• Another Senior Care REIT Files for IPO

    Another senior care REIT is eyeing the public markets after filing a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed offering of Class A common stock. National Healthcare Properties’ offering remains subject to market conditions and other customary conditions, and the number of shares and pricing range have not yet been determined. And if... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

    Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Built in 2010 and 2013, Crown Point Health Suites features 108 beds and is well maintained. It also performed strongly, with a 20% margin on nearly $14.5 million of revenues, and an 86% occupancy rate. Its independent... Read More »
  • Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

    An affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, Jaybird Capital, acquired five senior living communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jaybird assumed management of the communities in October and stabilized them before executing on the purchase. The company is currently targeting the addition of 15 more communities to its portfolio throughout the... Read More »
  • Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

    An 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, recently traded with the help of Continuum Advisors, which represented the institutional joint venture seller. Built in 2014, Beach House has 64 assisted living and 20 memory care units, with 100 licensed beds. It is situated on a barrier island near some of the most... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Geographic Outlier to Large Owner/Operator

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced that it sold a well-occupied seniors housing community in Oregon. The building is on an acre in Sheridan, and comprises 44,805 square feet. It was developed in 1996 and features 53 assisted living units. The community was 94% occupied at the time of closing.  Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Provides Bridge Loans To Stabilizing Properties

Live Oak Bank Provides Bridge Loans To Stabilizing Properties

Live Oak Bank ended 2021 by closing three loans for senior care clients totaling over $50 million. First, Mississippi-based Claiborne Senior Living received a $33.5 million loan to facilitate a partner buyout for a Class-A, 213-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community built in 2017 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Claiborne took over management in early 2021 and added net 41 residents YTD through November 2021, or more than three residents per month. Locust Point Capital partnered with Claiborne to complete the capital stack. Approximately $1.8 million in loan proceeds will support capex improvements, enhanced programming, and a marketing campaign to rebrand the... Read More »
Live Oak Bank Branches Out with Two Financings

Live Oak Bank Branches Out with Two Financings

Live Oak Bank announced its latest closings for a couple of construction projects. First, to build a high-quality, 68-unit assisted living community in Fairbanks, Alaska, the bank provided $15 million in debt for the borrower and developer, Frontier Partners, LLC, which has familiarity in the market. The debt was structured into two loans utilizing the SBA 504 program, including an interim construction loan totaling $10.2 million to be held by Live Oak and a second bridge loan prior to the 504 Debenture totaling $4.8 million.  Next, Live Oak closed a $5 million SBA 7a construction loan with a $3.4 million conventional pari-passu loan for Lotus Senior Living to... Read More »
Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims Team Up

Sometimes to get a deal done you have to get creative and be flexible. It appears that was the case for a recent sale of a 55-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Utah. Of the total, 42 units are assisted living and 13 are memory care. Even though capital sources have opened up, to get maximum leverage, if that is what you want or need, your lending groups can get flexible.  Live Oak Bank and HJ Sims teamed up to provide the financing solution for the buyer of this community, a regional owner/operator with 15+ years of experience that currently manages more than 1,600 units in more than 25 communities across five states in the Mountain West... Read More »
Columbia Pacific Secures Construction Financing for Virginia Project

Columbia Pacific Secures Construction Financing for Virginia Project

Live Oak Bank closed a $26.1 million construction loan for the development of a 126-unit assisted living (90 units) and memory care (36 units) community located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The loan came with a five-year term, but no other details were disclosed.  Columbia Pacific Real Estate Fund III, LP is developing the project, which is situated on 6.63 acres. Leisure Care, a consistent partner of CPA, will operate it going forward. This represents Live Oak Bank’s second loan closing with CPA in the last six months.   Read More »
Lument Arranges Bank Loan For Watercrest Community

Lument Arranges Bank Loan For Watercrest Community

Lument arranged bank financing for Watercrest Senior Living’s newly built senior living community in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Steve McGee, managing director at Lument since joining the team in 2020 to head its debt syndication group, led the transaction, which took out construction debt at the property. Opened in 2018, Market Street East Lake has 64 units of memory care and joined Watercrest’s growing portfolio, which currently numbers 13 properties across the Southeast.  The new bridge-to-agency loan totals $12.3 million and covers about 70% of the property’s value. That puts the community at around $275,000 per unit in value. The debt came with a floating interest rate for a five-year... Read More »