• Kauhale Health Acquires in South Carolina

    Kauhale Health, a Midwest-based firm, announced its second acquisition in seniors housing with a deal in Greenville, South Carolina. Built in 2001, The Parker, comprising 66,765 square feet across 3.5 acres, features 74 assisted living and 17 memory care units. Within the past three years the common areas and more than one third of the units have... Read More »
  • Ahava Healthcare Purchases in Tennessee

    Evans Senior Investments was brought on by Henry County in its divestment of a skilled nursing facility in Paris, Tennessee. Built in 2001, Henry County Healthcare Center comprises 136 beds across five acres. At the time of marketing, it was 43% occupied and cash-flow negative. Since the pandemic, the facility has consistently remained in the 40%... Read More »
  • S&R Handles Texas Land Transaction

    Sherman & Roylance closed the sale of an eight-acre development site in Austin, Texas, which was initially envisioned for a senior living community. However, the buyer, Novak Brothers, plans to leverage their expertise and create a new multifamily development in the location. The property, previously approved by the City of Austin for a... Read More »
  • Green Tree Health Care Takes Over Missouri SNF

    Bethesda Health Group divested a skilled nursing facility in Ellisville, Missouri, to a not-for-profit owner/operator based in New Jersey. Built in 1989 and renovated in 2010, Bethesda Meadow comprises 210 beds. Bethesda Health Group is divesting to streamline operations and focus on a combination of demand, need and efficiency to best care for... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Community in Washington

    Developed in two phases in 2014 and 2020, Quail Park of Lynnwood comprises 252 units and sits on 15 acres in Lynnwood, Washington (Seattle MSA). The first phase featured 85 independent living/assisted living (ranging from 364 to 1,031 square feet) and 45 memory care units (ranging from 374 to 469 square feet). The community was fully leased with... 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 »