


HHC Finance Sizzles This Summer
The Capital Advisory Group at Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) has impressed so far this summer, closing $157 million across eight loans in the last two months. Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, who lead the group, went to Pennsylvania to close the largest transaction. Vita Healthcare Group was the borrower, after acquiring eight skilled nursing facilities and 1,050 total beds that were deemed to be non-core by the undisclosed seller, in a transaction handled by Ben Firestone, Christopher Hyldahl, Michael Segal and Gideon Orion of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. HHC Finance closed a $100.3 million bridge loan to fund the purchase. For another skilled nursing portfolio... Read More »
After Five Years of Ownership, Tryko Partners Refinances PA SNF
Five years after acquiring a 97-bed skilled nursing facility in Easton, Pennsylvania, Tryko Partners is turning to Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) to refinance it through HUD. Originally built in 1960, the facility still had a lot of upside back when it was sold by Signature HealthCARE in 2013. It is located directly across the street from the 196-bed Easton Hospital and featured a good quality mix, with 22% Medicare, 11% private pay and the remainder Medicaid. Occupancy was 84% at the time, as well. However, it was an orphan property for the seller five years ago. The operating margin was just around 4% on $8.55 million of revenues at the time of the sale, but Tryko... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes Illinois HUD Refinance
Housing & Healthcare Finance recently closed four HUD loans on behalf of a portfolio of four supportive living facilities in Illinois, totaling $55.3 million. Built in the early- to mid-2000s, the facilities will soon receive some renovations in order to increase their appeal and competitiveness, which the financing will facilitate. They total 536 units geared towards low-income residents that do not need full medical care. The transaction refinanced the experienced borrowers’ existing bank and partnership debt, along with supporting the renovations. Read More »