• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Ohio Renovation Receives Variety of Funding

Ohio Renovation Receives Variety of Funding

A senior apartment community in Dayton, Ohio is getting a substantial renovation with the help of financing from a variety of sources. The building is a federal historic site, originally built in 1929 as the Dayton Biltmore Hotel. It converted to affordable senior living in 1981 and currently features 230 units in 18 stories, with over 23,000 square feet of communal space and 14,000 square feet of commercial space. According to county records, Related Companies, a New York City-based developer, purchased the building in August 2020 for $4.2 million as part of a larger $590 million transaction for 51 affordable housing properties formerly owned by Aimco.  Now, Related Companies and... Read More »
KeyBank Finances Acquisition of Senior Apartment Community

KeyBank Finances Acquisition of Senior Apartment Community

KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Community Development Lending and Investment team announced that it has provided tax-exempt debt to support the acquisition and renovation of a 100-unit affordable senior apartment community in Wichita, Kansas. Originally built in 1979, the seven-story building consists of only one-bedroom apartments, all of which are Section 8 units.  Sarah Geis and Tim Gerstmann structured the financing, which included a tax-exempt construction and permanent bond loan of $11.3 million. The city of Wichita issued the bonds, and the National Development Council provided $4.2 million of low-income housing tax credit equity. Denver-based real estate investment company... Read More »
KeyBank Arranges Financing For Low-Income Seniors Housing

KeyBank Arranges Financing For Low-Income Seniors Housing

Working on behalf of Hampstead Development Partners, a San Diego-based real estate company that focuses on developing and preserving affordable housing, KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment secured acquisition, construction and permanent financing for a new affordable senior apartment community in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Originally built in 1916, the four-story building features 80 units and will be renovated by Hampstead. The unit mix features studios and one-bedroom floorplans averaging 416 square feet, and all units cater to residents earning 60% of the area’s median income. In addition, 20% of the units are reserved for non-seniors, while the rest will be restricted to... Read More »
KeyBank Refinances Raleigh Senior Living Community

KeyBank Refinances Raleigh Senior Living Community

Peter Trazzera, Patrick Gilbreath and Megan Major of KeyBank Real Estate Capital structured a $40 million bridge loan to refinance a 183-unit senior living community in Raleigh, North Carolina. Developed, owned and operated by Singh Development, the community features 121 independent living, 39 assisted living and 23 memory care units, and operates under the Waltonwood brand. It opened in January 2019 at a cost of $60 million, or $327,900 per unit. Earlier this month, KeyBank also secured $10.6 million in financing for an affordable housing developer/operator to build a 60-unit Section 8 senior apartment community in Cincinnati, Ohio. The borrower, The Model Group, also obtained financing... Read More »
KeyBank Arranges Financing for Foundations Health Solutions

KeyBank Arranges Financing for Foundations Health Solutions

KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured an $11 million HUD loan for Foundations Health Solutions to pay down acquisition debt it used to buy a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Columbus, Ohio. KeyBank had provided the original $87.5 million bridge loan, which supported the acquisition of this Columbus facility plus eight other facilities previously owned by Welltower. The facility was originally built in 1968, with renovations in 1995 and 2007. To this point, KeyBank has closed $47 million of HUD loans for the portfolio, including a $36.3 million loan for four facilities totaling 442 licensed beds located throughout Ohio. As with that transaction, John Randolph of KeyBank’s Commercial... Read More »