• Eight Wisconsin Senior Care Assets Sell in Four Deals

    Senior Care Realty had an active October, with a handful of deals closed by Chad Wegner and Bob Richards. The four transactions involved senior care assets spread throughout Wisconsin. In one of the transactions, Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty sold four assisted living and memory care communities across two campuses in Wisconsin. The... Read More »
  • Public REIT Offloads SNFs Following Lease Non-Renewal

    Blueprint started the fourth quarter well after selling a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Florida, California and Virginia, on behalf of a public REIT. The existing tenant elected not to renew its master lease, prompting the portfolio divesture. The first closing was completed in Florida for two high-quality SNFs. The two facilities... Read More »
  • Senior Care Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

    Dan Mahoney and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by a Louisiana-based not-for-profit owner/operator to market a 40-unit assisted living community in the Inland Northwest region of Idaho. The property maintained a steady resident base and in-place HUD financing. The organization was divesting because the asset no longer geographically aligned... Read More »
  • Developer Divests to Capital Group

    A Class-A seniors housing community near Wichita, Kansas, found a new owner thanks to Evans Senior Investments. The seller developed the community in 2014 and has operated it since then. There are 101 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was consistent around 90%, and the operating margin was in the high-20s,... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Finances Arizona Community

    Marcus & Millichap arranged $22 million in financing for The Springs of Scottsdale, a 143-unit independent living community in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Winterowd secured the financing with a national life insurance company on behalf of Stellar Senior Living. The sponsor secured a five-year loan at 60% loan-to-value, with a competitive interest... Read More »
Seniors Housing Construction and Take-Out Financing: Slowing Down or Just Getting Started?

Seniors Housing Construction and Take-Out Financing: Slowing Down or Just Getting Started?

On January 18, 2018, we hosted a webinar titled “Seniors Housing Construction and Take-Out Financing: Slowing Down or Just Getting Started?” Our editor, Steve Monroe, moderated a 90-minute discussion among panelists Chris Fenton of Berkadia, Rich Malloy of BBVA Compass and Cary Tremper of Greystone, covering a range of topics from the current pace of seniors housing construction today to best practices in the current construction lending environment, and from take-out financing to their thoughts on the 2018 market, and beyond. But we also wanted to hear from our audience and posed three questions:   Have you seen new development slowing down? Yes      35% No       65%   Have you... Read More »
Greystone Refinances Upstate New York Skilled Nursing Facility

Greystone Refinances Upstate New York Skilled Nursing Facility

A 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Niskayuna, New York (near Schenectady) will have the funds to upgrade its services and amenities thanks to a $27.05 million HUD refinance arranged by Fred Levine of Greystone. Current amenities already include an on-site salon, private dining space and a newly renovated dining area, and the facility provides sub-acute rehab, ventilator therapy, respiratory care, traumatic brain injury treatment and pediatric rehab and respite services. However, Sentosa Care, the owner, has plans to invest significant capital in upgrading the facility’s existing spaces and amenities, in addition to building a new ventilator unit and upgrading the pediatric unit. The... Read More »
Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

After working to close a $16.5 million HUD refinance for a 216-bed skilled nursing facility in Dunkirk, New York (Buffalo MSA) last month, Greystone’s Fred Levine closed another HUD loan for another large New York SNF. Located in Suffern, on the border with New Jersey, the facility consists of 203 beds and is the largest subacute care facility in Rockland County. Situated on six acres, it offers orthopedic rehab, cardiopulmonary rehab, wound care, concierge services and veterans programs, all under the management of CareRite Centers. To help fund renovations, and provide meaningful debt service savings, Mr. Levine arranged a $23.52 million HUD loan, with a fully amortizing 33-year... Read More »
Greystone Gets It Done

Greystone Gets It Done

Aspens Senior Living partnered with Greystone to obtain construction financing for two of its latest seniors housing projects located in North Carolina and Arizona. First, to the Tar Heel state, where Aspens and joint venture partner Pennybacker Capital are currently building a 182-unit independent living community in Raleigh. A regional bank provided a $24.2 million loan to fund the construction. Then, in Gilbert, Arizona, Aspens, Pennybacker Capital and McFarlin Group are developing a 204-unit independent living community, with the help of a $25.8 million loan provided by a publicly traded bank and also arranged by Greystone. Greystone also snuck in a $16.5 million HUD loan arranged by... Read More »
Griffin-American and Greystone

Griffin-American and Greystone

A month ago, we learned of a couple of large divestments by New Senior Investment Group, in a move to bring its share price up to where management believes it should be, by increasing the share of its independent living portfolio, decreasing its Holiday Retirement exposure, and reducing its concentration in the three states of Florida, Texas and California. We have also just learned that Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Greystone represented SNR in the transaction. Spread out across Central Florida, the portfolio consists of nine properties and were all formerly operated by Holiday Retirement. However, operations have dropped off since Holiday stopped having live-in managers at its... Read More »