• 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 »
Creativcap Shows Off Its Variety

Creativcap Shows Off Its Variety

Shortly after its founding earlier this year by Greystone-alum Scott Kavel, Creativcap showed off some impressive variety in its three latest transactions, helping close a life company loan, a mezzanine loan and bridge financing. First, Creativcap was the exclusive correspondent for a $6 million mezzanine loan that is funding the construction of an 87-unit assisted living/memory care community in Roseville, California. GG Finance, an entity affiliated with Creativcap, provided the loan. Then, to Elgin, Illinois, where the owner of a three-year old AL/MC community refinanced an existing bridge loan from a bank with a new $20 million, fixed-rate loan provided by a life insurance company.... Read More »
Greystone Finances Southeast SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Greystone Finances Southeast SNF Portfolio Acquisition

Fred Levine of Greystone successfully arranged bridge financing for the acquisition of seven skilled nursing facilities in the Southeast. Totaling 874 beds, the facilities are located in North Carolina (6) and Kentucky. Their new owner obtained a $71.92 million bridge loan with a 24-month term, two six-month extensions and no prepayment penalty. Greystone expects to eventually refinance the loan through HUD. Read More »
Greystone Refinances on the Jersey Shore

Greystone Refinances on the Jersey Shore

It was a team effort from Greystone to successfully close a Fannie Mae refinance of an assisted living community on the New Jersey Shore. Working on behalf of the borrower, Sage Healthcare Partners, Greystone’s DJ Elefant originated the $24 million loan, with Neal Raburn providing support in structuring, underwriting and closing the transaction. The 10-year loan (with a 20-year amortization and two years of interest only) replaces the original bridge loan provided by Greystone to enable Sage Healthcare Partners to acquire the property in 2017. Originally built in 1949 and renovated in 1997, the six-story community also had one floor converted to memory care in 2010. Back then, it was owned... Read More »
Greystone Refinances SentosaCare’s Southampton SNF

Greystone Refinances SentosaCare’s Southampton SNF

Five years have passed since Greystone arranged a $54.5 million acquisition bridge loan for SentosaCare to purchase a 280-bed skilled nursing facility in Southampton, New York. That means it’s time for a refinance, which Fred Levine obliged by arranging a $58.8 million HUD loan with a 35-year term ($210,000 per bed). Located on nine acres on the affluent South Fork of Long Island, the facility provides both short-term and long-term care services. There are also two separate secure Alzheimer’s/dementia care units. Read More »
Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living Grows

Avalon Senior Living has partnered again with Eastridge Pacific Holdings, LLC (EPH), this time buying three senior living communities in California from HCP, Inc. that had been leased to Brookdale Senior Living. The 205 units (210 beds) offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The purchase price was $15.7 million, or $76,585 per unit, and came with an approximate cap rate of 8.0%. Mike Garbers, formerly of Greystone and now with JLL, represented the seller, and MidCap Financial provided the mortgage financing. Eastridge Pacific entered the senior living industry in 2016 as an equity partner in Kalakaua Gardens, a 17-story community in Honolulu with 216 beds. It... Read More »