• Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

    An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million... Read More »
  • Upstate NY Seniors Housing Community Trades

    Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in upstate New York that stakeholders were divesting to take advantage of positive performance trends and a strong M&A market. The Legacy at Cranberry Landing, a 95-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, was... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Investment Vehicle Acquires First Asset

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired Bellingham at West Chester, a 274-unit seniors housing community in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The investment is Focus’ first for its newest investment vehicle, Focus Senior Housing Fund III. The property sits on an 11.8-acre site 20 miles west of downtown Philadelphia. It comprises 208 independent living, 50... Read More »
  • Management Transfer Includes Purchase Option

    A senior care campus in Waterloo, Illinois, secured a new operator thanks to Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Featuring 144 skilled nursing beds and 50 independent living units, Oak Hill – Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center was well occupied with a strong quality mix. It was owned by Monroe County, which wanted to retain the... Read More »
  • Bank Provides Refinance to Family Office

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim, provided a $29.0 million loan for the refinancing of an assisted living and skilled nursing facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Gold Standard of Care Group, a Florida-based family office with a focus on healthcare and senior care and over $150 million in assets, was the borrower.  Totaling 70,272... Read More »
New York CCRC Development Receives Financing

New York CCRC Development Receives Financing

A major CCRC project being built on the campus of SUNY Purchase College in Purchase, New York just got a major boost after receiving a $398.1 million bond issue arranged by HJ Sims. The tax-exempt and taxable bonds were closed for Purchase Senior Learning Community, Inc., which was formed to develop the community with 68 assisted living/memory care beds and 220 independent living units and villas. Of those IL units, 20% will be reserved for local residents earning no more than 80% of the area’s median income. Integrated into the community will be a “learning commons” consisting of classrooms, studios, gathering and performance spaces utilized by the residents but also students for... Read More »

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Big-Time CCRC Development

For those of you who know me, you know I have been a big fan of the CCRC model, and have been for decades. And for those of you who still think the entrance-fee CCRC model is dead, well, think again when you hear this. HJ Sims recently closed on what may be one of the largest tax-exempt bond financings for a single-site CCRC new development, if not the largest. The total bond issuance comes to $398 million, or just over $1.5 million per unit, with maturities ranging from four years to 35 years. The interest rates range from 2.875% to 4.625%. It is located in Westchester County, New York. The community will be situated on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York. There... Read More »
HJ Sims Provides Financing for Illinois CCRC

HJ Sims Provides Financing for Illinois CCRC

HJ Sims provided a not-for-profit CCRC with an $8.78 million taxable note in September. Clark Lindsey Village, located in Urbana, Illinois, comprises 147 independent living units, 12 assisted living and memory care units and 105 skilled nursing beds.  Clark Lindsey Village intends to use this financing to reposition its campus offerings. This is expected to be completed over a five-year period and include several phases to the project. Phase I will be the construction of eight independent living villas and site work dedicated to the next planned phase. Sims acted as the structuring agent for a taxable bridge financing via a draw-down bank note, capturing a taxable interest rate of 2.15%... Read More »
HJ Sims Arranges Financing for Two Pennsylvania Communities

HJ Sims Arranges Financing for Two Pennsylvania Communities

HJ Sims arranged two financings for Landis Communities in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The first was $25 million for Landis Place on King, a to-be-built affordable housing project, and the second was $53 million for Landis Homes Retirement Community (LHRC), which operates a CCRC.   Landis Place on King will contain 79 units, with Orrstown Bank providing draw-down capital financing for the property, with a 15-year commitment. There is a 30-year amortization period and a fixed rate of 2.35% for the first 10 years of the 15-year commitment.  LHRC serves 850 residents currently as of 2021 across residential, personal care, memory support and skilled nursing units. It refinanced three... Read More »
HJ Sims Refinances Benedictine Health System

HJ Sims Refinances Benedictine Health System

Benedictine Health System, a Minnesota-based not-for-profit organization affiliated with the Catholic church, recently obtained $132.4 million in financing arranged by HJ Sims. Historically, the organization and its affiliates were financed on a standalone basis, resulting in 36 separate series of outstanding debt for 19 different borrowers. Plus, the series were held by eight different banks or servicers with disparate terms, covenants and reporting requirements. As such, the board and executive leadership team wanted to restructure its capital framework, change its service mix and invest in improvements at existing campuses, and engaged HJ Sims in August 2020.   Sims built an initial... Read More »