• Grace Management Adds Five Ventas Communities

    Grace Management expanded its relationship with Ventas, adding five seniors housing communities owned by the REIT to its operating portfolio. The communities were previously managed under a triple-net lease structure. They include Brookdale Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, Brookdale Northbrook in Northbrook, Illinois, Brookdale Springs Mesa... Read More »
  • Seller Boosts Census Ahead of Sale to JV

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors sold Rose Hill Retirement Community, a 66-unit, 87-bed assisted living community in Marion, North Carolina. Originally built as a hospital, Rose Hill has been transformed by the seller over the past two decades into a senior care community. After a previous attempt to sell the community was unsuccessful,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Buys Orange County Community

    A high-end seniors housing community in Orange County sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. Aron Will and John Sweeny represented the joint venture seller in the deal, while Will and Matthew Kuronen arranged acquisition financing from a national bank. The loan came with a four-year term, a full term of interest only and a floating... Read More »
  • Developer Secures Construction Financing

    JLL Capital Markets arranged a $47 million construction financing for The Arbella at Blue Hills, a 164-unit, active adult community to be developed in Bloomfield, Connecticut. JLL worked on behalf of the developer, The United Group of Companies, Inc. (United Group) to secure the construction loan through Liberty Bank of Middletown, Connecticut.... Read More »
  • Midwest-Based Operator Refinances AL/MC Communities

    MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, provided a $28.5 million senior bridge financing for two Midwest seniors housing communities. The financing was originated by Karina Davydov, Senior Managing Director, Originations. The sponsor, a Midwest-based operator with a portfolio of over 40 seniors housing and healthcare properties and a... Read More »
Meridian Makes It Happen Down South

Meridian Makes It Happen Down South

Meridan Capital Group’s seniors housing and healthcare team secured a recapitalization refinance for an eight-property seniors housing portfolio in the Southeast. Located in South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky, the communities comprise 296 independent living units, 172 assisted living units and 79 memory care units for a total of 547 units. The names of the properties and total amount of the financing were not disclosed.   Dominion Senior Living developed and operated them but will stay on as operator for the new owner, Harrison Street. Meridian’s Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik and David Gottlieb negotiated the... Read More »
Hill Valley Healthcare Announces Tidewater Transaction

Hill Valley Healthcare Announces Tidewater Transaction

The team at Meridian Capital Group consisting of Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson secured acquisition financing for a portfolio of three skilled nursing facilities in Virginia.   Located along the Chesapeake Bay coast in Warsaw, West Point and Hampton, the facilities feature 80, 60 and 130 beds, respectively. Built between 1975 and 2001, they were all previously owned and operated by Riverside Health System, a not-for-profit based in Newport News, Virginia. Hill Valley Healthcare, a national skilled nursing operator, was able to acquire the facilities with the help of a $21.7 million loan from a commercial bank, plus a $3.5 million A/R line and... Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Closes Out 2020 In Style

Meridian Capital Group Closes Out 2020 In Style

To say that Meridian Capital Group had a strong 2020 would be an understatement. Amid all sorts of obstacles that were only compounded by COVID-19 and widespread lockdowns, the firm closed more than $3 billion in transaction volume in 2020, with $776 million for 76 seniors housing and healthcare facilities in 16 states closed over the last six weeks of the year. To reach that kind of volume in a year like 2020 is quite the accomplishment, and we congratulate Senior Managing Directors Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin, Managing Director Josh Simpson, Vice Presidents Matt Lesnik and Jesse Rauch, and Associate David Gottlieb on their efforts.  Acquisition financings seemed to dominate... Read More »
Vermont Portfolio Sale Funded By Oxford Finance

Vermont Portfolio Sale Funded By Oxford Finance

Oxford Finance announced its involvement in the sale of a five-skilled nursing facility portfolio in Vermont, which was revealed last month. To support the $46.6 million purchase price, Oxford provided a $44.6 million credit facility and revolving line of credit to the buyer, MDA Capital Group, LLC.  Four years ago, Genesis HealthCare acquired the portfolio for $39 million from Revera, Inc. Located in Bennington, Burlington, Berlin, Springfield and St. Johnsbury, they have an average age of nearly 45 years and total 527 licensed beds. Meridian Capital Group handled the transaction and helped arranged the financing package with Oxford.  Read More »
Vermont Portfolio Sale Funded By Oxford Finance

Meridian Capital Group Reports Active Month

The last month has seen the team at Meridian Capital Group close $672.4 million in transaction volume across 56 total properties. Comprising both financings and investment sales, that’s some impressive action. The Meridian team for these transactions comprised Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin, Josh Simpson, Matt Lesnik, Jesse Rauch and David Gottlieb.  First, Meridian handled the sale of five skilled nursing facilities and 527 beds in Vermont for $46.6 million, or $88,400 per bed. Gleaned from local news reports, the seller was Genesis HealthCare. Four years ago, the large provider acquired the Vermont portfolio for $39 million from Revera, Inc. Located in Bennington,... Read More »