• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
HJ Sims Closes Comprehensive Refinance of Maryland CCRCs

HJ Sims Closes Comprehensive Refinance of Maryland CCRCs

HJ Sims was engaged by Asbury Atlantic, Inc. to refinance two of its CCRCs in Maryland with a combination of taxable and tax-exempt financing. Located in Gaithersburg and Solomons, the two communities were already saddled with higher-rate, tax-exempt bonds and other non-callable bonds with a balloon maturity. Sims successfully extended a taxable bank loan that was used to pay the termination fee for a swap that remained outstanding after the underlying bonds were refunded. The team then closed $96.12 million in tax-exempt bonds, which include proceeds to fund capital expenditures and free up operating cash to partially repay the taxable bank loan to make the swap termination payment. The... Read More »
People on the Move, October 2018

People on the Move, October 2018

After four years of investing in seniors housing communities with Silverstone Health Care Real Estate, an investment platform she co-founded which produced equity returns over of 250%, Stephanie Anderson is now a national sales director with Housing & Healthcare Finance, based in the Boston area. Before Silverstone she was with Health Care REIT, GE Healthcare Finance and Ventas, all of which provided a great background for her new position….Walker & Dunlop has hired Michael Davis as senior vice president in its FHA finance group, who will be working on HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans for W&D’s seniors housing and care clients. Justin Hill has joined JLL Capital Markets as... Read More »
Another Civitas Development in the Lone Star State

Another Civitas Development in the Lone Star State

Civitas Senior Living may have already expanded outside its home state of Texas, with three existing communities and four more on the way in Florida, Kentucky, Colorado and Arizona, but the Fort Worth-based company is coming home for its latest development. The 188-unit community, located in the Red Oak suburb of Dallas, will feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services and will join the 32 other properties currently owned and operated by Civitas. To finance the development, HJ Sims invested $5.85 million of preferred equity, which it funded by placing corporate taxable bonds. The subordinate financing was structured to meet the requirements of the senior lenders... Read More »
CCRC Expands With Help From HJ Sims Financing

CCRC Expands With Help From HJ Sims Financing

A not-for-profit CCRC in Sandy Spring, Maryland that has been in business since 1962 was looking to expand and obtained financing from HJ Sims to fund the project. On a 62-acre campus, the community (called Friends House) features 32 independent living units and 75 low-income rental apartments, 82 comprehensive care beds and 21 assisted living units. However, ownership saw the need to replace the low-income apartments with a new 80-unit low-income housing building in a joint venture with Homes For America (HFA). But that’s not where the future changes stop. The CCRC will also renovate and expand the existing communal building, remove two vacant cottage units, and develop 14 new cottage... Read More »
HJ Sims Generates Significant Savings Through Bond Issue

HJ Sims Generates Significant Savings Through Bond Issue

American Baptist Homes of the Midwest successfully refunded its outstanding bonds with the help of HJ Sims, generating millions in savings in the process. Recently, across ABHM’s 13-property portfolio, the provider has funded repositioning projects at many locations, significantly lowering their cash reserves. So, HJ Sims worked to refund ABHM’s Series 2007 and Series 2009 bonds in a way that lowered the Obligated Group’s cost of capital. Sims priced a $61.785 million issue with an arbitrage yield of 4.811%. That generated a net present value savings of approximately $6.5 million, or about 11% of the par amount of the refunded bonds. And, ABHM will realize 82% of the savings within the... Read More »