• Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

    An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million... Read More »
  • Upstate NY Seniors Housing Community Trades

    Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in upstate New York that stakeholders were divesting to take advantage of positive performance trends and a strong M&A market. The Legacy at Cranberry Landing, a 95-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, was... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Investment Vehicle Acquires First Asset

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired Bellingham at West Chester, a 274-unit seniors housing community in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The investment is Focus’ first for its newest investment vehicle, Focus Senior Housing Fund III. The property sits on an 11.8-acre site 20 miles west of downtown Philadelphia. It comprises 208 independent living, 50... Read More »
  • Management Transfer Includes Purchase Option

    A senior care campus in Waterloo, Illinois, secured a new operator thanks to Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Featuring 144 skilled nursing beds and 50 independent living units, Oak Hill – Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center was well occupied with a strong quality mix. It was owned by Monroe County, which wanted to retain the... Read More »
  • Bank Provides Refinance to Family Office

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim, provided a $29.0 million loan for the refinancing of an assisted living and skilled nursing facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Gold Standard of Care Group, a Florida-based family office with a focus on healthcare and senior care and over $150 million in assets, was the borrower.  Totaling 70,272... Read More »
Locust Point Closes Second Seniors Housing & Care Fund

Locust Point Closes Second Seniors Housing & Care Fund

Locust Point Capital just closed its second fund focused on direct lending in the seniors housing and care sector. Locust Point Seniors Housing Debt Fund II, L.P. closed above its target at $428 million, receiving strong interest from a combination of pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and wealth advisors. Three quarters of the commitments came from United States-based investors, while European investors provided the balance.   The fund well exceeds Locust Point’s first, which launched in 2016 with a $312 million debut total, but the strategies will be roughly the same. Fund II will provide subordinate debt, preferred equity and opportunistic senior... Read More »
Navigating the Senior Care Lending Market with Don Kelly of Locust Point Capital

Navigating the Senior Care Lending Market with Don Kelly of Locust Point Capital

Ben Swett, the Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sits down with Don Kelly, Managing Director of Locust Point Capital, to discuss the current state of the seniors housing and care lending environment. Ben Swett, Editor of The SeniorCare Investor – Don Kelly is the Managing Director of Locust Point Capital where he is responsible for loan originations and structuring. Don has more than 25 years of experience in the seniors housing and skilled nursing industry and he’s also been involved in the originating, structuring and underwriting of approximately $5 billion in transactions. So, Don, you seem like the right person to turn to for all our lending... Read More »
People on the Move

People on the Move

Don Kelly, formerly of CapitalSource Healthcare Finance but more recently a Senior Managing Director at MONTICELLOAM, has joined Locust Point Capital as Managing Director. He will be responsible for loan originations and structuring at the asset management firm, which focuses on direct lending to the lower middle market in seniors housing and care. Mr. Kelly has experience originating, structuring and underwriting approximately $5 billion in transactions across his career, which should help in his goal of expanding Locust Point’s market reach and product offerings in the lending market.  Mr. Kelly also has operating company experience, formerly working as an Executive Vice President at... Read More »
MedCore Partners Acquires Seniors Housing Portfolio

MedCore Partners Acquires Seniors Housing Portfolio

MedCore Partners and The National Realty Group announced their purchase of a seven-property senior living portfolio on the West Coast. The deal included five senior living communities in Washington State and two in California. Among the Washington properties were the 60-unit Birchview Memory Care in Sedro-Wooley, the 55-unit Discovery Memory Care in Sequim, The Sequoia in Olympia with 92 units, the 72-unit Cooks Hill Manor in Centralia and lastly, and the largest, The Village in Tacoma with 136 units. In California, there was Del Obispo Terrace in San Juan Capistrano with 91 units and the 76-unit Westminster Terrace in Westminster.   Their operator,... Read More »
Locust Point Starts Equity Financing Program

Locust Point Starts Equity Financing Program

Debt is certainly plentiful these days in the seniors housing and care market, leading us to a record level of M&A and investment in the industry. But what about equity? That can still trip up investors looking to purchase or develop a seniors housing property, especially if they have to raise it among family and friends, or from their own personal funds. But alternative asset manager Locust Point Capital is announcing its own project equity financing program for the seniors housing industry. The program will provide owner/operators with between $1 million and $10 million of equity capital for the construction, substantial renovation and/or acquisition of independent living, assisted... Read More »