• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »
Greystone Provides Loan for AL Community in Alaska

Greystone Provides Loan for AL Community in Alaska

Greystone is back again, with Vice President Stella Plotkin providing a $22.5 million bridge loan to refinance Aspen Creek Senior Living in Anchorage, Alaska.  This 96-unit assisted living community was completed in 2019, with 21 of the units designated for memory care residents. The loan pays off existing debt that funded the property’s initial construction, allowing the borrower to complete current renovation projects, including on the secured memory care wing. Greystone’s interest-only, floating-rate bridge loan has a 24-month term with two six-month extension options, with the goal of transitioning to permanent HUD-insured financing. The transaction was completed on behalf... Read More »
Greystone Secures Bridge Loan For SNF Campus in Pennsylvania

Greystone Secures Bridge Loan For SNF Campus in Pennsylvania

Greystone Managing Director Fred Levine recently provided a $15.8 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a skilled nursing, memory care and personal care campus in Erie, Pennsylvania. The purchase of Saint Mary’s East, now known as Nightingale Nursing and Rehab Center, was handled by Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage and made possible by a two-year floating rate, interest-only loan. Greystone plans to convert the debt to a permanent HUD loan. Six buildings house 139 skilled nursing beds (39 of which are reserved for memory care patients), 131 certified personal care beds, and 91 independent living units. The original St. Mary’s East building was... Read More »
Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone Provides Financing for Three North Carolina SNFs

Greystone is back at it again, this time providing $36.5 million in HUD financing for three skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina. The deal takes out acquisition bridge debt that Greystone had previously arranged on behalf of the borrower for these facilities, using the firm’s non-recourse bridge lending program. Fred Levine originated the transactions. Carver Living Center in Durham is a 232-bed facility which offers both long and short-term care, as well as a memory care unit. This facility received $17.16 million in financing that carries a fixed, low interest rate over a 30-year term. It was built in 1990. Willow Ridge Rehabilitation and Living Center, located in Rutherfordton... Read More »
Greystone Secures HUD Financing in San Diego County

Greystone Secures HUD Financing in San Diego County

If you own an old seniors housing community in a good market, now is the time to refinance and make the necessary improvements before the next wave of demand hits. Otherwise, you may be left in the back of the line for customers.  Perhaps this was the thinking of an owner in Escondido, California with a 105-bed assisted living and memory care community, that also offers short-term stays and was built more than 30 years ago. For skilled nursing, that is practically new, but for assisted living, it is becoming ancient.   The owner turned to Leor Dimant, Managing Director at Greystone, to help consolidate some debt on the property and obtain additional funds for renovations and... Read More »
PGIM Provides Financing For Harrison Street Acquisition

PGIM Provides Financing For Harrison Street Acquisition

The lending market came alive in the month of June, in tandem with the seniors housing acquisition spike. As such, PGIM Real Estate provided a $250.4 million fixed-rate, cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized loan to support Harrison Street’s acquisition of 12 of the 24 properties it bought for $1.2 billion. These 12 assisted living/memory care communities were owned by Gallaher Companies, with Oakmont Management Group as the operator. They total 1,118 units and are located in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Ventura, Sacramento, Riverside, San Diego, Stockton, and Las Vegas metro areas. Greystone also placed financing for 16 of the 24 properties that were owned by both Gallaher and... Read More »