• Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

    A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ocala AL Community

    The third and final asset in the Hampton Manor portfolio has sold with the help of Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Hampton Manor Deerwood in Ocala, Florida, was built in 2005 and expanded in 2016 to now feature 61 units of assisted living. The property is stabilized, so the new owner can hit the ground... Read More »
  • Second Generation Operator Divests SNF Portfolio to PE Firm

    A Northeast-based private equity firm engaged Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate in its plan to enter a new state. The firm has an existing skilled nursing footprint, and had specific acquisition criteria, which narrowed the focus down to a few potential targets.  The company ultimately acquired a five-facility, 506-bed skilled... Read More »
  • CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

    CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

    National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to... 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 »