greystone had arranged a bridge loan for the facility, which it will take out with a $20.66 million, 35-year HUD loan. Fred Levine originated the transaction. Read More »

Greystone Hat-Trick in New York

Fred Levine of Greystone closed three HUD financings on the same day for an acquisition of three New York skilled nursing facilities. The $75 million loan, which comes to $133,690 per bed, financed three nursing facilities with 561 beds. They included Brookside Multicare in Smithtown (353 beds), White Plains Center for Nursing and Rehab in White Plains (88 beds), and Little Neck Nursing Center in Queens (120 beds). The Smithtown facility includes a pediatric unit and ventilator beds. Read More »