• Mom & Pop Divests SNF to Publicly Traded Company in Iowa

    Senior Care Realty was brought on by a mom & pop in their divestment of a skilled nursing facility in northwest Iowa. The seller had owned the facility for over 50 years, and was the second owner since the facility’s inception. They had plans to retire, leading to the decision to divest. Built in the 1960s with renovations since then, the... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Southeast REIT Divestment

    Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare facilitated the sale of three assisted living and memory care communities. Of the three, two are in South Carolina and the other is in Virginia. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled both transactions.  The two communities in South Carolina total 156 units. They are in the... Read More »
  • Bakerson Companies Looking to Grow Seniors Housing Holdings

    A private real estate investment firm that is “playing offense right now” in the seniors housing M&A market announced its latest acquisition of a 172-unit community in Rock Hill, South Carolina (Charlotte, NC MSA). La Jolla, California-based Bakerson Companies was launched in 2021 by Pablo Linero, who brings investment experience from HP... Read More »
  • Beth Mace New Director at Brookdale

    Brookdale Senior Living recently held its annual meeting of shareholders, and Beth Mace was voted in as a new member of its Board of Directors. Not only that, but she received more votes than any other nominee (157,658,156), and fewer “against” votes than any other nominee.     As readers know, we have complained that for many... Read More »
  • National SNF Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    IDB Bank served as the administrative agent on a $201.5 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance existing debt for a national portfolio of 21 skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia and Texas. The facilities comprise 2,500 beds, have decent occupancy and are performing well. Facility ages varied, and there were multiple... Read More »
Greystone Finances AL/MC Community Through Freddie Mac

Greystone Finances AL/MC Community Through Freddie Mac

Greystone’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team recently provided a $27 million Freddie Mac loan to refinance an assisted living/memory care community in the southwestern United States. Featuring 69 units, it is owned by Harbert Seniors Housing Fund I and operated by an experienced seniors housing provider. The loan came with a 10-year term.  Read More »
Greystone Arranges Two Agency Financings

Greystone Arranges Two Agency Financings

Fred Levine of Greystone arranged a HUD refinance for a skilled nursing facility in Cortlandt, New York. Built in 1984 and featuring 127 beds in 96 units, the facility offers both short- and long-term rehabilitation, along with physician services and complex medical care. Offered therapies include occupational, physical, cardiac, speech, post-surgical orthopedic care, stroke recovery, hip repair/joint replacement recovery, amputee recovery and training, off-site dialysis, bariatric rehabilitation, wound care, and IV antibiotic therapy. The $22.217 million loan came with a low, fixed interest rate and a 35-year term.  Matt Miller of Greystone followed that up... Read More »
Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Greystone refinanced a trio of assisted living communities in New Hampshire with three HUD loans totaling $23.8 million. Located throughout the southern part of the state in Manchester, Bedford and Nashua, the communities are owned by The Courville Company and represent the company’s entire seniors housing portfolio (they also own a skilled nursing facility in Nashua). There are more than 150 assisted living units across the communities.   Lisa Fischman of Greystone originated the interest rate reduction transaction, which lowered the interest rates on the existing HUD loans while maintaining the existing maturity and loan amount.  Read More »
Greystone Arranges Trio of HUD Refinances

Bridge Loan Closed in Boonville, New York

Greystone has provided a $10.37 million bridge loan for the refinance of a skilled nursing facility in Boonville, New York, about 25 miles north of Utica. Opened in 1947 but expanded in 1958, 1964 and 1985, the facility features 120 beds and an outpatient occupational therapy program. It was renovated in 2008 and now consists of 54 semiprivate and 12 private units in one story. It is the only skilled nursing facility in a 15-mile radius.   The facility’s third-generation family owner/operator wished to refinance existing recourse senior debt and eventually obtain a permanent mortgage, so they worked with Greystone’s Fred Levine to secure a $10.37 million bridge loan. That came with a... Read More »
Despite COVID-19, HUD Lean Records Strong 2020 Fiscal Year

Despite COVID-19, HUD Lean Records Strong 2020 Fiscal Year

This was not another ordinary fiscal year for HUD ended September 30, but the LEAN program still ended with nearly $4.4 billion in closings. That follows more than $3.7 billion in closings in the fiscal year 2019, which itself represented a slight increase over 2018’s volume. To reach such a high under the current circumstances, with in-person property inspections virtually impossible for months and HUD employees adjusting to working at home like so many of us, took great flexibility and a lot of hard work to get done.   Greystone was head and shoulders atop the list this fiscal year, both in terms of transactions closed and in dollar volume. The firm closed 75 loans totaling more than... Read More »