• PE Partnership Divests to a Publicly Traded REIT

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage was brought on by a partnership in its divestment of an assisted living/memory care community in Freehold, New Jersey. The partnership was between Stephanie Anderson and Steve Walling, known as SilverStone HCRE, and a private equity group located in the west. During their ownership, NOI increased significantly,... Read More »
  • M&M Negotiates Lease, Purchase Option and Key Money

    Nick Stahler and Austin Diamond of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap facilitated a lease-with-purchase-option transaction for a dually certified, 120-bed skilled nursing facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The pair was also able to negotiate $500,000 of key money from the incoming operator for the landlord, a rarity in Texas... Read More »
  • Cain Brothers Secures Refinancing for New York Asset

    Cain Brothers advised FilBen Group on a $30.67 million HUD refinancing for Wallkill Realty Partners (dba Braemar at Wallkill), an assisted living community in New York. The proceeds on the loan will be used to refinance The Orange County Funding Corporation Assisted Living Residence Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, providing a long-term, fixed-rate... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties Q&A

    The higher cost and scarcity of capital has made getting just about any deal done that much more difficult, from an M&A transaction to a refinancing to a new construction project. We know that we don’t need to tell most of you that. But we also know that right now is a great time to buy, that it may be the time to commence construction, and... Read More »
  • Sonida Senior Living On The Move

    It has taken a while, and a lot had to be done to strengthen the balance sheet over the past two years, but Sonida Senior Living is now on a path of growth, and recent announcements have shown it.  On May 9, the company closed on its first acquisition of the year with the purchase of a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in... Read More »
HJ Sims Closes Bank Financing for Not-For-Profit’s Independent Living Expansion

HJ Sims Closes Bank Financing for Not-For-Profit’s Independent Living Expansion

Thanks to a two-part bank financing arranged by HJ Sims, not-for-profit Presbyterian SeniorCare Network (PSCN) will open a new independent living community in North Strabane Township, Pennsylvania, adding to its significant presence in the western part of the state.   PSCN, which already provides senior care services to over 6,500 seniors through 53 senior living communities, affordable housing facilities and at-home programs/services, is partnering with Senior Housing Partners, a subsidiary of Presbyterian Homes & Services.  HJ Sims had worked with PSCN and its related entities before, including the 2017 construction financing for a memory care expansion and its Washington, PA campus,... Read More »
HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

HJ Sims Funds CCRC Expansion Project in North Carolina

HJ Sims has a long history with the SearStone Retirement Community, a CCRC in Cary, North Carolina, and recently closed another financing for the property. Sponsored by Samaritan Housing, Inc., the community currently consists of 131 independent living units, 38 IL estate homes, 14 assisted living units and 25 skilled nursing beds.   HJ Sims originally financed the first phase of the CCRC with a $117 million non-rated fixed rate bond issue in 2012. Then, the investment bank funded an expansion in 2016 with an $8 million issue. HJ Sims also provided the original seed capital, and the funds to advance refund the 2012 issue, and provided a portion of the pre-development capital for a Phase II... Read More »
CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For HJ Sims/Voralto Living Purchase

CBRE Secures Acquisition Financing For HJ Sims/Voralto Living Purchase

The CBRE National Senior Housing team arranged acquisition financing for a North Texas assisted living/memory care community. A joint venture between HJ Sims and Voralto Living was the buyer, obtaining a four-year, floating-rate loan with 24 months of interest only from a national bank. Featuring 60 units, the community was a newer vintage and will join Voralto’s six other communities in Texas, and one in Georgia. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg handled the transaction for CBRE.  It’s been a busy year already for CBRE’s Senior Housing Debt and Structured Finance team, which has closed over $515 million in debt and equity originations across 15 separate transactions. In the months... Read More »
HJ Sims Expands Its Investment Banking Team

HJ Sims Expands Its Investment Banking Team

HJ Sims announced a major expansion to its Investment Banking Team, adding two senior bankers and opening new offices in the Midwest and on the West Coast. Lynn Daly joined the firm as Executive Vice President in the new Chicago location, bringing over 30 years of experience working with not-for-profit organizations in financing. Previously, she was acting head of Senior Living Investment Banking at BB&T Capital Markets, and also spearheaded the Catholic Initiative within senior living investment banking at Ziegler.  Brady Johnson also joined the HJ Sims team as Senior Vice President in the new West Coast office in Orange County, California. Previously at Hunt Real Estate Capital,... Read More »
HJ Sims Secures Bond Financing for Tennessee CCRC

HJ Sims Secures Bond Financing for Tennessee CCRC

A new life plan community (or continuing care retirement community, as we still call them) is going up in Collierville, Tennessee (Memphis MSA) thanks to a large $219.25 million bond placement arranged by HJ Sims. Situated on 36 acres with 176 independent living apartments, 63 independent living garden homes, 52 assisted living units, 32 memory support units and 60 skilled nursing units, the community will also feature an impressive array of amenities. For dining, there will be five venues, an outdoor kitchen, a pub and sports bar. There will also be an athletic club, massage therapy, Jacuzzi, day spa, beauty shop, barber shop, performing arts center, movie theater, library, bank, gift... Read More »