• Two Seniors Housing Communities in Indiana Trade Hands

    Blueprint facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in northwest Indiana. The value-add communities are in Michigan City and Merrillville and comprise 119 assisted living and memory care units. They had strong pre-pandemic financial performance but more recently benefited from a substantial Medicaid Waiver reimbursement rate... Read More »
  • Artemis/Bridgewood Acquire Texas Portfolio

    CBRE was engaged in the sale of four seniors housing communities in the Dallas, Texas MSA: Village on the Park Plano (Plano), Village on the Park Denton (Denton), Village on the Park Stonebridge Ranch (McKinney) and Village on the Park McKinney (McKinney). The communities comprise 366 total units of assisted living and memory care and were built... Read More »
  • Oklahoma Deal Overcomes Last-Minute Obstacles

    Plains Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma. The SNF was under legacy ownership and management, but the seller opted to divest to enter retirement and effectively exit the sector. Built in the 1960s, Latimer Nursing Home in Wilburton features 48 beds and occupancy hovered around 63% at the time of... Read More »
  • The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing Secures Refinancing

    Northmarq handled a $35 million refinance of a senior care campus in Gig Harbor, Washington. Built in two phases from 2010 to 2015, The Lodge at Mallard’s Landing features 147 private pay independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The three-story main building comprises 98 IL/AL units and 24 IL cottages. The separate, two-story... Read More »
  • Bascom’s First Seniors Housing Acquisition of 2024

    The Bascom Group, a private equity firm specializing in value-add multifamily, commercial and non-performing loans, real estate-related investments and operating companies, acquired a seniors housing community in Boulder City, Nevada, to expand its portfolio. This marks its fifth acquisition of 2024, but first in seniors housing, following the... Read More »
The HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

The HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

Another HUD fiscal year gone, and another set of familiar names rose to the top of LEAN loan production rankings. In terms of transactions closed, Greystone came in first place with 71 transactions, or more than double its next competitor. Not surprisingly, with that high level of activity, Greystone also had the highest dollar volume, with $888.88 million in total mortgages. This follows the firm’s first-place finish in HUD’s FY2020 as well, so they are on a hot streak. Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) took second place for transactions closed and dollar volume, with 35 and $552.87 million, respectively. We got glimpses of HHC Finance’s activity throughout the year, and the... Read More »
Berkadia Secures HUD Financing for Three Communities

Berkadia Secures HUD Financing for Three Communities

Berkadia announced three HUD financings for communities in Texas, Washington and Montana, totaling $20.6 million.  The first loan, secured by Jay Healy, totaled $11.19 million and was arranged for a Texas-based not-for-profit organization to refinance its 128-unit Medicaid assisted living community in Texas. The loan carries a low-2% interest rate and ultimately retired the existing construction and mezzanine debt tied to the project. This income-restricted community was constructed in 2015, with occupancy hovering around 90% during the time of the underwriting. Ed Williams arranged the second transaction, which consisted of two loans. The first was $6.26 million refinance of a 36-bed... Read More »
The HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

HHC Finishes September With Several HUD Refinances

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) is having a strong September, closing another $58 million in HUD refinance loans. The transactions included a $42 million loan for a 260-bed skilled nursing facility followed by $11 million in financing for a 100-bed skilled nursing facility. Both facilities are located in southern California, and the two HUD loans refinanced substantially higher rate conventional debt while also providing the experienced regional owner with longer-term financing.  HHC Finance followed those closings with a $5 million HUD refinance for a 70-bed skilled nursing facility located in Missouri. Elan Magence, Senior Vice president at HHC Finance, originated all... Read More »
Affordable Projects Spring Up Across the Country

Affordable Projects Spring Up Across the Country

Several developments and financings have been announced recently in the affordable seniors housing market, following a common theme that this sector is fast gaining investor attention. AHEPA Affordable Housing Management Company, Inc. is receiving an $8.86 million HUD loan to facilitate the development of 100 new affordable housing units in Des Moines, Iowa. That funding is part of the portion of the Build Back Better Act that is projected to bring more than $1 billion in affordable housing investments to Iowa. Across the country, MassHousing provided a $23.5 million loan for the expansion of Golda Meir House in the Boston suburb of Newton. Built between 1978 and 1995 and renovated in... Read More »
The HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

HHC Finance Wraps Up HUD’s FY21

Housing & Health Finance (HHC Finance) is finishing up HUD’s fiscal year 2021 with a few transactions. First, the firm closed a $13 million refinance of an existing HUD loan for a 200+ bed skilled nursing facility in Illinois. In the transaction, HHC Finance substantially lowered the interest rate.  HHC Finance also closed on a new $8 million HUD loan for a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in northern California. Lastly, the firm added to its tally of loan modifications for the year by lowering the interest rate on a $4 million loan for one of its clients.  Read More »