• Brookdale Occupancy Stalls

    Brookdale Senior Living released its November occupancy results, and its census growth has stalled this Fall. In its consolidated portfolio, weighted average occupancy fell by 10 basis points from 82.6% in October to 82.5% in November, while month-end occupancy dropped more significantly from 83.7% to 83.4%. Same-community results were not... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Facility Sells for Strong Price

    A rare skilled nursing and behavioral health facility in Tucson, Arizona, sold for a strong price to a partnership between a regional healthcare equity investor and a national skilled nursing operator. Featuring more than 140 beds, the facility is licensed by the state for both medical and behavioral health services, being the only SNF in the... Read More »
  • AL Community with Attached SNF Trades

    An assisted living community with an attached, vacant 65-bed skilled nursing facility in Faribault, Minnesota, sold with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 1998, Pleasant View Estates features 36 units and a 75% elderly waiver census. The community was well-occupied and operated at a strong margin. It was previously... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Funds Dallas Development

    Construction projects, although rare, can still get done these days. Tremper Capital Group successfully secured an $84 million non-recourse loan from a regional bank to fund a development in the Dallas, Texas MSA. The 164-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care project is being built by Harbert South Bay Partners in the... Read More »
  • UMRH Expands Two CCRCs in North Carolina

    Ziegler closed The United Methodist Retirement Homes’ (UMRH) $92.125 million Series 2025A, 2025B and 2025C bonds. UMRH is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates three CCRCs in North Carolina: Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham, Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton, and Cypress Glen... 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 »