• Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

    Janus Living, a Healthpeak Properties-formed REIT and now the only publicly traded U.S. REIT fully dedicated to seniors housing with its entire portfolio structured under RIDEA, has launched its initial public offering of Class A-1 common stock. The company is now listed on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” It plans to pay a quarterly dividend of... Read More »
  • Partnership Acquires Two Long Island Communities

    Two Long Island assisted living communities were sold by their original developer/operator. Village Green Senior Living in Levittown (opened in 2020) and Village Walk Senior Living (opened in 2018) in Patchogue were acquired by a partnership between Fundamental Advisors, Scribner Capital and Atria Senior Living. They will be renamed Atria... Read More »
  • Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchases Class-A Community

    The developer of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, has passed the torch to a new owner. Pillars of Lakeville, now known as The Crest at Lakeville, sits on 1.8 acres. Oppidan Investment Co., a company that developed multiple Pillars senior living properties in Minnesota, acquired the land from Crossroads... Read More »
  • Stand-Alone Memory Care Community Gets New Owner

    1031 CF Properties, a leading DST investor, acquired a stand-alone memory care community in the Spokane, Washington MSA. Built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013, Generations Memory Care offers 48 private units with 28,472 square feet on 2.067 acres. The seller was an investment group based in northern California that purchased the asset in... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Closes First Public Bond Issue in 20+ Years

    Ziegler announced the closing of a $30.0 million tax-exempt fixed rate bond issue for Butterfield Trail Village, Inc. (BTV). The Series 2026 bonds were issued through The Fayetteville Public Facilities Board. BTV is a not-for-profit corporation founded by five local churches in 1981 to own and operate a continuing care retirement community on... Read More »

HHC Finance closes $133 million in HUD loan modifications

HHC Finance closed about $133 million in HUD loan modifications in March and another $80 million in April across 26 separate transactions, which resulted in significant overall interest rate reductions on the loans, all for skilled nursing facilities. With interest rates set to increase, some of the modifications would not have been feasible, but HHC was prepared and was able to close them. Since introducing the program just in January, that is a lot of business. Read More »

Capital One arranges HUD loan

Capital One Multifamily Finance announced today that it provided a $10.9 million fixed-rate HUD loan for an experienced owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities to refinance its 133-bed facility in Northern Illinois. Joshua Rosen, out of Capital One’s Chicago office, originated the loan, which will refinance existing debt on the property at a lower, long-term rate. The facility was built in 1962, expanded in 1985, and substantially renovated between 2005 and 2012. Also, the current owners, who purchased the facility in 2012, renovated the residents’ rooms and bathrooms since taking over, so the facility is relatively modern. It is also well occupied and well positioned in its market.... Read More »

HHC Finance continues HUD lending

After it finished HUD’s FY2014 as the top HUD lender in the country, HHC Finance continued by facilitating HUD refinancing for a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in California, closing the three loans simultaneously. The borrower, an owner/operator of SNFs throughout the state of California, locked in 30-year fixed rates in the mid-3%s on each of the facilities, including a $27.5 million loan (for a 139-bed facility) and a $28.8 million loan (180 beds) for two facilities in Northern California. The third loan was $20.1 million for a 163-bed facility in Southern California. Across the facilities, all of which had a five-star rating, average occupancy was in the mid to low... Read More »

To expand or not to expand with HUD?

Obtaining construction lending for addition or expansion projects from HUD is rare and is difficult. In fact, in fiscal year 2013, the Department insured mortgages for only 3 projects with 398 units, totaling $16.9 million. The time it takes to go through HUD alone, because it is longer than traditional or commercial financing, steers many away from that option. Plus, the property to be expanded must already have a HUD mortgage on it, and it has to be stabilized. But, if you are willing to wait it out, it may be worth it. Governor’s Village, a 48-unit assisted living community which includes 24 units for residents in need of memory care, was built in 2001, but has been itching to expand... Read More »