


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
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
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 »