• Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

    A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ocala AL Community

    The third and final asset in the Hampton Manor portfolio has sold with the help of Brad Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Hampton Manor Deerwood in Ocala, Florida, was built in 2005 and expanded in 2016 to now feature 61 units of assisted living. The property is stabilized, so the new owner can hit the ground... Read More »
  • Second Generation Operator Divests SNF Portfolio to PE Firm

    A Northeast-based private equity firm engaged Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate in its plan to enter a new state. The firm has an existing skilled nursing footprint, and had specific acquisition criteria, which narrowed the focus down to a few potential targets.  The company ultimately acquired a five-facility, 506-bed skilled... Read More »
  • CIBC Springs Ahead with Deal Flow

    CIBC has been hard at work this Spring, successfully closing several acquisition financings for senior care clients across the country. The largest was a $51.5 million term loan that supported the purchase of four skilled nursing facilities in Illinois totaling 586 beds. Historical performance trended positively over the last two years across the... Read More »
  • National Healthcare Properties Kicks Off IPO Push

    National Healthcare Properties, Inc. launched its public offering of 38.5 million shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC. The initial public offering price is expected to be between $13.00 and $16.00 per share, and the company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to... Read More »
KeyBank Real Estate Capital Refinances Two Pennsylvania Properties

KeyBank Real Estate Capital Refinances Two Pennsylvania Properties

A large regional owner/operator in the Northeast refinanced two of its senior care facilities through HUD, with the help of John Randolph of KeyBank Real Estate Capital. Located in Pennsylvania, the properties include a 180-bed skilled nursing facility and a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, the latter of which also features a 73-bed independent/assisted living wing. Mr. Randolph arranged $57.7 million in HUD financing to pay down a portion of an existing bridge loan, originally secured by KeyBank’s Henry Alonso and Brandon Taseff, that was used to fund the initial acquisition, and subsequent recapitalization, of a portfolio of healthcare facilities located in the Northeast. Read More »
Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

Greystone Closes HUD Refinance For Large New York SNF

After working to close a $16.5 million HUD refinance for a 216-bed skilled nursing facility in Dunkirk, New York (Buffalo MSA) last month, Greystone’s Fred Levine closed another HUD loan for another large New York SNF. Located in Suffern, on the border with New Jersey, the facility consists of 203 beds and is the largest subacute care facility in Rockland County. Situated on six acres, it offers orthopedic rehab, cardiopulmonary rehab, wound care, concierge services and veterans programs, all under the management of CareRite Centers. To help fund renovations, and provide meaningful debt service savings, Mr. Levine arranged a $23.52 million HUD loan, with a fully amortizing 33-year... Read More »
The Ensign Group Receives $112 Million In HUD Financing

The Ensign Group Receives $112 Million In HUD Financing

Lancaster Pollard recently assisted The Ensign Group in a large $112 million portfolio financing arranged through HUD. The 30- and 35-year term loans were secured by mortgages on seventeen Ensign-owned properties and came with low, fixed interest rates. Ensign will use the loan proceeds to pay down previously drawn amounts on its revolving credit line, and the financing provides the company liquidity on a portion of its owned real estate. The proceeds will also fund future acquisitions and renovations, as well as other working capital needs. The company’s acquisition appetite seemed to wane slightly towards the end of 2017 (five deals announced in the first six months, versus two in the... Read More »
Greystone Gets It Done

Greystone Gets It Done

Aspens Senior Living partnered with Greystone to obtain construction financing for two of its latest seniors housing projects located in North Carolina and Arizona. First, to the Tar Heel state, where Aspens and joint venture partner Pennybacker Capital are currently building a 182-unit independent living community in Raleigh. A regional bank provided a $24.2 million loan to fund the construction. Then, in Gilbert, Arizona, Aspens, Pennybacker Capital and McFarlin Group are developing a 204-unit independent living community, with the help of a $25.8 million loan provided by a publicly traded bank and also arranged by Greystone. Greystone also snuck in a $16.5 million HUD loan arranged by... Read More »
Capital Funding Group’s Transaction Trifecta

Capital Funding Group’s Transaction Trifecta

Certainly ending the year on a strong note, Craig Casagrande of Capital Funding Group originated three transactions, totaling over $47 million. The largest of the loans, at $31.243 million, refinanced a bridge loan on a New York skilled nursing facility. CFG had closed the bridge loan at the end of 2016 to help the borrower recapitalize equity on what was an underleveraged facility, and simultaneously applied with HUD for a refinance, closing the transaction this October. Staying in New York, and with HUD, Mr. Casagrande originated a $9.843 million refinance for another skilled nursing facility in the state. And finally, CFG closed a bridge-to-HUD loan for a Pennsylvania SNF, totaling $6... Read More »