• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »
HJ Sims Refinances Michigan Provider

HJ Sims Refinances Michigan Provider

It took a couple of tries, but HJ Sims arranged $41.9 million in financing for Sunset Retirement Communities, a multi-campus, not-for-profit senior living provider in Michigan. The company has grown its holdings over the past decade, starting development on its Jenison campus in 2009 and completing it in 2015. Then, after completing a market study in March 2020, Sunset determined to add a Phase III with 62 independent living apartments, 20 IL villas and amenity spaces. That was not an ideal time to begin filling a new community. After approaching potential lenders in May 2020, Sunset delayed the financing in order to focus on its existing operations. However, HJ Sims continued to explore... Read More »
Long Island Development Obtains Bond Financing

Long Island Development Obtains Bond Financing

HJ Sims secured more than $100 million in tax-exempt bond debt for a brand-new independent living community adjacent to Gurwin Healthcare System’s skilled nursing facility and assisted living community in Commack, New York. When completed, the new IL building will transform the whole campus to a full-fledged CCRC, the fourth on Long Island.  Gurwin has been providing health care services since 1988 and has now grown to include a 460-bed skilled nursing facility and a 201-bed assisted living community, plus a host of other services like memory care, palliative and hospice care, respiratory care, on-site dialysis and infusion therapy and two home health care... Read More »
Long Island Development Obtains Bond Financing

HJ Sims Helps Finance Houston-Area Community

A to-be-built seniors housing community in Houston, Texas just received non-recourse PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy, not the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) financing, courtesy of HJ Sims. Consisting of 74 assisted living units, 22 memory care units and 12 independent living cottages, the community is being developed by StoneCreek Real Estate Partners and Civitas Senior Living, the latter of which will operate it upon opening in Summer 2022. The project is a redevelopment of the Copperfield Racquet and Health Club and is set on 6.6 acres.  The PACE program finances 100% of the energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, resilience improvements and the... Read More »
HJ Sims Handles CCRC Bond Refinance

HJ Sims Handles CCRC Bond Refinance

HJ Sims worked on behalf of The Bethel Methodist Home, a not-for-profit CCRC in Valhalla, New York, to refinance the property’s existing acquisition bonds. Opening in 2002 and offering a continuum of services from independent living to skilled nursing, the property experienced financial difficulty during the Great Recession (few entrance fee CCRCs escaped that fate) and ultimately filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015. That process resulted in a 2016 sale which was funded by both tax-exempt and taxable bonds privately placed with a single bond holder and coming with a high interest rate.   New management turned around the operations, with occupancy rising from 57% to 91% just before the... Read More »
HJ Sims Handles CCRC Bond Refinance

HJ Sims Closes Two Bond Financings

We wrote last month about the general health of the CCRC market and the numerous expansion projects either breaking ground or opening even during a pandemic. Another CCRC is expanding its services thanks to a large bond financing closed by the team at HJ Sims. Jefferson’s Ferry in Brookhaven, New York is a CCRC that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and short-term rehab services.   This summer, the 20-year-old community announced a 60-unit independent living expansion, plus plans for a new 20-unit memory care building. There will also be renovations of the existing assisted living and skilled nursing areas, a new health and wellness... Read More »