• Inland Acquires Class-A Asset

    Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced its acquisition of a high-end seniors housing community in Monument, Colorado (between Colorado Springs and Denver). We heard about the Class-A transaction about six weeks prior, when Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced their... Read More »
  • Institutional Investor Acquires Oklahoma SNF at Record Price

    A private investor looking to exit the skilled nursing business to focus on other ventures recently sold its Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, asset. The building is one of the newest skilled nursing facilities in the state.  The facility had a strong census at the time of sale, but there was some upside with a shift in the operating model. Daniel... Read More »
  • PE Firm Sells Community in Texas

    A seniors housing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA recently traded with the help of Nick Stahler, Austin Diamond and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The large community, which features more than 200 units and 230,000 square feet, includes 163 independent living, 42 assisted living 15 and memory care units.... Read More »
  • DST Investor Buys Idaho MC Community

    A leading DST investor recently acquired a memory care community in northern Idaho. Set in the town of Rathdrum, about 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington, Generations Memory Care features 48 private units and is managed by Senior Services of America, an experienced regional operator with 15 properties in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. It... Read More »
  • Thrive Adds Three Assets in Georgia

    Thrive Senior Living grew its presence in its home state of Georgia, with the addition of three seniors housing communities. Developed by the Sawyer family between 2019 and 2022, the communities operated under the At Home Senior Living brand and are located in Cochran, Thomson and Jesup. Beginning in 2024, Thrive partnered with the Sawyer family... Read More »
Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

The HUD market seems to be the steadiest in the senior care lending world since the onset of COVID-19, after a few hiccups and delays earlier this year. Recently, there was a shake-up in the lending market, as Dwight Capital acquired Love Funding, the HUD lending subsidiary of Midland States Bank.   Love Funding’s platform will be rebranded and integrated within Dwight Capital, while Midland States Bank will retain the existing Love Funding servicing portfolio. Read More »
Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

Love Funding Closes Puerto Rico Financing

Leonard Lucas of Love Funding headed down to sunny Guayama, Puerto Rico to close a HUD financing for the acquisition of a 60-unit age-restricted, Section 8 apartment complex. Featuring two, two-story buildings, the community is entirely covered under a new project-based Section 8 HAP contract secured by the buyer that runs for a period of 20 years. To acquire the community, the borrower obtained a $3.14 million loan, which came with a lower mortgage insurance premium of 0.25%.  The borrower was also able to realize additional savings through HUD’s reduced application fee incentive for projects located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone.    Read More »
Dwight Capital Acquires Love Funding

Love Funding Takes Out Bridge Loan

Eric Forguson of Love Funding helped the owner of a senior care campus in Arnold, Missouri (St. Louis MSA) take out bridge debt on the property and replace it with a $12.9 million HUD refinance. Built in phases over the last 30 years, most recently adding a 52-unit assisted living building in 2019, the community features a mix of independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services, with 202 units/beds total. Its operations were strong, and it produced stabilized cash flow over a three-year period.  Mr. Forguson had originally secured a short-term bridge loan in April from Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank. More than half of the loan’s proceeds... Read More »
Love Funding Secures HUD Construction Financing For New Jersey Projects

Love Funding Secures HUD Construction Financing For New Jersey Projects

Love Funding arranged financing for the construction of two new senior apartment buildings in Paterson, New Jersey. Love’s Leonard Lucas (say that five times fast) secured the HUD loans which totaled $55.6 million and came with low rates for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. One location will feature 81 units in four stories, with two elevators, that will also offer a community room with a kitchen, on-site management and maintenance offices, lounge areas, an outdoor patio and garden space. A central laundry facility will be located on each floor. Social services will also be provided on-site via the Housing Authority of the City of Paterson, as well as... Read More »
People on the Move, January 2020

People on the Move, January 2020

There were a few high-profile moves in the senior care world in the last month. JLL announced the addition of a new advisory and investment transaction services practice, to be led by Deborah Street. Coming from CBRE, where she was previously the Vice President of the National Senior Housing group, Ms. Street will join JLL as a Senior Vice President and leader of the new practice, which will provide on-demand underwriting, strategic planning, transaction structure/return analysis, transaction management, and due diligence, as well as ongoing asset management services. She will work with Managing Directors Brian Chandler and Bryan Lockard, JLL’s Co-Leads for the Seniors Housing Valuation... Read More »